Rating and value of paintings by Jean Soubervie

If you own a work by artist Jean Souverbie or based on his work and would like to know its value, our state-approved experts and auctioneers will guide 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. Thereafter, if you wish to sell your work, we will guide you towards the best possible arrangement to obtain the optimum price. 

Rating and value of the artist

A distinguished figurative painter, Jean Souverbie quickly acquired a reputation and a place in the world art market. Today, his works are still highly prized, making the artist a sure thing in the auction room. The prices at which the artist's works sell range from €20 to €241,200, a considerable delta but one that speaks volumes about the value that can be attached to the artist's works. His oil on canvas Nu à la fontaine was sold for €241,200 at Christie's in 2016. 

Order of value from the most basic to the most prestigious

The artist's works and style

Jean Souverbine is one of the leading figures of figuratism, which is a general term used to describe various productions that seek to represent reality. Pointillist, impressionist and realist tendencies are all present. The artist worked mainly with drawing and oil on canvas, although he did produce a few prints.

The life of Jean Souverbie  

Jean Souverbie (1891 - 1981) was a French figurative painter.

He was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, and painted compositions of nudes and still lifes without any particular training at first. He took a few lessons from a private teacher. He began drawing at the age of ten, inspired by Rembrandt's etchings. Maurice Denis noticed his work as early as 1908. He entered the Académie Julian, then the Académie Ranson, where he frequented the Nabis. During the First World War, he was discharged for being physically too weak.

He continued to paint throughout his life, his wife becoming his favorite model. After an operation that allowed him to recover, he directed his pictorial production towards Cubism.

He died in Paris at the age of 90. 

Jean Souverbie's imprint on his era

Unpopular in France, Jean Souverbie was nevertheless an artist appreciated and sought after by collectors.

Today, some of his works are held in museums around the world, but collectors play the greatest role in preserving his work.  

His signature

Not all of Jean Souverbie's works are signed.

Although there are variants, here is a first example of his signature:

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