Help w/signature on antique oil on board painting - buy 2nd by same?

Discussion in 'Art' started by journeymagazine, May 29, 2024.

  1. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

    A lot of beautiful old paintings (including some turn of century(?) paintings by Henry Parker) came off the truck at my friend's thrift store.
    I bought one that you can tell I photographed in my car because I was late for a doctor's appointment (!) But I'm seriously considering going back after for the 2nd one by the same artist, but at $200 each I wanted to check in here & see if anyone knows who the artist is & if they are worth $200 each?
    I greatly appreciate any information & thoughts on these 2 paintings.
    Thank you!

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  2. Marote

    Marote Well-Known Member

    Did the doctor tell you to quit smoking? :rolleyes::D
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  3. Marote

    Marote Well-Known Member

    And regarding the question:
    Berlin?
     
  4. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    A bold red signature is usually the sign of a factory painting. Title should be Dutch Ship in Rough Sea. Here's a genuine example.

    Debora

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  5. Marote

    Marote Well-Known Member

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  6. Mike Mac Dnald

    Mike Mac Dnald Active Member

    That frame is gorgeous and I wish I had a friend who owned a thrift store....
     
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  7. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    I suspect the frame was made to deceive. As always, a photograph of the back would be helpful.

    Debora
     
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  8. verybrad

    verybrad Well-Known Member

    Looks like a factory painting to me as well.
     
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  9. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

    I am 17 years clean & sober, but I still have 2 vices/pleasures - cigarettes & coffee (black with French vanilla cream)!
     
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  10. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

    I apologize I was in my car
    Here are photos I took in the doctors parking lot (I moved away from front of car because of passing/parking cars, so photo of back taken in shade - I'm sorry.
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  11. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Thank you for posting the additional photographs. The depiction of this barrel is typical of a factory painting. Minimal effort for maximum effect.

    Debora

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  12. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

    Well the concensus is not good news; I was hoping someone would recognize it right away!
    I didn't think it was factory art because there is another with same signature, but more so because they all came out of a $3 million dollar home. (MY friend went with the trucks yesterday because there was a lot of glass & fragile items that had to be wrapped and packed carefully- he told me the owner had passed away & the kids donated everything so they could get a tax write off when they sold the house - so I was pretty sure the art was good)
    Here is a bad photo with phone in back of shop of a large H. Parker painting- I think it's Henry Parker? (Also why I thought mine was good)
    Thank you all for the quick response - saved me $200 on the 2nd one!

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  13. Marote

    Marote Well-Known Member

  14. mirana

    mirana Well-Known Member

    They also look factory to me. I'm sorry. :sorry:

    I've been in a lot of multi-million homes and truthfully not all of them have taste lol. Usually it has to be inherited generational, a decorator choose it, or an actual collector lived there.
     
  15. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Agree. Money doesn't equal taste, unfortunately. And, a $3MM home could also mean a load of debt.

    Debora
     
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  16. mirana

    mirana Well-Known Member

    You can buy good art with debt still! :hilarious: My take is Money wants to buy things that signal wealth to others. Used to be art and artifacts. Now it's cars, designer goods, gold, and big (but shoddily made) homes with features no one uses...

    Definitely still art collectors in Money but it's usually the ultra rich buying as investment to put in a warehouse crate, and not as decor. :meh:
     
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  17. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Pretty stuff is also easier and cheaper to replace if thieves break in because it's an expensive house, so it saves insurance money too.
     
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  18. verybrad

    verybrad Well-Known Member

    Looks like a black painted plywood panel. Another sometimes sign of a factory painting.
     
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  19. Mark London

    Mark London Well-Known Member

    Factory 100% and not one of the better factories either.
     
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  20. Figtree3

    Figtree3 What would you do if you weren't afraid?

    Sounds good!
     
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