Eugenio de Blass painted "women With Baskets" 1895 what is value

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Request for Question Clarification by leli-ga on 27 Jun 2002 06:21 PDT

Would you be interested in an answer about Eugene (not Eugenio) de
Blass, an Austrian painter of the right period?  Would you be
interested in an answer that gave you information about his life and
work even though it may not be possible to find a value for that
particular painting?

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Request for Question Clarification by leli-ga on 27 Jun 2002 07:33 PDT

Sorry -I meant Eugene VON Blass

From Haynes Fine Art of Broadway:

EUGENE VON BLAAS

Austrian 1843 - 1931

Reflective Thoughts

Watercolour, signed, 15 x 11½ inches
ref. 6742

"Eugene von Blaas was a painter of genre subjects. He was born to
Austrian parents in Rome and studied under the historical painter Karl
von Blaas at the Academy in Rome and the Academy in Venice."

"Eugene von Blaas painted numerous subjects but notably he favoured
and excelled in images of female beauty. Blaas painted in both oil and
watercolour using both mediums with consummate ease. His models are
always beautiful with exquisite facial line and skin tone. Their poses
are enduring, drawing the viewer with a bashful turn or a defenceless
expression. Blaas deliberately sets out to catch the viewer's weaker
instinct and rarely he fails."

"He exhibited at the Royal Academy in London between 1875 and 1892."

notes: change in spelling of last name, no price was given for this
watercolor.

http://www.haynes-fine-art.co.uk/galleries/children_beauties/children_beauties_03.html



For sale at the European World Gallery:

Piece: 15" x 30" Pear Soap Print
Title: By Eugene Von Blass
Date: 1892
Price: $350 USD
Condition: Very Fine

http://europeanworldgallery.com/ant-coll.html

searched Google for "Eugene von Blass"

not quite what you are looking but hope this helps some

His early painting "La Tombola" sold for 77,675.00 British pounds,
with the original estimate being 80,000 - 120,000 British pounds on
June 20, 2002 at Christies in London
(http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/search/LotDetail.asp?intObjectID=3934867&SN=6562&LN=0083)

From Google's cache of
http://www.sothebys.com/liveauctions/sneak/archive/ah_19thcent_1100.html,
I found that his painting "Pomegranates" was given an estimated
auction price of £150,000-200,000 at Sothebys in November 2000.

Another painting (no title supplied) was given an estimate of
2,600-3,000 Euros. by icollector.com with respect to a sale in Vienna,
June 13, 2000 http://photos.icollector.com/listing/dorotheum1641.html

A picture of a Venetian scene went for 6000 DM in December 2001. 
http://www.hampel-auctions.com/archiv/kuenstler/385.html