Octav Băncilă: career timeline

Romanian · 1872–1944 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 95 of 272 lots (35% 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.

Octav Băncilă: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1890s	3	2	$28.4kSign up	Oil
1900s	12	12	$3kSign up	Oil
1910s	52	47	$5.2kSign up	Oil
1920s	23	19	$4.3kSign up	Oil
1930s	4	4	$6.7kSign up	Oil
1940s	1	1	$11.5kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)Medium

1890s 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $28.4kSign up
Average: $28.4kSign up
Typical size: 24.5 × 24 in (62 × 61 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2), Other (1)
Subjects: —

1890 Dulgher normand și nepotul său$1.2kSign up
1894 Autoportret (la 22 de ani)Unsold
1899 O afacere bună$55.6kSign up

1900s 12 works

Sold: 12 of 12
Median: $3kSign up
Average: $3.6kSign up
Typical size: 14.5 × 14 in (37 × 36 cm)
Mediums: Oil (12)
Subjects: —

1900 Eleganță (Portretul Sofiei Nădejde, sora pictorului)$1.9kSign up
1900 Portretul lui Constantin Istrati$1.5kSign up
1903 Ochi albaştri$5.7kSign up
1906 Covată cu scrumbii$3.3kSign up
1906 Aparul$1.8kSign up
1906 Dezertorul$5.6kSign up
1906 Natură statică cu păstrăvi$2.8kSign up
1907 Santinela$2.3kSign up
1908 Vedere din Broșteni$6.4kSign up
1908 Portret de evreu$3.3kSign up
1908 Iasomie şi irişi$2.3kSign up
1909 Mănânci ce ai$6.3kSign up

1910s 52 works

Sold: 47 of 52
Median: $5.2kSign up
Average: $7.3kSign up
Typical size: 22.5 × 18.5 in (57 × 47 cm)
Mediums: Oil (51), Lithograph (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1910 Coș cu mere$2.9kSign up
1910 Amurg$2.1kSign up
1910 Șezătoare (La țesut)Unsold
c. 1910 Chip de țărancă$3.2kSign up
c. 1910 Coș cu mere$2.7kSign up
1910 Matelot ascultând marea$6.4kSign up
1910 Țărancă cu năframă roșie$6.2kSign up
1910 Ion Nădejde$1.1kSign up
1910 Sofia Nădejde (Portretul surorii artistului)$1.3kSign up
1911 Vânzător de mărunțișuri$38kSign up
1911 Liliac$16.4kSign up
1911 Bătrân evreu$4.7kSign up

Show 12 more (1910s)

1911 Evreu telalUnsold
c. 1912 Ghicitoare$10.6kSign up
c. 1912 Ghicitoarea în cărți$8.7kSign up
c. 1912 GhicitoareaUnsold
c. 1912 Cu rufele la râu$4.9kSign up
1912 Ghicitoare$9.9kSign up
1912 Ciobănaș cu desagă$2.3kSign up
1912 Portretul lui Grigore Chirileanu$18.2kSign up
c. 1913 Portret de evreu$2.9kSign up
1913 Peticarul$10kSign up
1913 Peticarul$7.1kSign up
1913 Peticarul$20.1kSign up

…and 28 more works from this group in the full results list.

1920s 23 works

Sold: 19 of 23
Median: $4.3kSign up
Average: $4.6kSign up
Typical size: 19 × 19 in (49 × 49 cm)
Mediums: Oil (22), Drawing (1)
Subjects: —

1921 Autoportret (Artistul la 49 ani)$839Sign up
1921 Flori de câmp$5.3kSign up
1921 Căruță cu nomazi, pe asfințit$5.2kSign up
1921 Idilă în pădure$2.2kSign up
1922 Ţăran cu pipă$5.1kSign up
1923 Țăran din Târgu Cucului$3.5kSign up
1924 Țărăncuță cu fuiorUnsold
1924 De la izvor$10.5kSign up
c. 1925 Garofițe$4.6kSign up
c. 1925 Crizanteme$5.2kSign up
c. 1925 Trandafir alb$3.2kSign up
c. 1925 Trandafiri$9.9kSign up

Show 11 more (1920s)

1930s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $6.7kSign up
Average: $6.4kSign up
Typical size: 25.5 × 22 in (65 × 56 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4)
Subjects: —

1940s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $11.5kSign up
Average: $11.5kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: —

1942 Autoportret$11.5kSign up

Creation date not recorded

176 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 2010s 90 works

Sold: 85 of 90
Median: $4.3kSign up
Average: $5.6kSign up
Typical size: 22 × 18 in (57 × 46 cm)
Mediums: Oil (89), Other (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2015 Boule-de-neige$4.6kSign up
sold 2015 Ţărăncuţă cu fuior$3.8kSign up
sold 2015 Ghiocei$1.7kSign up
sold 2015 Farfuria cu portocale$4.3kSign up
sold 2016 Natură moartă cu vânatUnsold
sold 2016 Râu de munte$2.1kSign up

Show 6 more (2010s)

sold 2016 Şatră$2.6kSign up
sold 2016 Brânduşe$4.7kSign up
sold 2016 Flori de câmp$3.3kSign up
sold 2016 Evreu din Iași$4.6kSign up
sold 2016 Evreu$4.7kSign up
sold 2016 Glasul pământului$3.4kSign up

…and 78 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 86 works

Sold: 81 of 86
Median: $5.1kSign up
Average: $6.5kSign up
Typical size: 22 × 20 in (55 × 51 cm)
Mediums: Oil (85), Pastel (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2020 Țigăncușă cu ghioc$4.4kSign up
sold 2020 Fumătoarea de pipă$5kSign up
sold 2020 Mergem înainte$13kSign up
sold 2020 Afaceri bune$8.3kSign up
sold 2020 Chivuță$2.4kSign up
sold 2020 Peticarul$10.6kSign up

Show 6 more (2020s)

sold 2020 Liliac$4kSign up
sold 2020 Crini albi$6.2kSign up
sold 2020 Ghicitoarea$10.2kSign up
sold 2020 Ghicitoarea$9.6kSign up
sold 2020 Ulcior cu bujori$3.4kSign up
sold 2020 La cârciumă$2.6kSign up

…and 74 more works from this group in the full results list.

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 Octav Băncilă auction results →