Featured I broke & bought another thrift store painting!

I've been doing pretty good; I still got to the thrift everyday, but I've restrained from buying art (not a lot of good ones helped), but when I saw this one with the white tree ljmbs/leaves (snow?), barely contrasting the overcast sky + the perfect shadows reflecting in ghe water - I had to get it!
But (theres always a but!), I can't find a signature?
The positive I told myself was the Ancon Bilt frame was made in America; no Hecho en Mexico! And it has some kind of numbers - for a library or auction?
Any ideas on the artist? It looks like there's something in the bottom left, above the red dab of paint?
Also, any thoughts on the painting?
Measures 18" x 16" frame and 10" x 8" canvas
As always I appreciate any help/thoughts!

 

I suspect that may be a better class of decorative painting. A step up from this but... do you notice?.. same frame.

https://www.invaluable.com/auction-...t-period-framed-oil-painting-333-c-f58458895e

Debora

 

Lol dang it is I paid $25 & I thought even if the art was factory, the frame had to worth something (especially since I don't see a lot that arent stamped Hech en Mexico).
Thank you Debora

 

Not the worst buy ever; the frame alone would cost a mint to buy new. I suspect nice decorator print too.

 

It's a painting. Any idea what the frame would cost to buy one?
Thanks!

 

Not a clue, but Jerry's Artarama here would have charged $50 for it twenty years ago. Now, made in USA it would be even higher. A Chinese import...dunno.

 

That logo with the palette is circa 1960s and they were made in America then, right?

 

Gianni Tedeschi (1922-2018) was Italian, seems he painted a lot in Venice. Yours could be a northern Italian landscape, maybe near Venice, given the marshland look. Since there are several paintings with the same frame, maybe a retailer in the US imported his paintings and had them framed in the US?

https://www.invaluable.com/artist/t...mbo8qdIQb1PAruz-59b1J30FVgf3ZYillIDLGpTXQxPAE

https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Gianni-Tedeschi/4CEF4A8A687851B2

As an aside, the landscape looks like the landscape just east of where I live.

 

Like China, Mexico has "art villages" where this stuff is made. I'd say the frame is worth more than $25 even if it was mass produced and made to look old. I'd have bought it for the frame alone. Just because it's decorative art doesn't make it bad. Look at some of the high end home decor stores. It would cost a lot more. If you were buying it to try and sell, you might not make a great deal, but if you liked it then keep it and enjoy it. Around here I find that the thrift store volunteers are well versed in checking online for values and there aren't any bargains any more.

 

Decorative and factory art has gone through cycles. In the late 19th and early 20th century, a lot came from Germany. By the 60s, Italy was the center of production. Later on, Mexico became a source. Mexican black velvet painting is an industry to itself. Of course, now, China is the primary source for factory art. All the while, artists everywhere crank out decorative art for sale. France has produced etchings and watercolors for the tourists for decades.

Here in the US, a lot of sofa paintings have been produced continuously. Think bucholic cabin scenes with mountains or paintings of Niagra Falls. Lee Reynolds of Vangard Studios fame cranked out thousands of striking paintings in the 60s and 70s. Single artists find a niche and produce continuously. Some strike it big such as Margaret Kene, Thomas Kinkade, or Rodrigue. While many would argue that this is not factory art, I might disagree.

Lesser known artists reproduce their work continuously for popular consumption. A friend of mine sold her kitschy art to the likes of WalMart and Target to be reproduced in the millions. It was not her preferred personal art but something she produced for fairs to make a buck. A licensing agent just happened to see the work and she rode the wave. Less successful artists continue to knock out formulaic scenes that are popular. How many women in a flouncy dress have we seen gazing out to sea while the sea oats wave in the breeze? While these started with individual artists painting for the tourist trade, they are now produced in china.

So much of what we see here is decorative or factory art. That doesn't necessarily make it bad. It is popular for a reason. Just don't expect to not find another like it.

 

Not just Mexico, I also saw black velvet paintings of forbidden Inca lovers etc in Peru and Ecuador.

 

There's nothing that Black Velvet doesn't make more beautiful !