# Willem Anthonie Oepts artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/willem-anthonie-oepts/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T19:56:08.159Z
Quality: medium confidence, thin sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Dutch
- Common media: Painting

## Portrait

![Willem Anthonie Oepts](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Wim_Oepst%2C_kunstenaar%2C_illustrator_van_Vrij_Nederland%2C_Bestanddeelnr_935-1063.jpg/1280px-Wim_Oepst%2C_kunstenaar%2C_illustrator_van_Vrij_Nederland%2C_Bestanddeelnr_935-1063.jpg)
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Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wim_Oepst,_kunstenaar,_illustrator_van_Vrij_Nederland,_Bestanddeelnr_935-1063.jpg

## About Willem Anthonie Oepts

Willem Anthonie Oepts (1904–1988), also identified as Wim Oepts, was a Dutch painter. Public authority data connects his full name with a durable Wikidata record and several library and art-research identifiers. The collected biography describes him as living mainly in France from 1935 and becoming known for abstracted, sunlit landscapes painted after 1945. It also characterizes him as a pronounced colorist, making color and landscape central to the documented public account of his work. Collectors may therefore encounter his name in relation to twentieth-century Dutch painting with a strong French setting and a postwar landscape emphasis. The present source pack does not establish a formal movement, named series, complete medium list, or exact birth and death dates, so those details should not be inferred. Identity matching should account for both Willem Anthonie Oepts and the shorter form Wim Oepts.

## Common works and media

The available biographical evidence most clearly supports paintings, particularly the abstracted, sunlit landscapes associated with Oepts's work after 1945. It also identifies a colorist approach. The source pack does not establish whether prints, drawings, posters, sculptures, ceramics, editions, or other object types commonly appear under his name, so objects in those categories require additional verification.

## Market and appraisal context

The collected Appraisily signal indicates an established auction-record presence for Oepts, but this source pack contains no lot-level descriptions, realized-price extracts, major-auction-house commentary, condition reports, or provenance histories. It therefore supports neither a price forecast nor claims about demand, rarity, or premiums for particular subjects. A careful appraisal should confirm that each record refers to the same artist and then examine the underlying sale information and comparable-lot documentation rather than relying on the artist name alone. The documented post-1945 landscape focus can help organize research, but it is not by itself evidence that one period or subject commands a premium.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with available auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots. For Oepts, the collected evidence establishes multiple authority identifiers and an Appraisily auction-price page, while detailed lot-level evidence was not included in this source pack.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14519887
- Wikipedia: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_Oepts
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500016164
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/55319962/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97043629
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/60294
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/willem-anthonie-oepts/