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Wilhelm Leibl

Wilhelm Leibl was a German painter and printmaker associated with realism. He trained at the Munich Academy, encountered Courbet’s painting and travelled to Paris in 1869. His move to the Bavarian countryside from 1873 encouraged close observation of local people and their everyday activities. This attention to his immediate surroundings shaped his work.

Three Women in Church, painted between 1878 and 1882 and held by the Hamburger Kunsthalle, represents three stages of life and different forms of devotion. Proximity to the models and precise detail organise the scene. On a different scale, Interior, dated about 1895–1900 in the Neue Pinakothek collection, is painted in oil on a small mahogany panel. Acquired in 1901, it demonstrates the place of domestic spaces in his later production.

This profile brings together identity references for Wilhelm Leibl and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.

Documented auction references

8auction references
4auction houses
7documented results with prices

Lempertz · Kornfeld · Ketterer · Dobiaschofsky

References include catalogue entries and available results; they do not all represent completed sales. Attributed works and special lots are excluded from the priced results.

Works recorded at auction

Wilhelm Leibl — Ein Kritiker
Photograph : Lempertz · Enlarge image ↗
Lempertz · Lot 2173

Ein Kritiker

Oil on wood

Original catalogue wording

Ein Kritiker
Öl auf Holz

Auction date : 2023-11-18

Published result : 403200 EUR

Including buyer’s premium

Estimate : 200000

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Wilhelm Leibl — Red-haired boy
Photograph : Lempertz · Enlarge image ↗
Lempertz · Lot 2298

Red-haired boy

Oil on canvas

Original catalogue wording

Rothaariger Junge
Öl auf Leinwand

Auction date : 2023-05-20

Published result : 37800 EUR

Including buyer’s premium

Estimate : 25000

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Ketterer · Lot 5

Bildnis Frau Auguste Mayr

Oil on wood

Original catalogue wording

Bildnis Frau Auguste Mayr
Öl auf Holz

Auction date : 2021-06-17

Published result : 68750 EUR

Including buyer’s premium

Estimate : 60000

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Kornfeld · Lot 396

Bäuerin in Berbling

Pencil drawing

Original catalogue wording

Bäuerin in Berbling
Bleistiftzeichnung

Catalogue period : 2019-06-13

Published result : 16000 CHF

Hammer price, excluding fees

Estimate : CHF 1750

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Ketterer · Lot 83

Umkreis - Brustbild eines Knaben

Oil on canvas

Original catalogue wording

Umkreis - Brustbild eines Knaben
Öl auf Leinwand

Auction date : 2016-11-25

Published result : 5000 EUR

Including buyer’s premium

Estimate : 7000

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Wilhelm Leibl — Mädchenkopf - die sogenannte Malresl
Photograph : Lempertz · Enlarge image ↗
Lempertz · Lot 1544

Mädchenkopf - die sogenannte Malresl

Oil on wood

Original catalogue wording

Mädchenkopf - die sogenannte Malresl
Öl auf Holz

Auction date : 2016-05-21

Published result : 86800 EUR

Including buyer’s premium

Estimate : 40000

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Ketterer · Lot 285

Der Freund Sperl en face

Pencil drawing

Original catalogue wording

Der Freund Sperl en face
Bleistiftzeichnung

Auction date : 2004-10-29

Published result : 3627 EUR

Including buyer’s premium

Estimate : 1100

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References excluded from statistics: attributions and special lots

These references are shown separately because of their attribution or lot composition. Each record states the reason.

Wilhelm Leibl — In the manner of
Photograph : Dobiaschofsky · Enlarge image ↗
Dobiaschofsky · Lot 836

In the manner of

Oil on wood

Original catalogue wording

In der Art
Öl auf Holz
Attribution ou qualification signalée dans le catalogue

Catalogue period : 2017-05-12

Attribution recorded in catalogue

Published result : 800 CHF

Fees not specified in the available data

Estimate : CHF 1200

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Sources and references

SwissArtGallery documentary note based on the cited sources. Titles, media and qualifications are provided in the profile language; the original catalogue wording remains available in each record.
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