MCM or earlier Cityscape oil painting signed hard signature for me

I had this painting for awhile now, I see a signature lower left but very hard for me to see, read etc. Anybody might know who this artist is or was ?

Thank You

 

Skyscrapers, concretist / glass-box buildings, and massive electric illumination suggest something closer to MCML than to MCM, but then again, we just like to throw uniformed opinions around.
Sig looks kinda like "Early Birdman," but that can't be right...

 

Evelyn Bertrand?

 

Do you know that MCM stands for Mid-Century Modern? Not sure if you were just joking about the Roman numerals. Mid-Century Modern is indeed closer to MCML when you're talking about the Roman numerals for 1950!

 

Don't know if this helps any:

 

fig, no, in fact we were half-serious in our remark, thinking OP did in fact mean "1900." Just wanted to get some replies started. "MCM" now added to our list of abbreviations and shorthand -- "learning every day" ("LED")...
aaron's read of "Evelyn Bertrand" looks pretty good, too...

 

It reminds me of the Bund, the famous waterfront of Shanghai. But I don't think it is.

 

Just making sure -- the abbreviation MCM is used quite often on this site. I have been here a while but never heard of it before I started running with this group!

 

Neither had I. Just one of the many things you learn here.
I usually break it down to the style, but that is the jewellery lover in me.

 

Thanks everyone, I will check both names given. To me though the painting looks like it was done around 1950 to 1970's, not 100% sure though.

 

And somehow it reminded me of Hong Kong skyline in the 70's.

 

It was like that when I was there, but as soon as my back was turned....

 

Yes, so much change and so quickly, but it is still one of the most exciting cities in Asia.

 

In the 70s I wanted to live there.