Rating and value of works, drawings, paintings by Alfred Aberdam

If you own a work by or based on the artist Alfred Aberdam 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

A painter of the Paris School, Alfred Aberdam does not enjoy a very high standing on the art market today. Nevertheless, he is highly regarded by collectors, and some of his paintings can fetch tens of thousands of euros at auction, as demonstrated by his oil on canvas Nature morte à l'éventail , which sold for €13,000 in 2007.

Order of value from the most basic to the most prestigious

Artist's style and technique

Alfred Aberdam's paintings are characterized by a relatively abstract, jerky style, with unusual color combinations.

His style evolves from the intimate to the existentially anguished, and he is considered an artist of great sensitivity who has integrated modern painting techniques while remaining true to his Jewish cultural roots. Alfred Aberdam also devoted many of his works to the sensitive subject of deportation.

The life of Alfred Aberdam

Alfred Aberdam was born into a well-to-do Jewish family in Hungary in 1894, and soon showed a keen interest in painting. After graduating from high school, he organized lectures on the Italian and Flemish masters and early Jewish artists, before leaving to study painting in Munich.

Mobilized in the Austrian army during the First World War, Alfred Aberdam was captured and interned by the Russians. In 1917, he became People's Commissar for Fine Arts and met Mayakovsky in Moscow.

After the First World War, Aberdam continued his apprenticeship at the Beaux-Arts in Krakow, winning first prize in painting in 1922 before moving to Paris. Settling in Montparnasse, Alfred Aberdam founded the "Groupe des Quatre" with Sigmund Menkès, Joachim Weingart and Léon Weissberg. He specialized in portraiture, notably of the Jewish community during the war, depicting on canvas faces that were both tearful and touching. 

During the Second World War, Aberdam was forced into hiding and temporarily put his artistic career on hold.

Alfred Aberdam's influence on his time

Considered an illustrious representative of the Paris School, Alfred Aberdam (1894-1963) conveys through his works the suffering and hardships endured by the Jewish people.

His paintings are now part of the permanent collections of many museums around the world, but private collectors play a major role in preserving his work.

 His signature

Not all Alfred Aberdam's works are signed.

Although there are variations, here's a first example of his signature.

Appraising your property

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