Painting - I cannot ID the artist

[sciflyer25]

Just dug this out. My parents bought this around 30 years ago. I have no idea if it is valuable, or who the artist is.


The signature looks like either "C. Inness" or G. Inness".

Anyone who knows art or artists help?
Jim

 

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[Frankyg]

If it's an original I think it's valuable. Check out this link.

George Inness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[sciflyer25]

It absolutely is an original painting. My parents spent weeks shopping at art/antique stores, and I remember as a kid thinking"that expensive!". My dad was not cheap.
I also moved this to the art and antique forum. Sorry if it is in the wrong place, thanks for the info. I'll check it out.
Jim

 

[Frankyg]

Oils - FRAMED ORIGINAL PAINTING ON CANVAS BOARD (LANDSCAPE ) SIGNED BY ARTIST C. INNES was sold for R221.00 on 13 Jun at 23:01 by MIKE TALJAARD in Cape Town (ID:38358110)

Take a look at this link too!!

 

[sciflyer25]

Thanks, although I do not know the conversion rate for that purchase. That painting looks very similar to mine. I will have to do some research on this and the artist. It appears that some of his works reside in museums.

 

[surf]

George Inness signature:

George Inness Biography

 

[River Rat]

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/antiques-collectibles/333818-painting-artist.html

Google "Images" of C Inness.

 

[Red-Coat]

Just tidying up some blasts from the past (including some very ancient ones), largely for the benefit of anyone searching the site for information.

Sorry, but these pictures signed as “C. Inness” and also “C. Innes” have no relationship to an artist of that name. It’s an invented (or borrowed) name and the back-story touted with them is fictitious or mis-associated, but has been so widely plastered across the net that this non-existent artist has taken on a life of his/her own. These pictures aren't even all painted by the same person. It’s original art in the sense of being hand-painted (or at least hand-finished) but came out of a factory in Asia.

Hundreds of them exist with similar themes, often incorporating formulaic imagery, with the same trees/lakes/bridges/waterfalls/cottages/cabins etc and only minor re-arrangements, or seen from a slightly different viewing aspect.

They were popularly sold in the 1980s from display boards rented in shopping centres and such along with other pictures having different fictitious signatures from the same factories, selling for around $25 or so. They don’t fetch a lot more than that today, with $50 being a typical realistic eBay asking price.