wife’s face on the "Mona Lisa". He had white wavy hair with a ponytail and a beard
Charles Keating … Friedrich Golchan
P.S.–I had to pop my copy of the movie into the machine to catch the name when Mark Margolis (Heinrich Knutzhorn) said it aloud from jail.
Hi, I picked this up at a second hand store because I really liked it and it was not expensive. I can see a signature that says Ward, and on the back edge it is written "Ward" in pen and there are some numbers. I can get those if it matters, I have the painting on the wall and will have to take it down. I saw that there is an artist named Harold Morse Ward, who was a landscape painter. I saw an example of his work and it looks similar. I posted some pictures at the url below, with a close up of the signature. Although I can make out Ward, it doesn’t appear to be an H or M in front of it, but looks more like a P or an R. Thanks
http://www.blu-raydvd.com/wardpainting.htm
Judging by the subject matter and style, I’m afraid it might just be one of thousands of mass-produced paintings that are produced in art factories in countries like China, mainly for the Western market. The furniture stores here in Italy are full of them, for people who want to have paintings to hang without spending a whole lot. It’s called "decoration art".
As someone over here explained it to me, sometimes these paintings are even done in an assembly-line type system, with more than one artist working on them. For example, one does the wash-like underpainting that will become the sky and the stream, another does the landscape parts, another does the tree shapes, and another does the final foliage, greenery, and/or snow. Each has his or her own specialization. Other times artists will do whole paintings and, here too, each artist is more or less specialized in a certain style, or reproduction of certain artists’ works. Often they use fake, Western-sounding names to sign the works with.
Typical features of these paintings are woodland scenery, snowy peaks in the background, and a shimmering lake or stream. The ways in which the water in your painting is rendered and the vegetation is applied are giveaways of this style and manner of production.
Here is a very interesting slide show, with info and pictures, illustrating the system (in China):
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2005/07/14/business/20050715_PAINT_SLIDESHOW_1.html
And here is a company in Hong Kong:
http://www.theasiaco.com/
Note that they refer to their products as "decoration art" and their featured artists as "local" artists. Definitely mass-produced, in any case.
Another possibility: it may have been done by someone who likes to paint with the Bob Ross method.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Ross
http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&um=1&hl=en&q=%22Bob+Ross%22+landscape&btnG=Search+Images
http://dlucas84.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/bob_ross_csg033_mountain_splender.jpg
There was a peice of art that was given to me when I moved out. It was found in the attic of our house. It has a print number on it but when I touched the art that was clearly of a pastel medium it smudged which led me to believe that even though it has a number it is an origional piece. I would guess that it is atleast 30 -50 years old I want to know how I can find out exactly how old and maybe where it came from? Where do I start?
Hi! With the little information you have on this piece of work, your best bet would be to start with the history of your house. Check with the neighbors for information. Perhaps you will be able to locate a former owner who did the artwork, or knows where it came from. Check with the recording department of your city government to get this information.
Also, contact all of the art galleries, frame shops, art schools, museums, etc. in your area. If the artist had work framed previously, or exhibited in the area, someone in the industry may recognize the work.
You might want to take a digital photograph of the artwork to post on Craig’s List or Yahoo! Answers, asking if anyone recognizes the pastel piece.
I would also urge you to speak with someone who is an expert in preservation of pastel art, and take measures to protect this piece, get it properly framed, and displayed!
Thanks for asking this question. Best wishes!
I purchased a painting at an antique store in Melbourne, FL and the artist from the oil on canvas painting was named deiassaint. The man at the shop told me that the artist was from Haiti and that his father brought the painting over to America and that his father was/is the Soccer coach for the Haiti team. I have tried to research deiassaint on Google and other search engines but I got no luck. I would like to know if anyone has any information about this painting; it is a landscape of abstract sailboats in the harbor with two african people on the score, blues and pinks and other vibrant colors are used.
Hi:
First , I think you have incorrectly written the artist name .
Second , I don’t think the painting was done in the 1940’s
Can you send me a Jpeg of the painting on
r.bourbon@sympatico.ca
I will see if I can help you.
Hi, I’m an artist working with ballpoint pens on paper, I’ve made some pretty nice work with simple black on white, and recently I picked up a boatload of coloured ones. So far I’ve been unsuccessful in creating a good skin tone with them. Can anyone give me pointers as to how to get a skin tone down from pens?
well, we learn in our drawing classes that by stippling, hatching, and cross hatching, we can develop different values of color. So with a ball point pen I have seen a lot of beautiful skin tones created using these techniques! Good luck and have fun!
What are some of the characteristics of an original print that make it original? Also, does a reproduction have value?
The reproduction has the value for the person who hangs it on his walls. It won’t have any resale value.
