Crying Boy Painting - Need Help to Identify Artist

[SDIceMan]

Picked up this painting in a box lot at a local auction house. I have no clue as to the artist, and certainly not the value. I can see that it has been professionally framed. Any ideas? Artslinger? ;-)

 

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[Sterling]

No idea, but the kid reminds me of the the movie "The Grudge".....

 

[SDIceMan]

Thanks for starting my day with a laugh, Sterling. :-) For those not familiar with the reference, here's the kid from The Grudge:

 

[artslinger]

Picked up this painting in a box lot at a local auction house. I have no clue as to the artist, and certainly not the value. I can see that it has been professionally framed. Any ideas? Artslinger? ;-)
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First things first. It is not oil that we know. The next thing to do is determine if it's a poster print or original sketch/drawing. Do you have a loupe or magnifying glass? You will need it to look at the artwork closely, and look carefully to see if it has a very tiny dot pattern, or if the lines are straight. It is better if you Google "artwork dot pattern", or diff between print and original artwork. Dot patterns are an indication of mass production, unoriginal artwork, those you want to stay away from!

I like your painting it's very nice.

Good luck, and keep us posted.

RJA

 

[Red-Coat]

Just doing a bit of tidying up on some older threads, mainly for the benefit of anyone searching the site for information.

Looks to be an amateur plagiarisation of a work titled “Vietnamese Child” by the Dutch artist Pieter Johannes Mak (1842-1929) with some alterations in the details. Definitely not his signature, shown below:

There seem to be multiple copies of it with Mak’s signature (presumably prints) with auction estimates up to about $50.