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<p>[QUOTE="Chinoiserie, post: 9006945, member: 79460"]I purchased this painting yesterday after convincing myself it was by Frank Wootton 1911 - 1998. I am now not so convinced it is, after doing a big more digging. Frank signed his military paintings in block capitals. However his landscape paintings bear a much more similar signature to the one I've bought. Although still not preceeded by an initial.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://esm-ltd.co.uk/wolfcms/?artists/frank_wootton_obe.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://esm-ltd.co.uk/wolfcms/?artists/frank_wootton_obe.html" rel="nofollow">http://esm-ltd.co.uk/wolfcms/?artists/frank_wootton_obe.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Also I can't find a connection between him and scarborough, which is the subject matter here. I have found a painting online with the same signature and style of a beach scene in Scarborough.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Tindall-s-Ship-Yard-Scarborough/9BA4885C514BBD59D9F487C2D95C8D8F" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Tindall-s-Ship-Yard-Scarborough/9BA4885C514BBD59D9F487C2D95C8D8F" rel="nofollow">https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Tindall-s-Ship-Yard-Scarborough/9BA4885C514BBD59D9F487C2D95C8D8F</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This claims to be by Frank, however i think that this might attributed to him incorrectly. [ATTACH=full]430154[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]430155[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]430156[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]430157[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]430158[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Chinoiserie, post: 9006945, member: 79460"]I purchased this painting yesterday after convincing myself it was by Frank Wootton 1911 - 1998. I am now not so convinced it is, after doing a big more digging. Frank signed his military paintings in block capitals. However his landscape paintings bear a much more similar signature to the one I've bought. Although still not preceeded by an initial. [URL]http://esm-ltd.co.uk/wolfcms/?artists/frank_wootton_obe.html[/URL] Also I can't find a connection between him and scarborough, which is the subject matter here. I have found a painting online with the same signature and style of a beach scene in Scarborough. [URL]https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Tindall-s-Ship-Yard-Scarborough/9BA4885C514BBD59D9F487C2D95C8D8F[/URL] This claims to be by Frank, however i think that this might attributed to him incorrectly. [ATTACH=full]430154[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]430155[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]430156[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]430157[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]430158[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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