Featured Friday Find - Is this a real 1878 Leon Voirin painting?!

Discussion in 'Art' started by journeymagazine, Jul 3, 2023.

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  1. Boland

    Boland Well-Known Member

    Also hope it re-sells great. You have certainly put in the time and you deserve it!
     
    Boland, Jul 4, 2023
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  2. John Brassey

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    Nice find. Good luck with confirming the authenticity
     
    John Brassey, Jul 4, 2023
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  3. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Great research above. Does indeed look like a recycled idea. And a low thousands find. Good luck!

    Debora

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    Debora, Jul 4, 2023
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  4. silverbell

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    Ditto!!!!!!!!!!!
     
    silverbell, Jul 4, 2023
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  5. say_it_slowly

    say_it_slowly The worst prison is a closed heart

    I hope the damage won't hold it back too much.
     
    say_it_slowly, Jul 4, 2023
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  6. bosko69

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    Nice 19th century genre painting set in the 18th century.Needs some retouching,but unless you're an expert-got to leave it be.
     
    bosko69, Jul 4, 2023
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  7. Debora

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  8. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

    Bow?
     
    journeymagazine, Jul 4, 2023
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  9. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

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  10. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    We don't know but I'd assume that the scene depicts the type of aristocrats the French Revolution did away with a few years later.

    Debora
     
    Debora, Jul 4, 2023
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  11. bosko69

    bosko69 Well-Known Member

    Nice find Journey ! But your Tin Chicken Vending Robots still numero uno in my JM Hall of Fame, but then 'weird funky's' my middle name.
     
    bosko69, Jul 4, 2023
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  12. charlie cheswick

    charlie cheswick Well-Known Member

    As in rhymes with cow

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    charlie cheswick, Jul 4, 2023
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  13. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

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  14. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

    The image above says 1888 & min is dated 1878 - maybe the above is recycled? lol
     
    journeymagazine, Jul 5, 2023
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  15. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

    That was something, wasn't it?
     
    journeymagazine, Jul 5, 2023
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  16. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

    Debora, I appreciate your help - always, and this may sound stupid but - what is the title of my painting?
    Thanks - again!
     
    journeymagazine, Jul 5, 2023
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  17. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

    I just sent them an email with photos - fingers crossed!
     
    journeymagazine, Jul 5, 2023
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  18. say_it_slowly

    say_it_slowly The worst prison is a closed heart

    My French is sketchy but Ecole Francaise I think means French school. After that is the location Place Stanislas in Nancy, France.

    I don't know if there is a title in there. I don't know if it's common to say "Ecole Francaise" on a French painting or not.
     
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  19. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    I read it as:

    Name of artist: L. Voirin
    His dates: 1833-1887
    The art movement: French School*
    Title: Place Stanislas, Nancy

    * Meaning that the work was created in the native style of his time and place

    Fine art nameplates can carry less or more information but I don't think there's anything out of the ordinary here.

    Debora
     
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  20. techbiker

    techbiker Well-Known Member

    Journey, this may be a post-WWII painting...

    I see staples through the canvas on the edge of one of the stretchers but no apparent canvas relining in your pictures and no visible nail holes. If unlined, the canvas verso is also very light for a painting from 187X... Can you tell if the canvas has been relined?

    It's also hard to believe a frame shop or conservationist would have covered the verso with cabinet liner secured with thumb tacks back in the 60's.
     
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