Cote and value 2024 of paintings by Louis Garneray

If you own a work by or based on the work of artist Ambroise Louis Garneray and would like to know its value, our state-approved experts and auctioneers can help you. Our specialists will carry out a free appraisal of your work, and provide you with a precise estimate of its value on the current market. Then, if you wish to sell your work of art, we will guide you towards the best possible means of obtaining the best possible price.

Artist's rating and value

Ambroise Louis Garneray made his mark on the art scene during the Napoleonic Wars. His paintings were marketed and appreciated during his lifetime. Since then, the artist's market value has risen steadily. Among Garneray's works, the most sought-after are those depicting warships, often in oil on canvas. A work signed by the artist can fetch tens of thousands of euros at auction, as demonstrated by his painting La bataille de Navarin, which sold for €599,000 in 2024, whereas it was estimated at between €25,000 and €30,000, suggesting a strong upside potential and a very high price in the future.

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The artist's works and style

The art market is full of Garneray's graphic works. In addition to pencil drawings, his output includes a variety of watercolors.

The artist also produced oil paintings, which make up the bulk of his output, never neglecting the technical aspect in order to achieve the most realistic representation of warships possible.

Ambroise Louis Garneray, his life and work

Ambroise Louis Garneray (1783-1857) was an English sailor, writer and marine painter of the First Empire period.

He devoted himself to painting after 1814, close to Emperor Napoleon I, and received commissions from him - which he did not carry out until the 1830s.

He was then employed by the Duc d'Angoulême, Grand Admiral of France. Throughout his life, he produced numerous canvases depicting different warships, traveling to many French ports.

Not only a painter, he also pioneered the maritime adventure novel through his writings. Appointed director of the Musée de Rouen, he also joined the Manufacture de Sèvres.

At the start of the Second Empire, Napoleon III once again commissioned him.

Claude Joseph Vernet and Nicolas Ozanne had a major influence on his work.

After dividing his life between privateering, writing and painting, he died in Paris at the age of 74. 

Louis Garneray's imprint on his period

Louis Garneray is one of England's most renowned and important marine painters. His career as a sailor enabled him to get as close as possible to the equipment used by the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, and his works are therefore a considerable historical testimony.

Some of his works are on display at London's National Maritime Museum, but it is private collectors who play the greatest role in preserving his work. 

His signature

Not all Louis Garnearay's works are signed. Here's an example of his signature:

Appraising your property

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