Anyone seen this signature before

Yours appears to be a factory painting in which case the name of the "artist" is unimportant.

Debora

 

NO to the signature, but I like the painting!

 

Haha I figure! Factory paintings what a concept, artist making art for mass consumption. No one cares about the artist at that point.

 

What’s the best way to tell or is it just knowledge cause you know most of the popular artist?

 

That's not exactly what factory art is. An artist making art for mass consumption is someone like Thomas Kinkade, who had formal art training. Name and style recognition is key to marketing that type of art. Factory art is assembly-like work produced quickly and cheaply by workers, mostly in Asia, who use noms de brosse.

Debora

 

We see a lot of factory art here. You can search for old threads for other examples but...

Generally, factory art is -- to quote myself -- produced with minimum effort for maximum effect. (If you look closely at your work, you can see how quickly it would have been done.)

The "artists" who produce factory art have some facility for copying but lack formal art training. (If you look closely at your work, you can see how the linear perspective is wonky and some of the details are sloppy like the street lamp that hovers on a slim pole two stories high.)

Also, the same types of scenes are reproduced over and over such as "Alpine Scene with Chalet," "Rocky Mediterranean Coastline with Villas" and yours which I always describe as "Rainy Night in Paris Street Scene." (And if you look closely, you can see that the works all have an unconvincing feeling to them which shows that they don't depict a location actually observed by the artist.)

Debora

 

Ah thanks so much Debora always learning new things here your quite knowledgeable and always appreciate your input. Thanks again!

 

backside tells more than the painted side. canvas color, even the texture can tell a lot about age.
what you have is a typical Paris scenery with Haussmann buildings. generic even when made in the last 80 years.

 

Hi Fid, to use your expertise in determining a factory painting does this fit your example? I picked this up with 3 others and all are huge this is probably the smallest one.

 

it does. looks like someone took an old frame, spraypainted it, and found a newer painting not exactly fitting and stapled it in place with those strips.

 

Thanks for your input here Debora, I have wondered if there was a name for "factory art" Someone once told me the "artists" have a telephone book from which they choose names as signatures Learn things all the time from you guys. I just have to learn to upload photos to this site.

 

most names used try to allude to well-known names that ring a bell with potential buyers.

 

thanks