janisj

I have a very elderly friend who has a nautical painting (sailing skiff and a fishing boat in a harbour) that according to family tales was painted in Scotland in the very early 20th century by a fairly well known artist. He wants to know if it is just a nice painting or a family treasure and gave me detailed description/artist's signature/photographs etc.

I've done a little searching here and looked on line and the name is the same as another well known artist but that person mainly did portraits and there is no mention of seascapes/nautical examples.

I was just wondering if anyone has any ideas where I might go to get some sort of info/get pointed me in the right direction.

My guess it isn't valuable . . . but it is a stunning image

(Where is the Antiques Roadshow when you need them )

Underhill

You could try the Courtauld Institute, London.

Michael

The Kelvingrove in Glasgow (it has a collection of Scottish paintings from that period of time) might be helpful.

Grindeldoo

In your on-line researches did you check out PCF - Public Catalogue Foundation? It contains images of all publicly owned paintings (oils) in the UK and be of help in identifying whether your friend's nautical painting is by the artist you have found with the same name. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/

flanneruk

The market leader in selling Scottish art is Bonham's Edinburgh office ([email protected]): their main rival is Sotheby's Edinbugh (http://www.sothebys.com/en/departmen...ttish-art.html) An email to either, with a photo attached, is likely to find someone with a vested interest in offering simple advice.

Ackislander

Excellent advice from flanneruk.

di2315

Another suggestion is the Victoria & Albert Museum (just in case it isn't really a Scotland artist). They have helped me several times in identifying other artistic objects and pictures.

If they don't happen to have the correct expert on hand, they should be able to point you in the right direction. Di

janisj

Thanks - will some good ideas.

janisj

This is so (VERY) weird - When I just opened the thread it said 5 responses and neither flanner's nor Ackislander's posts displayed. After I posted -- then both of the earlier posts did display ?!?

Gremlins are running amok in Fodors . . .

di2315

I agree, janis! When I submitted my reply, it took a long time to load, then the screen showed that this thread had been removed.

Now it's re-appeared, with my comment included . . . very wierd!
Di

MmePerdu

Is the picture in N. CA? You might give this a try:

http://crockerartmuseum.org/programs...valuation-days

janisj

No - the painting doesn't 'reside' in Sacramento. I'm closely associated w/ the Crocker - a couple of their staff actually suggested I try some specialists in the UK.