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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;soaduk, post: 323382, member: 6455&quot;]Hi guys, bit of an odd one this. I bought this oleograph a couple of years ago assuming it was a print from a very old painting by a very good painter. But i have never managed to identify the signature or even find another example of the image until today when I found it in an auction.</p><p>But the oil painting sold in auction was by a serial killer who murdered his own family and wife and painted the picture while in prison... in 1975?!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/berkshire-auction-rooms/catalogue-id-srberk10051/lot-1a188a80-e11f-4b53-9189-a6fb0134c6a6" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/berkshire-auction-rooms/catalogue-id-srberk10051/lot-1a188a80-e11f-4b53-9189-a6fb0134c6a6" rel="nofollow">https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/berkshire-auction-rooms/catalogue-id-srberk10051/lot-1a188a80-e11f-4b53-9189-a6fb0134c6a6</a></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Macabre Art; oil painting on canvas 49 x 37cm, depicting a boy and a girl holding a dead bird, painted by PAUL BEECHAM during his incarceration in Broadmoor Hospital, signed &amp; dated 1975, together with three other paintings by the same hand. (Paul Beecham who killed his Mother, Father &amp; Grandparents was sent to Broadmoor in 1969 and released in 1995, he then went on to kill his wife, her body found buried under the patio, Beecham committed suicide)&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/220623d5-95b3-441e-b67b-a6cd01150ebc/40783366-431c-43a5-a154-2b9aea1b7fce/original.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This all seems odd because this oleograph seems to be very old, the mount is browned and snaps it&#039;s so fragile... and to my eye the quality even of the oleglograph seems higher than the &quot;original&quot; (unless it&#039; just a bad photo... god knows my photos don&#039;t do my copy justice either!</p><p>But the other thing is my ones signature seems to be very different, I can&#039;t read it can you?</p><p>So I just wondered if anyone could hazard a guess as to what&#039;s going on.</p><p>If this is a print from this killer&#039;s work, why&#039;s it seemingly much older than 1975? And why the different signature.</p><p>If it&#039;s not then who is it by? And did this killer simply paint a copy of it in prison?</p><p>Any thoughts of ideas appreciated!</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks</p><p><br /></p><p>James</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s314.photobucket.com/user/soaduk/media/20180113_221606_zpsveglp8pr.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s314.photobucket.com/user/soaduk/media/20180113_221606_zpsveglp8pr.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i314.photobucket.com/albums/ll410/soaduk/20180113_221606_zpsveglp8pr.jpg~original" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s314.photobucket.com/user/soaduk/media/20180113_221639_zpsmymw0g8p.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s314.photobucket.com/user/soaduk/media/20180113_221639_zpsmymw0g8p.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i314.photobucket.com/albums/ll410/soaduk/20180113_221639_zpsmymw0g8p.jpg~original" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s314.photobucket.com/user/soaduk/media/20180113_221706_zpsmsy8xuly.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s314.photobucket.com/user/soaduk/media/20180113_221706_zpsmsy8xuly.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i314.photobucket.com/albums/ll410/soaduk/20180113_221706_zpsmsy8xuly.jpg~original" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s314.photobucket.com/user/soaduk/media/20180113_221800_zpsd5w2bhvs.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s314.photobucket.com/user/soaduk/media/20180113_221800_zpsd5w2bhvs.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i314.photobucket.com/albums/ll410/soaduk/20180113_221800_zpsd5w2bhvs.jpg~original" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s314.photobucket.com/user/soaduk/media/20180113_221947_zps7axlpyt9.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s314.photobucket.com/user/soaduk/media/20180113_221947_zps7axlpyt9.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i314.photobucket.com/albums/ll410/soaduk/20180113_221947_zps7axlpyt9.jpg~original" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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