My grandfather handed down to me a painting about 2 by 3 of a flower vase in dark setting. It was signed by Hoffman. Is that a well known artist?
This is a list of the Hoffmans that have sold at art galleries as listed on ASKART.
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See if you can match one of these first names with the signature on your painting.
If you can’t match the signature then subscribe to the site for one month and see if you can match the style.
The site will show you examples of most the Hoffman painting on this list.
I hope this helps you
GOOD LUCK
Adolphus Hoffman (1832 – ) United States
Adrian Hoffman (20th Century) Germany
Albert Hoffman (1915 – 1993) United States
Arnold Hoffman (1886 – 1966) New York
Arnold, Jr. Hoffman (1915 – 1991) New York
Belle Hoffman (1889 – 1961) Ohio
Charles C. Hoffman (1821 – 1882) Pennsylvania
Edward Fenno III Hoffman (1916 – 1991) Pennsylvania
Eric Hoffman United States
Frank B. Hoffman (1888 – 1958) New Mexico
Frank V. Hoffman (1902 – ) Illinois
Gary David Hoffman (1947 – ) Michigan
Geo A. Hoffman (1832 – ) United States
Gustave Adolph Hoffman (1869 – 1945) Connecticut
Gustavus Adolphus Hoffman (1832 – ) United States
Harry Leslie Hoffman (1871 – 1964) Connecticut
Harry Zee Hoffman (1908 – 1990) Maryland
Helen Hoffman California
Helen Bacon Hoffman (1930 – ) Virginia
Irwin D. Hoffman (1901 – 1989) New York
John Hoffman (20th) New York
John Hoffman New York
Kady Hoffman (1949 – ) California
Kristen Hoffman (20th Century) United States
Laura Hoffman New York
Leesa Hoffman (late 20th) Minnesota
Mabel Hoffman California
Malvina Cornell Hoffman (1885 – 1966) New York
Martin (Joseph) Hoffman (1935 – ) Florida
Michael Hoffman (1965 – ) Florida
Mike Hoffman (20/21st) United States
Miriam Hoffman United States
Murray Hoffman (1891 – 1945) New York
Ned Hoffman (mid 20th Century) Unknown Country
Polly (Mrs. Luther) Hoffman (1890 – 1949) Texas
Richard Hoffman (20th Century) Louisiana
Richard Peter Hoffman (1911 – 1997) Pennsylvania
Ruth Erb Hoffman (1902 – ) New York
Ruth Rosecrans Hoffman (1926 – ) Connecticut
Thomas (Tom) Hoffman (1952 – ) Utah
Victor Hoffman (1834 – ) California
Vlastimil Hoffman (1881 – 1970) Poland
Wayne Hoffman (20th Cen) California
William Hoffman (1924 – 1995) Montana
William M. Hoffman (1934 – ) Pennsylvania
Anker Hoffmann (1904 – 1985) Denmark
Anton Hoffmann (1863 – 1938) Germany
Arnold Hoffmann (1886 – 1966) New Jersey
Arthur Hoffmann (19th Century) Germany
Clara Hoffmann (1862 – 1897) North Carolina
Eduard Hoffmann (1820 – 1904) Netherlands
Eduardo Hoffmann (1957 – ) Argentina
Eugen Hoffmann (1892 – 1955) Germany
Franz Xaver Hoffmann (fl.1834 – 1840) Austria
Gaston Hoffmann (1883 – ) France
Georges Johannes Hoffmann (1833 – 1873) Netherlands
Hans Hoffmann (1880 – 1966) New York / Germany
Josef Hoffmann (1831 – 1904) Austria
Josef Hoffmann (1870 – 1956) Austria
Oskar Adolfovitch Hoffmann (1851 – 1913) Russian Federation
Robert Hoffmann (1868 – ) Germany
Sonderborg Kurt Rudolf Hoffmann (20th Centuty)
Franz Hoffmann-Fallersleben (1855 – 1927) Germany
it’s really a matter of personal choice, what kind of art do you like and appreciate. all so by contemporary you mean of this time right? or contemporary as in "modern" art? either way you should check out Tracy Emin, she’s rather well known and quite popular at the moment. hope i helped.
You could try these;
http://painteroflife.com/index.html
http://nancytilles.com/index.html
http://www.portraitartist.com/colquitt/resume.asp
http://www.reneeplevy.com/about.html
Also
http://www.asopa.com/framemembers.htm
http://www.miamiarts.com/artists/
When you tag several artists on the same ablum that are different from each other, windows media player picks it up as each of the seperate artists have done an album called <Name of the album>, and thus refuses to display every track when you try to browse the album.
How can you make it so you have multiple artists with different tracks, but windows media player will show it as one complete album?
Make a list of your own by dragging the songs on the side,and give it the tittle you like.