Need help with painting

[jtw1313]

Does anyone know what this painting is depicting and a guess of the age...........found this ad as well

 

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[Mackaydon]

I believe art work like this frequently appeared in The Literary Digest in the early '30s Packard ads.
Don..........

 

[jtw1313]

Yes that last pic is a Packard ad with the same painting

 

[Madmox]

Well it appears he is wearing a Napoleonic era uniform. Though it was undoubtedly painted after that. Probably late 1800s

 

[Red-Coat]

I don’t see anything more significant in the subject matter than a hussar making advances to a young lady at some kind of social gathering. I agree that’s a typical Napoleonic dress uniform for a hussar and there’s a sedan chair in the background of the kind that didn’t see usage beyond the mid 1800s... probably an allusion to "travel in style/comfort" for Packard.

However, the treatment of the subject is much later and the work of a commercial artist. I believe it’s by Warren Baumgartner (1864-1963) from the time he was working for the Burleigh Withers Company, or possibly one of the other commercial artists they used to meet Packard's brief. There’s a 1930s series of Packard advertisements using historical imagery from different periods, but all painted in the same style. This particular one (according to one advertising website) first appeared in 1930.

If that date is correct, the painting will not be the original work as commissioned by Packard. The canvas stretcher says ‘Anco Inc. Glendale L.I.’ who were major suppliers to amateur and professional artists alike. They were founded in Brooklyn in 1904 as ‘O.F. Anderson Co.’, didn’t move to Glendale, Long island until 1918 and didn’t change their name to ‘Anco Wood Specialties Inc.’ until 1934… so that’s the earliest possible date for the actual picture that you have. I would think it’s a studio-produced copy sold for home décor.

 

[DCMatt]

I agree with Red-Coat. The painting is likely a studio or art school copy of the original Baumgartner work seen in the Packard ad.

Here is a side by side comparison. You can pick out the differences.



I found a few examples of the stretcher stamp with the number in front of Anco. Those paintings were dated '42. '47, & '52. You may draw your own conclusion on the dates.

 

[GoldieLocks]

Something tells me this is some kind of paint by number version?
However the obnoxious yellow mixed into the left compared original doesn't remotely look right for the time period either (scratching my artists head)?

I peeked st some of his art online and it is clearly watercolor, when these images appear to be acrylic works.