Rating and value of works, watercolors and paintings by Mathurin Janssaud

If you own a work by or after Mathurin Janssaud, and would like to know its value, our state-approved experts and auctioneers will offer you their appraisal services. Our specialists will carry out a free appraisal of your work, and provide you with a precise estimate of its current market value. 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 Mathurin Janssaud  

The artist Mathurin Janssaud leaves behind a classic body of work, composed mainly of watercolors. Now, prices for his works are rising under auctioneers' gavels. His paintings are highly prized, especially by French buyers. The price at which they sell on the art market ranges from €20 to €11,500, a very substantial range, but one that speaks volumes about the value that can be attributed to Janssaud's works. In 2012, one of his watercolors sold for €4,350. Unlike the majority of artists, it's his watercolors and not his oils on canvas that are most successful with buyers.

Order of value from a simple work to the most prestigious

Style and technique of artist Mathurin Janssaud

Mathurin Janssaud makes oils on canvas but works mainly with watercolor. He also produces a lot of watercolors, and works little with prints. His favorite subject is the sea, boats and the ports of Brittany.  

The life of Mathurin Janssaud 

Mathurin Janssaud (1857-1940), French artist, was born in Manosque, in the Alpes de Haute-Provence. He remained there for only a short time, leaving the region at an early age to move to Paris for artistic training.

It was there that he discovered several works and artists, including paintings inspired by Breton landscapes. He was fascinated by these representations and chose to make them his sole source of artistic inspiration.

Janssaud therefore settled in Concarneau, Brittany, and worked with a group of painters called the Concarneau group. There were eleven of them, and they painted coastal seascapes, boats and harbors. They worked on light, depicting sunrises and sunsets. He had a fairly bourgeois audience and sometimes depicted women in his paintings and watercolors.

He didn't have a great posterity, one of his paintings is preserved at Orsay. He is not very famous today, but his works are appreciated on the auction market. The artist's quotation was at its highest in the 1990s, as many of his works were presented for sale.

He can be included in a realist current, like Krachkowsky or Bessonov.

Janssaud's imprint on his period

Mathurin Janssaud didn't really mark his time. He is better known in Brittany, where he worked all his life. Nevertheless, his works are still appreciated on the auction market and their quotation, although lower than twenty years ago, is stable.  

Recognizing the artist's signature

Not all of Janssaud's works are signed. They may be at the bottom of the painting, but if you think you own one, it's best to have it appraised to be sure of its originality.

Knowing the value of a work

If you happen to own a work by or after Mathurin Janssaud, don't hesitate to request a free appraisal using our form on our website. A member of our team of experts and certified auctioneers will contact you promptly to provide you with an estimate of the market value of your work, as well as any relevant information about it. If you wish to sell your work, you will also be accompanied by our specialists in order to benefit from alternatives to sell it at the best possible price, taking into account the inclinations of the market.