Help finding artist please

Tanis · May 2nd, 2011, 10:51 PM

I recently came into possession of a wonderful painting which I have uploaded. I see his name is Van Meer. I searched for it online and the picture comes up in google images and I get this artists name, Johannes Vermeer. But under his works I don't see this painting. I'm just wondering if any of you have come across it and know anything about its origins or worth or anything of that sort. Thanks!

John · May 3rd, 2011, 11:57 AM

Definitely not Vermeer. This looks like a 20th-century painting.

John · May 3rd, 2011, 12:04 PM

Actually it looks like Charles Van Meer, a 19th-century painter.

http://www.oil3d.com/node/7974

http://www.oil3d.com/node/7989

http://www.oil3d.com/node/6817

http://www.arcadja.com/auctions/en/v...artist/284192/

Tanis · May 3rd, 2011, 01:16 PM

Oh, thanks a lot for the help. This is slightly different than those paintings, so you think it was actually Van Meer that painted it? It says authentic original oil on the back but it also says something about a company Artistic Interiors... I'm not sure what that is.

John · May 3rd, 2011, 02:23 PM

Hard to judge the age of a painting without seeing it, but the resemblence is so great that IMO it's either by Charles Van Meer or else it's a knockoff copying his style.

January 6th, 2012, 09:18 AM

Hi John and Tanis,

Earlier this week I bought a painting at an auction and after doing some research it seems to be Charles Van Meer painting.

I cam across this forum and just wondered if John or Tanis, you knew anything about Charles Van Meer?

I would upload a photo like Tanis did but I'm not seeing how to do that.

Thanks so much,

Dave

Big Dave · January 6th, 2012, 11:18 AM

Hi Tanis & John,

I bought a painting this week and after searching the net I believe it's by Charles Van Meer. I have uploaded a picture of it.

When I was looking online, this forum and conversation came up and I was wondering if either of you had any more information on Charles Van Meer.

I would appreciate any thoughts on the painiting or the artist or both!

Thanks for your help

mp.kunst · January 6th, 2012, 12:58 PM

I have found same info on Charles Van Meer. He was born in 1810 in Belgium and died in the year 1868. He was a painter of genre scenes. Information can be found in the lexicons Berko 1981 and Witt Checklist 1978.

John · January 6th, 2012, 01:01 PM

That does appear to be the same artist. There are suggestions online that he was a Belgian painter of the 19th century, but that may not be the same person. Frankly these portraits do not appear to me to be that old, but of course it's hard to make a judgment like that without seeing them in person.

John · January 6th, 2012, 01:05 PM

Thanks, MPK. Again, I'm very skeptical that these portraits, every one of which is a similar looking bearded man seated in the same position, are by the same artist who did those genre interiors.

Big Dave · January 6th, 2012, 02:56 PM

Thanks John and MPK,

John I am not really familiar with 19th C work, but I would say that the painting doesn't look like it's 150 years old. It is very beautiful though and quite large and I really like it. Paid $250 for it from a fellow locally.

Big Dave · January 11th, 2012, 12:24 PM

After doing some research I found out that these are not rare or old. They are done by a furniture company to a certain style and signed either Peblam or Van Meer. If you look up Peblam there is more info than Van Meer.

http://www.askart.com/AskART/artists...rtist=11154849

Big Dave · January 11th, 2012, 12:29 PM

Sorry, last name Pelbam, not Peblam.

John · January 11th, 2012, 12:44 PM

Thanks for the follow-up.

January 6th, 2012, 09:18 AM	#6
Dave1 Posts: n/a	Charles Van Meer Hi John and Tanis, Earlier this week I bought a painting at an auction and after doing some research it seems to be Charles Van Meer painting. I cam across this forum and just wondered if John or Tanis, you knew anything about Charles Van Meer? I would upload a photo like Tanis did but I'm not seeing how to do that. Thanks so much, Dave

January 11th, 2012, 12:24 PM	#12
Big Dave Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 4	Van Meer AKA David Peblam After doing some research I found out that these are not rare or old. They are done by a furniture company to a certain style and signed either Peblam or Van Meer. If you look up Peblam there is more info than Van Meer. http://www.askart.com/AskART/artists...rtist=11154849

January 11th, 2012, 12:29 PM	#13
Big Dave Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 4	Mistake Sorry, last name Pelbam, not Peblam.

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May 3rd, 2011, 11:57 AM	#2
John John Malyon, host Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,401	Definitely not Vermeer. This looks like a 20th-century painting.

May 3rd, 2011, 12:04 PM	#3
John John Malyon, host Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,401	Actually it looks like Charles Van Meer, a 19th-century painter. http://www.oil3d.com/node/7974 http://www.oil3d.com/node/7989 http://www.oil3d.com/node/6817 http://www.arcadja.com/auctions/en/v...artist/284192/

May 3rd, 2011, 01:16 PM	#4
Tanis Junior Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2	Oh, thanks a lot for the help. This is slightly different than those paintings, so you think it was actually Van Meer that painted it? It says authentic original oil on the back but it also says something about a company Artistic Interiors... I'm not sure what that is.

May 3rd, 2011, 02:23 PM	#5
John John Malyon, host Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,401	Hard to judge the age of a painting without seeing it, but the resemblence is so great that IMO it's either by Charles Van Meer or else it's a knockoff copying his style.

January 6th, 2012, 12:58 PM	#8
mp.kunst Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 95	I have found same info on Charles Van Meer. He was born in 1810 in Belgium and died in the year 1868. He was a painter of genre scenes. Information can be found in the lexicons Berko 1981 and Witt Checklist 1978.

January 6th, 2012, 01:01 PM	#9
John John Malyon, host Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,401	That does appear to be the same artist. There are suggestions online that he was a Belgian painter of the 19th century, but that may not be the same person. Frankly these portraits do not appear to me to be that old, but of course it's hard to make a judgment like that without seeing them in person.

January 6th, 2012, 01:05 PM	#10
John John Malyon, host Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,401	Thanks, MPK. Again, I'm very skeptical that these portraits, every one of which is a similar looking bearded man seated in the same position, are by the same artist who did those genre interiors.

January 6th, 2012, 02:56 PM	#11
Big Dave Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 4	Thanks John and MPK, John I am not really familiar with 19th C work, but I would say that the painting doesn't look like it's 150 years old. It is very beautiful though and quite large and I really like it. Paid $250 for it from a fellow locally.

January 11th, 2012, 12:44 PM	#14
John John Malyon, host Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,401	Thanks for the follow-up.