Anything of worth?

My hubby and I cleaned out my mother-in-laws house after she passed away in 2000. We just put everything in boxes and stored them in our basement. Well, NOW is the time to sort through what she had and what is of worth. Lots of horse and hound type paintings/prints. Hard to know if any are of value. Here is one by C.E. Stewart. It ‘looks’ like a painting and the frame is quite ornate, but it is musty and dingy. Help.

 

Welcome Bbfarmer.
People will want to see more photos, also of the back, and close-ups.

There also seems to be a car driving through it.

 

I will take better photos. Just stopped long enough to grab a bite to eat and sign up on this site. I didn’t want to lose my focus. I will dive back into another box and see what surprises that one has. Hold tight. I’ll be back!!!

 

We'll be here.

 

We live & die by good photo's...... Help us , to help you !!

 

Is it under glass - I see too much reflection.
An oil painting wouldn't be under glass - so guessing this must be a print.

Please take pictures of any signatures.

 

Not strictly true, although more often they are not. However, when I needed to frame a 19th century oil on board, I researched the glass/no glass matter & advice was that if the paint is thoroughly dry, glass is OK. I went that route because I wanted to protect the painting from the oily stuff that falls as dust where I live & figured the paint had to be dry by now. She still looks fine.

 

I was so confused. Thought it was a Magritte-like juxtaposition or some joke on the concept of a sports vehicle.

 

No bowler hats though.

 

Seems promising!
Kudos for posting your first pic full size
Welcome on board, Bbfarmer

 

Hi Bbfarmer!

Welcome to Antiquers...........

 

Nor green apples. Well, not that I can spot.

 

Thanks for the warm welcome. I just popped in the house for a caffeine break. I need a little boost to get me through another box or two. Will report back when I take better photos

 

Ok, so upon actually looking at the ‘painting’, it does have some sort of paint texture but definitely not brush strokes. The label on the back is from Closson Art Galleries of Cincinnati. And some sort of serial number. I would up load the photos here, but the files are too large and my computer is taking forever to resize them. I did find another ‘painting’ by F. Handlen and again, it’s from Closson Art Galleries of Cincinnati. I’m thinking even though my in-laws were well off, they wouldn’t pay big bucks for ‘real’ art. Anyway, here is the Handlen. Once I can resize the Stewart photos, I’ll post them too.

 

Are you using an phone to take the pictures? Email them to yourself using size medium. When you download them to your computer, then they will already be the right size. Here is a link to some help for iPhone https://www.antiquers.com/threads/resizing-photos-on-i-phone.35097/
and one for android
https://www.antiquers.com/threads/using-an-android-phone-for-pics-on-antiquers.41709/#post-932809

 

Here's a free image compression tool that may help (I've tried it and it worked great!):

https://compressimage.toolur.com/

 

And I think this is the artist of your second piece. He worked in oils and pastels.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Handlen

 

If you have a LiveAuctioneers.com account (it's free), you can see past sales here: https://www.liveauctioneers.com/search/?keyword=frank handlen&sort=-saleStart&status=archive

 

Ok. Here are the photos from the C.E. Stewart painting

 

I knew I'd seen that name before. Here is another post about CE Stewart
https://www.antiquers.com/threads/ce-stewart-the-hunt.29988/#post-396769