Question about 1965 oil painting

Hello Antiquers,

I have a bit of a mystery painting I am trying to find information about, but having a bit of trouble. There seem to be some errors on the back of the canvas - for example the name “Henry Grohskopf” is given, but I think this is a miss spelling of “Grosskopf” - or it’s completely wrong altogether. It states “Wien 23 Inzersdorf”, which I assume is either where it was painted or purchased and then “Zum Geburtstag” - “for your birthday”

I’ve tried multiple artist databases to search for the signature and the artist name with no luck and thought I’d try my luck here - any ideas? I’d really appreciate it, it’s a beautiful piece!

 

The name on the backing doesn't seem to look at all like what is painted in front.

 

That was my thought as well. I do think “Henry” looks correct, but I get the impression this was purchased by someone as a gift and they wrote the message on the back. The address in Vienna could be where they bought it. There’s no Henry “Grosskopf” or “Großkopf” I can find in any database - nor any other combination of H——— Grosskopf. The phonetic spelling error “Grohskopf” also really makes me think this was written by a non-native German speaker.

The closest signature I’ve found belongs to David Eugene Henry, but the style is off. The H is similar, but the E in his signature is capitalized.

Im at a loss!

 

I was surprised to see your post, because I have a very similar painting my parents purchased in the 1970's. I've always considered a bit of a motel painting. I did a little research last year on it and concluded it was a German or Austrian painter of little note. I may be able to re-find what I found. Does it look like the same artist to you?

 

Hello - wow, this does look to be a remarkably similar style. The only difference I can tell is the signature has some slight differences (the H is swiped left to right, rather than right to left), which seems minor, but I think that’s actually a pretty large difference. Otherwise I really think it’s quite similar.

 

I think I stopped researching my painting when I decided it was decorative based on it's looks, the history of W.T. Burger, and the bio info pasted on the back of this other Burger marketed painting https://www.reddit.com/r/artcollecting/comments/thy9pf/can_anyone_give_any_information_cant_find/