Interesting Painting (At least I think so)

So this came in with some other really old items. I mean really really old. At first I kind of dismissed it but then as I was getting things put away I hung it and now I can't stop staring at it. It kind of gives me the creeps. There is a lot of texture to the painting. There is no signature on it. There is also another painting on the back of this one it also doesn't have a signature but I do think they have some serious age to them. The frame is newer but the paintings are unlike any I have seen so far. The canvas is very hard not like the stretched canvas that I am used to seeing this is more like a solid piece of something. Sorry I am not an art expert. I just yell for money. I don't know but I would love some opinions on it. This came from the storage of a pretty high end antiques dealer here in Austin. She said she honestly had no idea what all was in there. She just wanted to get it cleared out. She just let my partner go in and grab whatever he wanted this was one of the items he picked up. It is all going up with no reserves. Like I said she just wanted her storage area cleared. It's a strange painting they both are.

 

wish i could be of help...but i love the one with the 2 ladies!

 

I know nothing about art. But the 2 ladies look to have a Monet style to them

 

Yeah it is really strange. From a distance it looks wonderful. Up close it looks wild you can hardly tell it is a picture of anything at all. It isn't really coming through in the image but it looks like it was done with a putty knife and built up several layers. It's thick.

 

Nothing on the back of either one?

 

Just each other. The one is painted on the back of the other.

 

They are probably painted on some sort of board. That happens sometimes. Interesting paintings. I can see why you keep looking at them!

 

What's most interesting to me is that the 2 are so completely different!

 

The one that is actually displayed seems so much better than the one of the boy. I wonder if the boy is an older piece or completely different artist all together.