IDENTIFY ARTIST SIGNATURES

Hi, I bought two paintings recently and I need to identify this artist's signature. First pianting signed Picasso, But i dont think its original signature, Can anyone help?
Thank you.

 

It doesn't say Picasso, and as you thought, it is not a Picasso. The signature looks like Pictoso?

Do you have a close up photo of what is written on the back of the other painting?
The signature is Hornung ........ 44.

 

ok.

 

I think it is Danish. On the back it says Parken (park) Fredensborg Juni (june) 1944. Fredensborg is the name of a palace in Denmark, known for it's beautiful gardens:
http://www.visitcopenhagen.com/copenhagen/fredensborg-palace-gdk423442

I can read some Danish, but I can't read what comes before Parken Fredensborg. There are some people on the forum who know Swedish and Norwegian, maybe they can recognize the words. @judy perhaps?
The name is still Hornung and something. I know Hornung to be a surname of German origin. The name also appears in surrounding countries, like Denmark.

 

Carlo Hornung-Jensen.
https://www.google.com/search?q=carlo+hornung+jensen

 

I would get the "picasso" looked at by a professional. He has signed his work in many different ways. Look at example 5 on this link (also note that he dates his work in similar fashion):

https://autographen.wordpress.com/2015/06/09/picassos-signatures-a-little-study-of-picassos-ps/

 

Another example, this one is also from 1958. Notice he also likes to underline his signature. Whoever did this either studied his signature very well, or didn't need to study his signature (we certainly don't need to study anything when we sign stuff ourselves do we?)

https://www.masterworksfineart.com/artist/pablo-picasso/pablo-picasso-jacqueline-c-1958/

Another 1958 signature:
https://www.google.com/search?q=pic...AUICigB&biw=1920&bih=981#imgrc=Di8_gk2wwVq8RM:

 

I'm with Any Jewelry on this one - not only is the signature only superficially similair - the subject matter and style is nothing like what Picasso was doing in 1950 - here's a 1950 work of his:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:....jpg#/media/File:Picasso_Painter_El_Greco.jpg

 

I certainly agree with you on the point of his work in the 50's, I intentionally chose to ignore the front of the painting . That said, Pablo Picasso was probably on the fringes of society to say the least, so for all we know he woke up one morning and thought "today i want to paint some beautiful, simple sailboats..."

I take great caution boxing in great artists. Case in point, most would attribute Banksy to rudimentary graffiti on a wall, however he recently showed depth with his work "The Banality of the Banality of Evil" (he grabbed up a painting at a thrift shop and drew adolf hitler into the scene):

https://www.villagevoice.com/2013/1...ity-of-the-banality-of-evil-sells-for-615000/

You're probably right, it's probably a slim to none chance that it's authentic. But if it were in my hands, I would shell a few bucks out to an appraiser for "piece of mind."

 

This one has a price, which seems to be the general value of Hornung-Jensen paintings. The site is in Danish, if you click on the box which says "skift valuta", you can choose another currency.
http://www.antikvitet.net/apstort.asp?selbinr=309373&T2=Hornung-Jensen&advsog=4&akukat=1949

This is a German auction house, the prices are in euros:
https://www.van-ham.com/datenbank-archiv/datenbank/carlo-hornung-jensen.html