Cote and value 2024 of paintings by Joseph Gabriel Tourny

If you own a work of art by or based on the work of artist Joseph Gabriel Tourny 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. Then, if you wish to sell your work, we will direct you to the best possible arrangement to obtain the optimum price.

Rating and value of the artist

Joseph Gabriel Tourny was a neoclassical artist, whose pictorial output was relatively small. The market value of Tourny's works on the art market is therefore quite high, especially for his paintings. The prices that works fetch on the auction market range from €120 to €2,400 Thus, a work signed by his hand can fetch millions of euros at auction, as evidenced by his painting Jeune fille à l'éventail et au billet doux,adjudicated at €2,400.

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The artist's style and technique

Joseph Gabriel Tourny was a 19th-century neoclassical artist who produced mainly portraits. There are few works on the auction market. He produced drawings as well as a few oils on canvas.

The life of Joseph Gabriel Tourny

Joseph Gabriel Tourny (1817-1880) began studying at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, under Achille Louis Martinet. He began his career with engravings, mainly using the burin technique. He then exhibited watercolors at the Salon.

Although his engravings were not yet circulating on the art market, the artist nevertheless won the second Prix de Rome in intaglio. He later won the Grand Prix.

He died in Montpellier in 1880, having lived all his life in the Paris region.

Joseph Gabriel Tourny's imprint on his period

Today, Joseph Gabriel Tourny is best known for his portraits. However, the general public does not remember his name, and the majority of his production is preserved in private collections.

His signature

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

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