Karl Bader ? please help with this enormous painting free

I went to a sale and just out of curiosity ask how much and they said take it...
Maybe I should put it out on the curb?
The frame is gaudy ugly love the painting but its huge and has a hole....

What say ye? opinions please be kind

 

You know, when they say "take it" you're not really obligated to do so.

 

Grand Tetons.
Harley drip pan?

 

Wyoming?? Nah - the Alps.

 

Oui! The church I didn't take into consideration.
Still...patch the hole and under the Harley it goes.

 

Decorative or tourist painting from Europe. Is the stamp on the back an export mark?

 

I guess it is Brad

 

I see three better paintings .........

 

I agree, the church does not look like it belongs there

 

well so much for the curb it could be 3 paintings...good selling point

 

not export mark but "Viktoria Maltuch"
I'd check Joseph Karlsbader

 

oh thank you Fid
Karlsbader" for Joseph Karlsbader (German, born 1921) a listed artist and painted circa 1975. Joseph Karlsbader studied at the Munich Art Academy and exhibited successfully throughout Europe including in Paris, Geneva and Madrid. Unframed

I saw a few sold but could not see prices, what about the size and damage on this? approx 5 feet long lol

 

I see potetial in it but do not see the damage in your pics very clearly. IMO the size may even be a positive argument. perhaps someone here can look him up in those paying sites ?

 

Clever Brad! I LIKE it! Cut it up and frame them, keep the church one and sell them.

 

this one sold for $190 (Unverified) in Feb. of 1914.
http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/j.-karlsbader-oil-painting,-wintry-landscape-4246-c-3905155756

 

I swear I've seen this as a jigsaw puzzle.

 

Thanks Messi good to know, kinda means with damage this one has little value I'd imagine....

 

with a length of 5 feet it will appeal to true Americans like Wernher von Braun and others, even with smaller damages. or try to sell it on Gun Broker with a seriously sick story that it was stolen from Adolf's Eagle Nest by GI Joe and served as a parachute glider therefrom down to Garmisch - or better make that Munich for the dorks....