Featured Charlie buys tourist art (wink)

hi folks

found this in my friends house clearance shop today(£10)
all handmade. carved and painted
painting is actually painted on the frame itself
frame is large 14"
small bit of damage to painting (can probably touch up)
presuming swiss
if this is what tourist art used to look like, i think its certainly lost the standard

any info or thoughts appreciated

 

They'd be fun to collect, wouldn't they?

https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/w...-alpine-village-black-forest-carved-frame/id-

Debora

 

Presuming they'd be grand tour era.

The paintings are a bit naff, prefer the frames

 

Probably later than given grand tour period reading it up

Late 19th ?

 

that wonderful Charles !!!!!!!!!

 

Thanks kome, nice bit of carving innit

 

1st look , I thought pressed...or a mold.........so I looked more closely....

 

A fun piece, but also some nice work, both the painting and the Brienzer carving. Brienz is very close to Interlaken.

I see 1stdibs is having trouble with their geography, Brienz was still in Switzerland last time I checked. The Black Forest is of course in Germany. Both these frames are classic Brienzer woodcarving, so Swiss.

For me it is the other way around, but that has to do with the souvenirs of my childhood. But to be fair, both are lovely.

 

Very helpful indeed, thanks again Aj

 

Absolutely. And charlie's has all three, Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau.

 

A classic thriller !!!!!!!!

 

Yeah, I like wood, sort of respect it

 

Darned if I haven't seen that at least once, many years ago on cable TV.

 

Great 1970s graphic.

Debora

 

Clint Eastwood (tick) atmospheric cold snowy climate (tick)

Haven't seen it though

Escape from Alcatraz has got to be his greatest though

Clint Eastwood (tick) atmospheric, claustrophobic prison brilliance

Birdman of Alcatraz, shawshank, green mile, in the name of the father, papillon, midnight express, cool hand luke

Prison films just do it for me (not that I'd like to experience doing a bit of bird though)

 

What....no The Longest Yard ????

Find Sanction........and enjoy !!

 

had a go at touching up the missing paint work.
far harder than i imagined. wasnt just a case of adding a light blue
more of a mix of blue black white and yellow
still wasnt happy with it


so decided to do something different.
i know its not geographically accurate now but just went for it anyway

 

I've seen far worse touchups...

 

Me too!