Clipper Ship Painting

This painting is 27 x 40 inches and looks to me like oil on canvass. I am not knowledgeable about art and would appreciate any comments on the painting. Does it have any value beyond decorative value, and what do you think the signature is? I did a google image search on the signature which did not yield anything. Looks like Longacre or something like that to me, and that long tail on the signature seems odd.
Thanks for any help.

 

Renato Longanesi Italian artist is most likely your artist.Ships seems to be his forte.

 

His work varies depending on size of painting,anywhere from $50 to $250.

 

Thank you Antiquefab! I searched ebay for tall ships painting and looked through all of those looking for a long last name beginning with L, but did not use the word clipper in my search, and nothing came up.

 

A search on Terapeak shows 18 sold in the last 2 year, price range $40 - $850, average price $268.

 

Supposedly (taken from Google) for some reason he used to go into some kind of seizure after signing his work ?

Looks pretty naff/decorational from here

 

Yours appears to be a modern decorative painting rather than fine art. The Certificate of Authenticity with serial number accompanying another Longanesi painting bought from the Heritage Galleries supports this. The thrown-together quality of the canvas and frame is also a giveaway.

https://www.weschlers.com/auction-lot/renato-longanesi-italy-b-1931-clipper-in-stormy-s_ACD4C7F994

Debora

 

Thing is, there probably have been some people paying $200 dollars odd for them

(Charlie shakes his head)

 

They've a lotta "wow" factor for the uninitiated.

Debora

 

Thanks Debora for your detailed response. Very helpful.

 

funny that the name on the Cert...doesn't match the artists..

 

That signature is distracting. Your eyes go to that and then follow the long line out of the picture. Poor placement.

 

https://www.google.com/search?q=New...kFHS9bAZAQjJkEegQIRxAC&biw=1266&bih=840&dpr=1. Lots of images of his ships. Living near the ocean, I'm disturbed the the fact that those waves are all going in different directions!!

 

ya, I don't like the spray either...
but I like the lean to the ship like it's rolling in the waves...