Ratings and values of paintings by Yoël Benharrouche

If you own a work by artist Yoël Benharrouche 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 an accurate estimate of its value on the current market.

Then, should you wish to sell your work, we will direct you to the best possible arrangement to obtain the optimum price.

Artist's rating and value

Yoël Benharrouche is an artist who has produced works in Yugoslavia and Paris. Today, the artist maintains a high valuation and some of his works are highly prized by collectors, particularly those oriented towards narrative figuration.

As such, a work signed in his hand can fetch thousands of euros at auction, as evidenced by his acrylic on canvas Musician (round), adjudged €8,350 in 2024, while it was estimated at between €8,350 and €11,140.  

Order of value from the most basic to the most prestigious

The artist's works and style

Yoël Benharrouche is a painter with a symbolist and spiritualist aesthetic. Yoël Benharrouche's work is rooted in a symbolic and introspective approach, articulating references to Hebraic tradition, Jewish mysticism and biblical poetry.

His painting is conceived as a space of plastic meditation, where the image becomes a vector of transcendence. His formal language is singular, he elaborates a personal, immediately identifiable plastic language based on the assemblage of stylized figures, calligraphic elements and floating geometric structures.

This formal combinatorics produces a dreamlike iconography, where bodies, letters and objects can coexist in a mental space. Benharrouche spiritualizes form, as the human figure, often androgynous and internalized, loses all realistic corporeality. It is deliberately disembodied, treated in flat colors and integrated into a flat structuring, without illusionistic depth, which accentuates the spiritual dimension of the image.

There is also a scriptural dimension to his work, as Hebrew characters are recurrently incorporated, sometimes fragmentary and sometimes integrated into the décor. This gives the work a textual and hermeneutical dimension.

Yoël Benharrouche's painting is thus part of a tradition of interpretation and commentary. The text is not illustrative, but participates in the visual architecture of the composition.

The artist favors a warm, saturated palette, dominated by ochres, deep reds, celestial blues and golds, evoking medieval illuminations as much as Byzantine harmonies. The chromatic transitions are soft, fusional and contribute to the contemplative atmosphere of the works.

He readily employs mixed techniques on paper, combining acrylic paint, inks, collage and gold leaf highlights. This technical mix enables him to play on contrasting textures and materialize a plurality of visual regimes.

The treatment of time in the work is non-linear, circular or suspended. The scenes are set in a mythical timelessness, where narrative markers are neutralized, giving way to a poetics of reminiscence and permanence.

Although unclassifiable, Benharrouche's universe can be likened to that of Chagall for the onirism and biblical resonances, or of Baya Mahieddine or André Lanskoy for his relationship with the sign and graphic symbolism, though these references do not exhaust the singularity of his approach.

Yoël Benharrouche's life

Yoël Benharrouche was born in 1961 in Beersheva, in the south of Isarel, into a Jewish family originally from North Africa. This dual cultural background (Israeli and Sephardic) would form an essential identity and spiritual foundation in the development of his work.

He spent his childhood in Ashdod, on the Mediterranean coast, in a family environment steeped in religious tradition and textual culture. From adolescence, he showed a marked attraction to painting, calligraphy and sacred texts.

He pursued a rigorous artistic training at the Higher School of Fine Arts in Bat-Yam, then at the Tel Aviv School, where he deepened his knowledge of academic drawing, composition, art history and mixed techniques.

His training also made him aware of the European avant-garde, while consolidating an approach rooted in Jewish spirituality. In the 1990s, Benharrouche moved to Nice, marking a new stage in his career.

This move gave him access to a network of international galleries, while maintaining an emotional link with Israel. Today, he divides his time between Nice and Tel Aviv, consolidating a bicultural artistic practice.

From the 2000s, he built up an immediately recognizable pictorial universe, nourished by Jewish mystical tradition (particularly the Kabbalah), biblical texts, psalms and iconography reinterpreted in a contemporary way.

His work is exhibited in numerous galleries worldwide, where it attracts the interest of collectors, lovers of spiritual art and symbolist aesthetics. His work is also associated with a process of inner research, at the crossroads of art, text and faith.

Parallel to his artistic career, Benharrouche carries out transmission activities, notably in the form of lectures or teachings, where he explores the links between art, spirituality and Hebraic tradition.

Market segmentation and artist's rating

Yoël Benharrouche occupies a singular position in the field of contemporary figurative art, at the crossroads of the market for contemporary spiritual artists and that for creators linked to Jewish tradition.

He is situated in an intermediate segment with high symbolic value, where the spiritual dimension of the work takes precedence over speculation. The artist is mainly distributed through a network of specialized galleries, mainly in the United States, Israel, France and Switzerland. This verticalized, controlled circuit contributes to price stability, favoring the construction of a sustained but controlled quotation.

The market is based on the distribution of original works on canvas, but also mixed techniques on paper, gouaches, and graphic production edited in limited series. The diversity of formats enables a fine segmentation of the buying public, from the informed collector to the enlightened amateur.

The company's clientele consists mainly of private collectors sensitive to spiritual themes, members of the Jewish diaspora, and lovers of contemporary religious art. The sociological profile of the buyer often reflects a cross-over interest in Hebraic symbolism, visual meditation and biblical narrative.

Large-format works are the most highly valued, with those incorporating dense biblical iconography (human figures, Hebrew letters, mystical symbols) and a warm, ornamental palette. These works command the highest price levels.

Primary market prices generally range from €5,000 to €20,0000, with higher peaks for prestige works. The secondary market remains limited, but a number of indoor sales have confirmed the existence of sustained demand, particularly in France and the United States.

A regular presence at art fairs, monographic exhibitions and online sales organized by galleries all contribute to maintaining constant visibility, without artificial inflation of the quotation.

International recognition of Benharrouche's work remains low-key: although he is rarely included in public museum collections, he is enjoying growing critical recognition in contemporary art circles. His positioning outside traditional academic canons gives him an alternative visibility, often linked to specific cultural networks.

His signature

Not all of Yoël Benharrouche's works are signed.

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

Expertise your property

If you own a work by Yoël Benharrouche, don't hesitate to request a free appraisal by filling in our online form.

A member of our team of experts and certified auctioneers will contact you to provide an estimate of the market value of your work.

If you are considering selling your work, our specialists will also guide you through the various alternatives available to obtain the best possible price, taking into account market trends and the specific features of each object.