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<p>[QUOTE="benbenny007, post: 217953, member: 4194"]I'm not familiar with the used styles in during different centuries but I keep an open mind. Many are saying 20th century. It also looks modern to me but the stretcher and canvas are confusing me. Its absolutely a possibility that somebody used a old canvas to paint on. But why? </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I will add some extra info why I'm thinking its older. </p><p><br /></p><p>When I bought it there were two paintings in offer, this painting and a other painting from the same artist with the signature starting with Frank. This was in a market and a lady was clearing out the house of her mother. There were many people and I could only buy one painting because somebody else snapped the other one away. I had a quick look at the other painting and it was of a man which looked like a peasant/farmer sitting in a dark kitchen. The kitchen looked old (18th/19th century style) and was also painted on a very old canvas with some old restoration. There were so many people looking for their treasure and I had to act quick to buy it and good only get a glimps of the other signature on the painting starting with Frank with unreadable surname. This means that the other painting and this one were from the same artist. </p><p><br /></p><p>Is it than a artist that only use old canvases?? I don't know, sounds unlikely.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="benbenny007, post: 217953, member: 4194"]I'm not familiar with the used styles in during different centuries but I keep an open mind. Many are saying 20th century. It also looks modern to me but the stretcher and canvas are confusing me. Its absolutely a possibility that somebody used a old canvas to paint on. But why? I will add some extra info why I'm thinking its older. When I bought it there were two paintings in offer, this painting and a other painting from the same artist with the signature starting with Frank. This was in a market and a lady was clearing out the house of her mother. There were many people and I could only buy one painting because somebody else snapped the other one away. I had a quick look at the other painting and it was of a man which looked like a peasant/farmer sitting in a dark kitchen. The kitchen looked old (18th/19th century style) and was also painted on a very old canvas with some old restoration. There were so many people looking for their treasure and I had to act quick to buy it and good only get a glimps of the other signature on the painting starting with Frank with unreadable surname. This means that the other painting and this one were from the same artist. Is it than a artist that only use old canvases?? I don't know, sounds unlikely.[/QUOTE]
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