English scene oil painting

No visible signature. Shows a bit of age but the execution appears to be a bit naive. What do you think, amateur?
thanks

 

I'm ok with all of the execution except the maid in the doorway.

The painter either became very bored when it was time to paint her, or that background part was painted in by someone else. The proportions are not "perfect" on the forefigure but it's got a clever appearance.

 

Looks like a caricature in the manner of the Vanity Fair prints by 'Spy' and others.

 

Here is another one. Not super fine but better than the other.
Not sure about the first name, the second looks like Sessions?

 

Marjorie G or J

 

The use of a middle initial makes me suspect a US artist.

 

Hi Antidiem,
Would you send me some of the drugs you are taking??? LOL The maid in the doorway is wearing trousers and has a deliveryman's basket. Now if it is a maid wearing a dress please do NOT send the drugs but please do not tell my family, they think I am losing my mind as it is. You do not have to feed the fire, okay?
greg

 

You're not losing your mind, Greg. I was confused by the maid reference too.

He does appear to be wearing an apron, though didn't greengrocers wear aprons?

 

Hi,
Most proprietors wore aprons but they did not do the deliveries. Geesh here I am spouting like I grew up in London.
greg

 

HAHA Greg! I stand corrected: it is delivery man who has all the aura and appeal of a maid and the painterly approach of a non-artist. LOL
::blushes::

Please know I did not have the file photo open when I typed.
None the less, my opinion of the background stands.

btw : The second photo of a similar painting also appears to have a careless background. Thrifty too. Didn't even use enough paint to cover the canvas!

Kardinal, may we please see photographs of the back of these 2 canvases?

Also what size?

 

Delivery boys most certainly wore aprons, even when I was growing up.

 

Oh same with old milk man delivery here too, Bear!

Clearly the delivery maid above burned my eyes + brain out on first glance!

Everything was going fine until that moment.. I had to look away. haha

 

They appear to be done on flat canvas,
perhaps they were magazine illustrations, as AF mentioned the look.
Indeed they are cartoonish. I wonder why the first isn't signed?

I do not think these were painted in the period they depict.


The tired worker looks like he's ready to fall down, makes me cringe!
So it makes a dandy statement. It works, quirky wrists and all.

Could we see the back of these and any writing or markings?

 

here are the backs. the first is done on canvas board, the second on stretched canvas.

 

First one is a copy of this.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?tbs...Copperfield%2C-1884-oil-painting.html;422;600

 

I cannot read the label, these are posted too small and blurry to me. At first glance it doesn't look terribly old. The back on the second doesn't give me bluster of antiquity either but I can't see it that well either. Sorry I cannot help you more.

 

Yes Persona, it is a dandy but I don't see the exact original in that huge list, thanks for the link. I do think it's a "done in the style of" painting.

 

In the 20th.C. there has been a persistent vogue for 'Dickensian' style illustration around Christmas time for tins of biscuits and boxes of chocolates, certainly the two corpulent old buffers might just as well have 'Fancy Assorted' printed on the picture to complete it.

I doubt if it is any earlier than the 1950s. Both are caricatures. Neither, I'd say, have any artistic merit apart from technical competence in the style.

 

i can post better pics later but i doubt that would help. the label on the first one is Fulton canvas board. yes, they are not old, maybe mid century or later.
probably the second one is done after original as well.