Featured Portrait Painting

Discussion in 'Art' started by kardinalisimo, Jun 7, 2019.

  1. kardinalisimo

    kardinalisimo Well-Known Member

    84CB92F7-2B39-428A-93BE-BB4877019DAE.jpeg 4A119819-E3D2-4EC0-A007-3375527746A3.jpeg 00EDF75F-F5D6-42EB-9D61-043C9E08E2DD.jpeg F3B16341-4745-456B-B0D3-E685BADBCB07.jpeg It’s been restretched so the signature is partly visible. Any guesses on the artist!
     
  2. Jivvy

    Jivvy the research is my favorite

    *pausing to wonder if the model posed in the nude while wearing a red hat*

    I'll call the first four letters as L-A-R-O. If pushed, I'd say the fifth is N.

    Beyond that... :bucktooth:
     
  3. Dawnno

    Dawnno Well-Known Member

    or K ... larok? or R ... LAROR... hard to tell but looks like there might be a 6th letter around the corner. Laroke?
     
  4. Jivvy

    Jivvy the research is my favorite

    When I search US ancestry records for "laro*", there are 268,943 results.

    I'm off on a different research project for now. ;)
     
  5. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    1930s given hat and hair. From what I can see of it, frame looks newer.

    Debora
     
  6. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Someone I used to know had a sister in a mental hospital. He kept going on about the fact that she always wore a silly hat. That concerned him more than her not being well and possibly not happy.
    Can't help thinking this woman was like the sister.:(
     
  7. scoutshouse

    scoutshouse Well-Known Member

    Can you untack and unfold the outside corner?

    Seems possible she was wearing a bandeau cut off from reframing.
     
  8. i need help

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  9. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    That would explain why she is looking so surprised.;)

    Larob...?
     
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  10. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    My original thought is the sitter is not female - young Italian(?) boy, shirtless. The hat and the hair made me think that as much as the facial features.
     
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  11. i need help

    i need help Moderator Moderator

    Looks like a gold hoop earring?
    But that could still be a boy. :)
     
  12. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Yes, this style I think:
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    Not necessarily with those flowers:)
     
  13. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    I had not noticed that possible earring, but I think you're right about it being there.
     
  14. Christmasjoy

    Christmasjoy Well-Known Member

    Could be a boy .. the neck is rather thick for a female. Those eyes are very sad ... Joy.
     
  15. kardinalisimo

    kardinalisimo Well-Known Member

    I don’t think the canvas was cutoff.
     
  16. scoutshouse

    scoutshouse Well-Known Member

    Yes, i see if there was a bathing suit the artist left it out... But the painting and signature has been cropped by the later stretchers.
     
  17. Dave47

    Dave47 Active Member

  18. charlie cheswick

    charlie cheswick Well-Known Member

    I always think that about the way they style Brenda blethyn in Vera.
    They make her look like she's just escaped from somewhere, or on a day trip
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  19. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    I saw an interview with her, and she created that style herself to get into character.:playful: Well, if it helps her do the great job she's doing..... Love the series, and love Brenda.:)
     
  20. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Gypsy boys generally wore/wear actual rings, small, no decoration. Girls generally small ear pendants, until they are big (and rich) enough to wear big, long pendants, family investments.
    This girl or woman doesn't look like a Gypsy to me though. Some do have fair skin and blue eyes, but Gypsies are taught to be self-confident, the best way to survive in an often hostile world.
     
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