Oscar Florianus Bluemner
American · 1867–1938 · Painter, Draughtsman
Oscar Bluemner, born Friedrich Julius Oskar Blümner and after 1933 known as Oscar Florianus Bluemner, was a Prussian-born American Modernist painter. (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Black by GoldPhillips · $495,300≈ £391,016≈ €468,945Sign up to see
Colors of MayPhillips · $304,800≈ £240,625≈ €288,582Sign up to see
DownpourBonhams · $42,700≈ £27,518≈ €32,851Sign up to see
Oscar Florianus Bluemner’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
Price trend
1 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.
6 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 2 | 2 | 100% | $400kSign up | $400kSign up | $495kSign up |
| Tempera | 1 | 1 | 100% | $305kSign up | $305kSign up | $305kSign up |
| Works on paper | 57 | 40 | 70% | $4.3kSign up | $1.6kSign up | $42.7kSign up |
| Watercolor | 16 | 12 | 75% | $10.2kSign up | $5.2kSign up | $42.7kSign up |
| Gouache | 3 | 3 | 100% | $5.8kSign up | $5.6kSign up | $7kSign up |
| Pastel | 1 | 1 | 100% | $1.9kSign up | $1.9kSign up | $1.9kSign up |
| Drawing | 37 | 24 | 65% | $1.3kSign up | $958Sign up | $4.4kSign up |
| Other | 6 | 5 | 83% | $713Sign up | $500Sign up | $1.3kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.
By year
| Year | Offered | Sold | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 2 | $1.5kSign up |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 | $153kSign up |
| 2023 | 11 | 10 | $748Sign up |
| 2022 | 12 | 8 | $1.8kSign up |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | $31.6kSign up |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | $1.3kSign up |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | $3.4kSign up |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | $938Sign up |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | $388Sign up |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | $500Sign up |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | $8.8kSign up |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | $500Sign up |
| 2012 | 3 | 1 | $2.8kSign up |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 | $22.3kSign up |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | —Sign up |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | —Sign up |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | —Sign up |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | —Sign up |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | —Sign up |
| 2003 | 8 | 8 | $2.8kSign up |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | $748Sign up |