Any 20th Century art afficionados here?

Poststructural Pub
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I’m trying to identify an artist for a friend and the usual searches have turned up naught. Y’all should understand that I’m even less competent in matters of art than I am in those of music. So why do people always ask ME this stuff?

If any of our many multitalented community are conversant with early/mid-20th century artists and would be willing to help via email or a private message, it’d be most appreciated.

TIA

Chuck

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Cryptic. Picture? Score?

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Is it Christo?

How many guesses do we get? :slight_smile:

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Jacques Lipschitz!

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Post us some examples of the work…P…L…E…A…S…E(in a whining voice)

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That’s one part of the trouble, I don’t have a picture, though I could probably get a digital picture of it if I needed to:

The picture as described to me is:

“A winter forest scene, with a stream flowing from mid left to lower right. Many snow-covered bushes and trees, with no structures or figures.”

The piece is signed “Donde” followed by a character that could be a stylized F, L or Y. It was reportedly purchased from the Findlay Gallery in Chicago in the mid-1950s for $1000, at that time a LOT of money. Its an oil painting, not a print.

* edited bcausew the dimwit that wrote it typed in the wrong gallery name

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If the artist is Donde J. and the picture looks anything like this: http://glendalough.us/taneek/012.jpg
Then we have a start. I’ll PM you with a phone number to contact the owner of this painting. I can’t find anything much on him/her partly because Donde also means “where” in spanish, so I’m getting lots and lots of locations instead of persons.

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Thanks - except for the angle of the stream, that certainly looks right - maybe a variant view of the same stream from a different angle?

Unfortunately, the lady seeking the info is not online. I’ll pass the phone number along to her and let her follow it uup as she will.

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Well the subject matter is pretty similar anyhow, and the artist’s name is also. With a little luck your friend might be able to get some information from the owner of this painting. It is part of a very nice collection and is for sale for $1500.