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Christian Rohlfs: career timeline

German · 1849–1938 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 436 of 526 lots (82% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Christian Rohlfs: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1870s33$28.7kSign upOil
1880s87$30.6kSign upOil
1890s1311$15kSign upOil
1900s4038$20.9kSign upOil
1910s121115$10.1kSign upWatercolor
1920s122113$15.9kSign upWatercolor
1930s108102$17.5kSign upWatercolor

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1870s 3 works

Sold
3 of 3
Median
$28.7kSign up
Average
$25.8kSign up
Typical size
6.5 × 8.5 in (16 × 22 cm)
Mediums
Oil (2), Watercolor (1)
Subjects
—

1880s 8 works

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7 of 8
Median
$30.6kSign up
Average
$30.8kSign up
Typical size
15.5 × 16.5 in (40 × 42 cm)
Mediums
Oil (8)
Subjects
—

1890s 13 works

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11 of 13
Median
$15kSign up
Average
$17kSign up
Typical size
15.5 × 20 in (40 × 51 cm)
Mediums
Oil (9), Pastel (4)
Subjects
—
Show 1 more (1890s)

1900s 40 works

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38 of 40
Median
$20.9kSign up
Average
$49.8kSign up
Typical size
20 × 21.5 in (51 × 54 cm)
Mediums
Oil (22), Watercolor (14), Pastel (1)
Subjects
Landscapes (6)
Show 12 more (1900s)

…and 16 more works from this group in the full results list.

1910s 121 works

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115 of 121
Median
$10.1kSign up
Average
$24.1kSign up
Typical size
19 × 16 in (48 × 41 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (56), Woodcut / linocut (27), Print (other) (11)
Subjects
Landscapes (2)
Show 12 more (1910s)

…and 97 more works from this group in the full results list.

1920s 122 works

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113 of 122
Median
$15.9kSign up
Average
$27kSign up
Typical size
20 × 19.5 in (51 × 50 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (93), Woodcut / linocut (8), Gouache (6)
Subjects
Landscapes (2), Figures & portraits (2)
Show 12 more (1920s)

…and 98 more works from this group in the full results list.

1930s 108 works

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102 of 108
Median
$17.5kSign up
Average
$22.8kSign up
Typical size
19 × 19 in (48 × 48 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (86), Drawing (15), Gouache (3)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (1)
Show 12 more (1930s)

…and 84 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

89 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 59 works

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59 of 59
Median
$16.3kSign up
Average
$23.6kSign up
Typical size
20 × 17.5 in (51 × 45 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (36), Oil (10), Drawing (3)
Subjects
Landscapes (2), Beach scenes (2), Flowers & still life (1)
Show 6 more (2000s)

…and 47 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 22 works

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20 of 22
Median
$5.7kSign up
Average
$8.1kSign up
Typical size
11.5 × 11.5 in (29 × 29 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (10), Drawing (7), Oil (2)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (1), Figures & portraits (1), Landscapes (1)
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 10 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 8 works

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6 of 8
Median
$4.7kSign up
Average
$15.2kSign up
Typical size
14 × 12 in (36 × 30 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (4), Woodcut / linocut (3), Gouache (1)
Subjects
Landscapes (1)
Show 2 more (2020s)

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Christian Rohlfs auction results →