This is a painting that my great grandmother had, and it has passed down through the family. (I am American, but family heritage is from the Larvik area). I’m hoping someone might be able to help identify the artist of this painting. There is no visible signature, and I’m worried to take it out of the frame, it is stapled to it.
Side note, I’ll be making my first visit to Norway this fall, and I am super excited!
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josh2ek
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I’m from Larvik and lives there. I cant help you out with the artist on this, and nor do I recognize the landscape. But I’m pretty sure you will get better help in one of the Larvik facebook groups rather than Reddit. You need the elders on this one, and most of them are not on Reddit but Facebook.
AI suggested https://gwpa.no/nb/artists/202 Martin Aagard. I’m not sure that is right. First, he normally signed in the lower right corner, and second, his paintings are more complex and detailed, generally “better”. Is there a signature somewhere? Possibly on the backside of the canvas? I would guess a lesser known local artist, maybe an amateur.
Pardon, when you say it’s stapled to the frame? One possibility is that the matting on the frame might be covering the signature.
I managed art galleries for a couple years. You could always have a professional deframe it. You’re unlikely to damage it, though there might be lines where the matting meets the… is that oil on board or a panel? I can’t see the resolution too well, but the paint strokes look a little more panel-y (like the surface is flatter).
Anyway, you would possibly have some lines where the matting meets the paint.
[https://skanfil.no/auksjon/postkort/motiver/2681341/hjalmar-johansen-fint-tegnet-kort-med-seilbaten-l](https://skanfil.no/auksjon/postkort/motiver/2681341/hjalmar-johansen-fint-tegnet-kort-med-seilbaten-l)