# Walter Koeniger artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/walter-koeniger/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T17:57:51.049Z
Quality: medium confidence, thin sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Common media: Oil on board, Oil on canvasboard, Oil on canvas

## About Walter Koeniger

Walter Koeniger (1881–1943) is identified in the collected authority data as an American artist. The available object records document oil landscapes painted on board, canvasboard, and canvas. Their subjects include snow-covered terrain, frozen or wintry settings, country roads, wooded paths, hills, and an early-autumn scene. A dated 1916 winter landscape provides one securely described chronological reference within this limited source set. Several records also describe lower-corner signatures, giving collectors practical reference points when examining works bearing Koeniger’s name. These examples place landscape painting—especially seasonal rural scenery—at the center of the material currently associated with him. The collected institutional profiles were rate-limited during research, however, so this page does not assign Koeniger to a formal movement or repeat unverified claims about his birthplace, training, residence, or artistic affiliations. Those biographical details require confirmation from accessible museum, archival, or scholarly records.

## Common works and media

Collected examples include oil paintings on board, canvasboard, and canvas. Documented subjects include winter landscapes, snow-covered or frozen settings, rural roads, wooded paths, hills, and autumn scenery. Several examples are described as signed in a lower corner. The source pack does not establish prints, editions, sculpture, ceramics, posters, or other categories as recurring parts of Koeniger’s market.

## Market and appraisal context

An appraisal of a work attributed to Walter Koeniger should begin with its medium, support, dimensions, signature, subject, date, and documented ownership history. The collected examples distinguish oil on board, canvasboard, and canvas, and several records provide separate artwork and framed measurements. Winter scenery, rural roads, and seasonal landscapes appear in the available sample, but subject alone cannot establish authorship. Comparable sales are most useful when matched by support, scale, composition, date, provenance, and the quality of attribution. The present source pack does not expose detailed realized prices, sale dates, condition reports, or a comprehensive auction chronology, so value conclusions should rely on verified lot records and direct examination rather than broad artist-level assumptions.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52148611
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500011082
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/95748466/
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/87543
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/walter-koeniger/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walter_Koeniger_-_05049599e9.jpg
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walter_Koeniger_-_1854463b8a.jpg
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walter_Koeniger_-_2944a38b97.jpg
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walter_Koeniger_-_bab444b879.jpg
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walter_Koeniger_-_cc2453f91d.jpg