Help deciphering a Hebrew artist signature

Discussion in 'Art' started by abuadam97, Apr 28, 2020.

  1. abuadam97

    abuadam97 New Member

    I would greatly appreciate any help in finding the artist with the signature in the attached pictures. I have 2 paintings that I acquired in Austin, Texas a couple years ago. With some research I was able to find out that the signature is in Hebrew.
    Both depicts European scenes. First depicts a cityscape like Paris and the other a port with 2 boats. Looks like 50's or 60's paintings but I can be wrong.
     

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  2. Mark London

    Mark London Well-Known Member

    Doesn’t look like Hebrew to me.
     
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  3. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Not to me either. Just virtually illegible handwriting, which some artists specialize in.:playful:
     
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  4. abuadam97

    abuadam97 New Member

    I said Hebrew because some of the vowels in Hebrew are dots. I am attaching 2 screenshots of Hebrew Alphabets that shows that. I, also, listened to a couple videos on Youtube and they all shown that consonants take dot as vowels. It's a very tough language with so many variations. Makes it more complex is the handwritten is different than the digital one (computers).
    A lot of painters takes joy in making their work anonymous by signing ineligibly. It's a bit of a detective work.
    I hope somebody that can read and write Hebrew comes with a conclusive name of this artist or confirm that's not Hebrew alphabets at all.
    Thanks for reading.
     

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  5. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    Given the subject matter and style of the 2 paintings shown, I seriously doubt that they were signed in Hebrew letters.
     
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  6. Mark London

    Mark London Well-Known Member

    Additionally, most factory paintings or souvenir paintings are intentionally signed in such a manner as to be either illegible or incomplete (i.e. family name only, etc.). In any event it ain’t Hebrew.
     
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  7. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    what ever is in the lower left of the street scene looks like a date.....

    There's no Hebrew here....& YES..I write it and read it !
     
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  8. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    The street scene looks like either France or Belgium, probably the first.
    The harbour scene looks like Malta to me, but I could be wrong. Maltese is a Semitic language, so related to Hebrew, but written in Latin script. Maltese never used Hebrew script.
     
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