# Yossi Stern artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/yossi-stern/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T16:55:39.235Z
Quality: medium confidence, thin sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Israeli
- Common media: Painting, Illustration

## Portrait

![Yossi Stern](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Joseph_Stern.jpg)
Talmoryair ( talk ) · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_Stern.jpg

## About Yossi Stern

Yossi Stern (1923–1992) was an Israeli painter and illustrator. Public entity data identifies him as an Israeli painter, while Hebrew-language biographical material also documents his work as an illustrator. Stern is particularly associated with figures and landscapes of Jerusalem. His subjects also included the lives of fighters in Hebrew underground organizations, the Israel Defense Forces and Gadna, connecting part of his output with the visual culture of twentieth-century Israel. The collected sources do not assign him securely to a named artistic movement, so his work is better described through its documented media and subjects than through a speculative school or style. Collectors may encounter paintings and illustrative works bearing his name, especially compositions connected with Jerusalem or Israeli military life. Confirming that a work belongs to this artist remains important because the source material also reveals inconsistent birth-year metadata attached to his portrait record.

## Common works and media

The available sources identify painting and illustration as Stern's principal areas of work. Documented subjects include figures and landscapes of Jerusalem, as well as scenes connected with Hebrew underground fighters, the Israel Defense Forces and Gadna. The source pack does not establish specific paint types, print processes, edition structures, sculptures, ceramics, posters or recurring named series.

## Market and appraisal context

The collected material distinguishes Yossi Stern's identity and recurring subject matter, but it does not support price forecasts or broad market-trend conclusions. The source pack includes an Appraisily artist-page signal, yet no accessible lot descriptions, work dimensions, detailed media, condition reports, provenance records, edition data or realized prices. An appraisal should therefore begin by confirming attribution to the correct Yossi Stern and considering whether the subject corresponds with documented themes such as Jerusalem or Israeli military life. When public auction records are available, comparison should be limited to genuinely similar work types and relevant sale dates. No claim about rarity, demand direction or future value is supported by this research pack.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with available auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices and comparable lots. In this source pack, identity and subject matter are documented more fully than lot-level market evidence.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6458301
- Wikipedia: https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%99_%D7%A9%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%9F_(%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A8)
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500476455
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/69237276/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50054115
- Deutsche Nationalbibliothek: https://d-nb.info/gnd/1023588781
- ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000078217665
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/123982022
- Bibliothèque nationale de France: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb15514428c
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/yossi-stern/