Possible Fermin Santos Original?

Art by TheAntiqueHobbit posted Jun 13, 2020 at 5:03 PM

Art by TheAntiqueHobbit posted Jun 13, 2020 at 5:03 PM

So we found another oil painting, this one also presumably by a Spanish artist. I’m not good at figuring out fakes from the real deal. The painting seems authentic? I think the signature looks alright? It’s done using oil paints. What would I need to do to authenticate it? Any thoughts?

 

Apparently there really was an artist named Fermín Santos. Here's some biographical information. You'll have to run it though Google Translate if you don't read Spanish.

https://www.herreracasado.com/2015/05/30/fermin-santos/

Debora

 

That's usually my question but... I get SO tired of asking.

Debora

 

Probably called 'Paisaje.'

Debora

 

Back of the frame or the actual canvas?

 

The back of the frame is just blank, and looks hand rigged with framing nails.
Working on exposing the canvas now

 

Well crap says I’m at my storage limit for albums and I don’t know any other way to post more photos....
So, the whole thing is held in place in the back with framing nails and it looks like it’s not canvas at all, it like a thin wood that’s been painted? So what I thought was a framing covering in the back is what the painting is actually on. Like a board? And that’s what the painting is actually painted on; the thin board.

 

I guess he did a LOT of paintings on boards, so this is good? His bio says he has art in the Vatican Museum and stuff so this could be my first decent art find in an estate lot.

 

So no handwritten notations, stickers or labels? Just blank board?

Debora

 

Yeah, blank and paint stained. There are some stains.

 

Days it’s too big. On an iPhone is there a way to make the file smaller?

 

Art by TheAntiqueHobbit posted Jun 13, 2020 at 7:15 PM

Just deleted some stuff lol.
It’s not pretty on the back. And the back is the painting itself.

 

He's a fairly minor regional painter. Just glanced quickly at a Madrid auction house catalog and his urban scenes are on offer for 250€. What is the measurement of your painting? Is it 83cm x 60cm?

Debora

 

Well, I don't see any reason why it wouldn't be what it appears to be. Too bad you can't identify the locale. (It's fairly generic.) That would add to value, assuming collector interest.

Debora

 

I’ll measure it now. 40cm x 33cm roughly?
I would take 250 euros lol.... we only paid like 400 for the entire lot and already made that back plus a ton in Fenton Glass alone. Really appreciate the help y’all are great! I know nothing about paintings, just trying to sort through them all.