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<p>[QUOTE="techbiker, post: 4498844, member: 60629"]Hi everyone,</p><p><br /></p><p>I just picked up 3 "new" antique mystery oil paintings at auction. What are your thoughts on age and the identity/origin of each painter? Quality of the work? Which would you repair first? Thanks a bunch!</p><p><br /></p><p>40"x18" signed river scene in oil salvaged from an old storage unit:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/QgvCzan.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Rear (guess nails were a precious commodity!):</p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/GwDZfZ2.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Signature:</p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/vQd30bO.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Detail:</p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/vdl4wXB.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>13"x17" (canvas size) oil painting of a wheat field in a heavy antique frame. Canvas laid on board, probably around when framed. Apparently, no signature. Research suggests this method of wheat harvest was defunct by the 1880s so I wonder if the canvas is older than the frame and board? I'd like to try to repair the frame if it's worth anything.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/XY39nTv.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Close:</p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/V8DDND9.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Rear:</p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/WAdlcKf.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Very dirty "Hudson River School" in oil. 20"x24" canvas laid on board in frame. Apparently, no signature. Plan would be to clean/varnish the painting, strip/varnish the frame and resecure w/ new hardware:</p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/6pXl2eS.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Rear:</p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/cWZfj3H.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="techbiker, post: 4498844, member: 60629"]Hi everyone, I just picked up 3 "new" antique mystery oil paintings at auction. What are your thoughts on age and the identity/origin of each painter? Quality of the work? Which would you repair first? Thanks a bunch! 40"x18" signed river scene in oil salvaged from an old storage unit: [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/QgvCzan.jpeg[/IMG] Rear (guess nails were a precious commodity!): [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/GwDZfZ2.jpeg[/IMG] Signature: [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/vQd30bO.jpeg[/IMG] Detail: [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/vdl4wXB.jpeg[/IMG] 13"x17" (canvas size) oil painting of a wheat field in a heavy antique frame. Canvas laid on board, probably around when framed. Apparently, no signature. Research suggests this method of wheat harvest was defunct by the 1880s so I wonder if the canvas is older than the frame and board? I'd like to try to repair the frame if it's worth anything. [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/XY39nTv.jpeg[/IMG] Close: [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/V8DDND9.jpeg[/IMG] Rear: [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/WAdlcKf.jpeg[/IMG] Very dirty "Hudson River School" in oil. 20"x24" canvas laid on board in frame. Apparently, no signature. Plan would be to clean/varnish the painting, strip/varnish the frame and resecure w/ new hardware: [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/6pXl2eS.jpeg[/IMG] Rear: [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/cWZfj3H.jpeg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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