Art ID: so my soul can rest!

aficionado2312 · 12:43 PM

A painting I purchased a little while ago. It came with no information at all. No signature, no markings I can tell of, nothing...I have investigated relentlessly and to no avail. ANYTHING that anyone can tell me about this painting, style, anything would be severely appreciated. The subject matter is of a man (i believe) walking along a path to a house in the background. The house is not very visible unless you look for it. The construction/style of the house to which he is walking does not look familiar to me. Perhaps the man is carrying a pheasant on his back or maybe not. Just thoughts I have had. On the back of the wood frame it does say Grumbacher New York (the framing co. stamp branded in the wood). The attached image is of the whole picture.

Sincerely and with much thanks,

Julianna K.

June 15th, 2009, 02:53 PM

Anyone think it might be a VanGogh

I suppose ID'ing an unsigned painting is a total shot in the dark.

John · June 18th, 2009, 01:28 AM

It's a good painting and it does have that feel of a work from the 19th-century Barbizon-Impressionist era. Sorry, but I don't have any specific suggestions. Maybe you can get lucky by finding a work that looks extremely similar in style or composition.

aficionado2312 · June 18th, 2009, 11:38 AM

Thanks John. Thanks for the suggestion. I will check out Barbizon-Impressionistic paintings for reference. Best wishes.

John · June 18th, 2009, 12:26 PM

Note that I was using a kind of shorthand for two closely related schools. The Barbizon School included painters like Corot and Trouillebert. The trees actually remind me somewhat of Corot's trees. Then there is Impressionism, which was influenced by the Barbizon painters. This painting also reminds me of some of Renoir's landscapes in particular.

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June 15th, 2009, 02:53 PM	#2
Unregistered Posts: n/a	Anyone think it might be a VanGogh I suppose ID'ing an unsigned painting is a total shot in the dark.

June 18th, 2009, 01:28 AM	#3
John John Malyon, host Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,401	It's a good painting and it does have that feel of a work from the 19th-century Barbizon-Impressionist era. Sorry, but I don't have any specific suggestions. Maybe you can get lucky by finding a work that looks extremely similar in style or composition.

June 18th, 2009, 11:38 AM	#4
aficionado2312 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 5	Thanks John. Thanks for the suggestion. I will check out Barbizon-Impressionistic paintings for reference. Best wishes.

June 18th, 2009, 12:26 PM	#5
John John Malyon, host Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,401	Note that I was using a kind of shorthand for two closely related schools. The Barbizon School included painters like Corot and Trouillebert. The trees actually remind me somewhat of Corot's trees. Then there is Impressionism, which was influenced by the Barbizon painters. This painting also reminds me of some of Renoir's landscapes in particular.