SwissArtGallery · Documented identity
For Philippe Cognée, the photographic image is not merely a motif: it serves as the starting point for a painting that engages with materiality. In his encaustic practice, he lays a sheet of plastic film over the paint, then heats it with an iron, melting the wax beneath. This approach leads to an examination of the place of painting in an image-saturated environment.
In 1982, he obtained the Diplôme national supérieur d’arts plastiques from the École des Beaux-Arts de Nantes. A laureate of the Villa Médicis, he stayed in Rome in 1990.
In 2023, « Philippe Cognée. La peinture d’après » is presented at the musée Bourdelle from 15 March to 16 July, while the exhibition « Philippe Cognée » is presented at the musée de l’Orangerie from 15 March to 4 September.
The Alice Pauli gallery in Lausanne also presented his exhibition « Sous les feux de la lune ». An auction catalogue lists « Vanité », a work from 2006 made in encaustic on canvas mounted on wood, measuring 50 × 70 cm.
This profile brings together identity references for Philippe Cognée and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
11 references are documented at Genève Enchères, Schuler, DognyAuction, Dobiaschofsky. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.
Mixed media and encaustic on canvas
Ohne Titel
Mischtechnik und Enkaustik auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2024-03-20
Published result : 2600 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2600–4000
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Encaustic on canvas laid on wood
Vanité (2006)
encaustique sur toile marouflée sur bois
Catalogue period : 2023-05-03
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 3000–5000
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Encaustic on canvas laid on wood
Une Vallée (1994)
encaustique sur toile marouflée sur bois
Catalogue period : 2023-05-03
Published result : 4000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 5000–7000
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Encaustic on canvas laid on wood
Paysage d’orage (2000)
encaustique sur toile marouflée sur bois
Catalogue period : 2023-05-03
Published result : 3000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 3000–5000
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Encaustic on canvas laid on wood
Bouteilles II (2000)
encaustique sur toile marouflée sur bois
Catalogue period : 2023-05-03
Published result : 4300 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 3000–5000
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Encaustic on canvas laid on wood
Trophées (2004)
encaustique sur toile marouflée sur bois
Catalogue period : 2023-05-03
Published result : 5500 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 6000–8000
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Encaustic on canvas laid on wood
Sans titre (1999)
encaustique sur toile marouflée sur bois
Catalogue period : 2023-05-03
Published result : 3300 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2000–3000
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Acrylic on paper
"Héliogabale 2".
Acryl auf Papier
Catalogue period : 2018-05-04
Published result : 3000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 4500
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Öl auf geschnitztem Holz
Sans titre.
Öl auf geschnitztem Holz
Catalogue period : 2018-05-04
Published result : 1600 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1800
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Chalk
Paysage.
Kreide
Catalogue period : 2018-05-03
Published result : 700 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 350
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Oil on wood
Philippe COGNÉE (1957), Paysage 1992, Encaustique
huile sur bois
Date to be documented
Published result : 1873 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
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Documentation updated : 2026-10-19
