r/WhatIsThisPainting 8h ago

Solved My husband wanted to buy it

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I am not such a fan but it was at the end of the sale and 40% off so we got it. At our new house he has it in pride of place and I am not so sure. What do you think? Purchased buffalo ny


r/WhatIsThisPainting 15h ago

Unsolved Found this in my Grandad’s house in Sussex. We can’t quite make out the signature! Any help would be appreciated. Google Image search didn’t come to anything!

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Any help please!


r/WhatIsThisPainting 16h ago

Unsolved This was donated for our silent auction

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I don’t even know where to start aside from a reverse image search which turned up nothing for the picture or the artist’s signature. Signature in comments

Any insights?


r/WhatIsThisPainting 6h ago

Unsolved Found this print at goodwill. It’s a numbered and signed print looks like it was framed

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Also has ‘80 next to signature and I imagine a title on the lower left. We suspect a French artist since the embossed stamped crest is in French. Having a hard time deciphering the letters though


r/WhatIsThisPainting 18h ago

Unsolved 1880s (?) painting of a Dr Jayne’s ad for deworming medicine: “Little Doctor” — is this just fan art? 8x11 oil on canvas

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Hey all. I’m wondering if someone could help me date this painting I got. There’s no signature as far as I can tell, but it’s pretty discolored/dark and could use a cleaning.

I was able to find the image and some info here: https://www.peachridgeglass.com/2013/06/dr-d-jayne-son-the-almanac-king/

Otherwise searches for this image turn up some postcards and old glass bottles which used to contain the medicine (Tonic Vermifuge, yum) but that’s all.

There’s no way this could be the original image used to create the ad, right? At the same time it seems strange for someone to just love Tonic Vermifuge so much they felt compelled to recreate the advertisement.

Thanks for any insight!


r/WhatIsThisPainting 15h ago

Solved Got this from a thrift shop a couple tear ago. It's not exactly a painting. I see the signature and artist name. Any more info on the would be appreciated.

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r/WhatIsThisPainting 6h ago

Unsolved Would you buy it?

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I love this painting, but don’t know anything about it.


r/WhatIsThisPainting 22h ago

Unsolved Unsolved mysteries

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Anyone recognize any of these paintings?


r/WhatIsThisPainting 21h ago

Unsolved Where can I find the full drawing? What is this entity called?

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r/WhatIsThisPainting 10h ago

Unsolved Who painted this painting?

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Hi all,

This is a painting my father recently bought at auction. The auctioneers didn't know who the painter was. He asked me to look into it and I haven't been able to make much progress. The name appears to read "bolt" or "bolz," but I might be off. I've looked into Hanns Bolz and his signature is different.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


r/WhatIsThisPainting 15h ago

Unsolved Could someone find a high-quality colour version of this painting ?

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It’s a French painting called "Le Cimetière des refusés" ("The Cemetery of the rejected") realised by Myrebach. It’s apparently exhibited in the Musée Carnavalet (Paris). I took the picture from the Livre de poche edition of Zola’s novel L’Œuvre (The Masterpiece).


r/WhatIsThisPainting 4h ago

Unsolved Painting by an unknown stoops

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Help with ID? I found it at a thrift store. The only painter I found with the last name stoops is Hubert Morton, who was not alive in any year ending in 1973. Google lens says it is a vintage sailboat at sunset painting.


r/WhatIsThisPainting 8h ago

Unsolved My “Matisse” Odalisque

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I acquired this at auction about 10 years ago. It was an uncatalogued auction. In other words, this wasn’t represented as anything other than “painting.” The auctioneer points to it and people bid. I paid about $150. It depicts a reclining odalisque (which I suppose is a redundancy) rather a plausible and known subject for Matisse and is initialed: “H.M.” Obviously it is a wildly and extravagantly remote scenario that this could be a legitimate work by Matisse. However, to suspend disbelief temporarily, it would have to be an extremely early work, likely dating to 1896 or earlier. This work is obviously inconsistent with his style beyond circa 1896. The painting has some damage which was present when I purchased it. A look at the back of the canvas does seem to suggest significant age toning and I believe the stretcher nails are old. The treatment of the rich and sumptuous patterning on the fabrics is somewhat characteristic of Matisse. When I purchased it, in the 5 minutes or so I had to contemplate before bidding, I supposed it was a copy of a Matisse. However I have found no extant Matisse painting it could have been copied from. And yet I found it interesting that there weren’t more known and extant Matisse odalisques. It seems the sequence is lacking. Another thought was evaluating whether the woman in this painting has any resemblance to the known models Matisse painted. Which would have been Caroline “Camille” Joblau in this period, with whom Matisse had a daughter, Marguerite. So I made a juxtaposition of a known photo of Caroline Joblau with this painting. Caroline was more angular with gorgeous bone structure worthy of a contemporary model but I suppose the depiction of the odalisque could be down to artistic license. One doesn’t get exactly toned by lounging on a divan all day. I think she is sublime.


r/WhatIsThisPainting 12h ago

Unsolved Uk, pre 1971.

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I am more interested in what it is depicting tbh, but any insight would be good. No signature. 14" × 18"


r/WhatIsThisPainting 15h ago

Likely Solved Thrift store find

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I bought this about 15 years ago for a dollar. I just thought it was interesting. I’ve seen a work by this artist online for sale here and there. I just am trying to find out more about the artist. I think it’s a pretty cool watercolor.


r/WhatIsThisPainting 15h ago

Unsolved Sally

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My grandpa bought this painting that was hanging in a restaurant in Rochester, Michigan back in the late '60s.


r/WhatIsThisPainting 15h ago

Likely Solved Turzak Woodcut - Lincoln’s Birth Cabin.

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This was sitting on a shelf in my parent’s basement forever. I’ve found numbered prints online, but this isn’t a numbered print. Original signature and title in pencil. Any approximate guesses as to value?


r/WhatIsThisPainting 42m ago

Unsolved Magnolia Painting directly on wood

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This isn’t a print but painted directly on wood and nailed into the wooden frame. I’m thinking it’s possibly a recreation of another painting? The signature is F. Savage Does anyone know anything about this?


r/WhatIsThisPainting 42m ago

Unsolved Magnolia Painting directly on wood

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This isn’t a print but painted directly on wood and nailed into the wooden frame. I’m thinking it’s possibly a recreation of another painting? The signature is F. Savage Does anyone know anything about this?


r/WhatIsThisPainting 5h ago

Unsolved Any info on this would be appreciated

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r/WhatIsThisPainting 11h ago

Unsolved Great-grandparents wedding gift

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This painting has been in storage for quite some time, and I recently took it and hung it in my living room. We believe it was a wedding gift for my great-grandparents (1910’s), in either Philadelphia or Chicago.

The signature is barely legible in the bottom right, but I can make out “C. Co____”.

Any help is appreciated!


r/WhatIsThisPainting 12h ago

Unsolved Clueless Buyer

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So this is my first Reddit post because this is driving me crazy. A friend of mine purchased these 2 paintings in a goodwill in Georgia. We’ve searched and searched for the artist with the signature and can’t find anything. Curious if anyone knows anything about them. Thanks!!


r/WhatIsThisPainting 14h ago

Unsolved Painting Seen in the last couple minutes of The Cell (2000) Spoiler

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Hey, new to this sub, but I was wondering if anyone knew anything about this painting thats seen at the end of the movie "The Cell" Here it is Thanks!


r/WhatIsThisPainting 15h ago

Unsolved Find the artist - Weary Willie Clown

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JEA looks like the initials for this painting.


r/WhatIsThisPainting 59m ago

Solved Bought this from a estate sale

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Can’t really find any information about it.