Rating and value of paintings by Henry Moret

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Rating and value of the artist Henry Moret

Henry Moret is a French painter and draughtsman, recognized in this case under the Second Empire and the Third Republic. His most prized works are his oils on canvas, and the price at which they sell on the market ranges from €100 to €300,000, a substantial range but one that speaks volumes about the value that can be attributed to Henry Moret's works. In 2019, an oil on canvas entitled Groix, (marine painting) sold for €300,000, while it was estimated at €220,000 to €280,000.

Order of value from a simple work to the most prestigious

Artist's style and technique

Henry Moret was a 19th-century Impressionist and Synthetic painter who produced mainly marine paintings.  He oscillated between two currents, and became part of the Pont-Aven school along with other more famous painters such as Gauguin. Moret mainly produced oils on canvas and drawings.

Henry Moret, forgotten marine painter

Henry Moret (1856 - 1913) was a 19th-century marine painter.

During his military service, he discovered the landscapes of southern Brittany and began learning painting techniques in a Lorient studio. Arriving in Paris after his service, he entered the École des Beaux-Arts, where he learned in Jean-Léon Gérôme's studio. He then attended the Académie Julian. He exhibited his work at the Salon des artistes français and the Salon des Indépendants. He moved to Finistère, where he met Paul Gauguin and the Pont-Aven group of painters. The Duran-Ruel gallery devoted an exhibition to him in Paris in 1898.

Most of his work would focus on depictions of the sea, throughout Brittany but also on the coasts of the English Channel and the Netherlands.

He died in Paris of tuberculosis, aged 56 in 1913.

Henry Moret's imprint on his era

Henry Moret was not a painter widely known to the general public. However, his work is particularly appreciated by seascape collectors. Some of his works are exhibited by museums, although most are kept by private collectors.

Recognizing the artist's signature

Henry Moret doesn't necessarily sign his works. If they are, here's an example of his signature :

Getting to know the value of a work

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