OLD G/F OIL ON BOARD HELEN B DE LAUDRE?? WOODLAND SCENE

FIRSTLY WELCOME TO YET ANOTHER SUBJECT THAT I HAVE VERY LIMITED KNOWLEDGE OF..ART.. I HAVE TRIED TO DO A BIT OF RESEARCH ON ART IN GENERAL AND HOPEFULLY SOME OF THE TERMS ARE USED CORRECTLY. I HAVE TRIED MORE SPECIFICALLY TO FIND THE ARTIST IN QUESTION WITH LITTLE SUCCESS. I HAVE FOUND THE FAMILY NAME OF DE LAUDRE BUT CAN'T FIND AN ARTISTIC BRANCH.. BY THIS I ASSUME THAT THIS IS NOT AN INTERNATIONALLY FAMOUS ARTIST BUT AN AMATEUR OR LOCALLY EXHIBITED ONE. HAVING SAID THIS I AMY HAVE MIS SPELT THE NAME AS IT IS A BIT DIFFICULT TO MAKE OUT ON THE LABEL ON THE REVERSE OF THE PICTURE, BEING HANDWRITTEN IN SCRIPT. IT IS MONOGRAMED AS SHOWN IN THE THIRD PHOTO.

ALSO SOMEWHAT CONTRADICTING THE LOCALLY EXHIBITED ARTIST THEORY IS THE FACT THAT THE LABEL IS PRINTED AT THE TOP WITH THE FOLLOWING

DUBLIN SKETCHING CLUB EXHIBITION

THOUGH THE NAME COULD QUITE EASILLY BE OF IRISH ORIGIN THE ACUAL TITLE OF THE WORK IS DEFINATELY IN FRENCH (also in script and written above the artist name on the reverse of thepicture)

I WILL MAKE A HAMFISTED STAB AT THE TITLE AND TRANSLATION

EFFET (effect??) DE SOLEIL (of the sun) .. SADLY I CANNOT MAKE OUT WHAT THE REST OF THE LEGEND READS, APART FROM THE WORD "SUR" (on) SO I ASSUME THE TITLE IS SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF THE EFFECT OF THE SUN ON A WOODLAND COTTAGE .. LOOKING AT THE SUBJECT

LOOKING AT THE 1ST PIC THE SUBJEST IS JUST THAT A COTTAGE IN A WOODLAND CLEARING WITH DIFFUSED LIGHT AND SHADOW.. TO BE FAIR THE PICTURE IS QUITE NAIVELY DONE USING DABS RATHER THAN BOLD OUTLINES..IT IS PROBABLY A BIT LIGHTER THAN THE PHOTO MAKES IT APPEAR AS USING A FLASH SIMPLY REFLECTED OFF THE GLASS AND I WAS LEFT WITH A BIG WHITE SPLODGE SHOWING NOUGHT BUT THE FRAME.

THERE IS NO EXCESSIVE CRACKING AND NO FLAKING TO THE PAINT..

I CAN'T SAY EXACTLY HOW OLD THE PAINTING IS BUT I WOULD ESTIMATE IT IS BETWEEN 1900- 1930 JUDGEING BY THE APPEARENCE AND THE FACT THAT IT DOES HAVE A PRICE HAND WRITTEN IN INK ON THE REVERSE LABEL OF £2 2S THIS WOULD SEEM TO ME TO BE A RELATIVELY MODEST PRICE FOR THIS PERIOD FOR A FRAMED, EXHIBITION ARTWORK (but again what do i know ??)

ALL I CAN SAY FOR SURE ABOUT THE PAINTING IS CERTAINLY NOT MODERN AND THAT IT IS AN OIL NOT A PRINT (no tiny dots on close inspection) AND IT IS ON BOARD (note tiny pin hole in corner where monogram is)

UNFORTUNATELY THERE AREA COUPLE OF SPLITS IN THE GESSO? FRAME (similar to hard plaster) AND THIS HAS RESULTED IN A SMALL SECTION (left side) BEING LOST ABOUT 1".

I SUPPOSE I SHOULD MENTION THAT THE OVERALL DIMENSIONS OF THE PICTURE ARE AS FOLLOWS

12" x 10"

VISIBLE PICTURE 9 1/4" x 7" THE POSITION OF THE MONOGRAM LEADS ME TO THINK THAT THEPICTURE HAS HAD THIS FRAME MADE FOR IT RATHER THAN FITTING IT IN ANY SUITABLE FRAME..

I KNOW WHAT A HUGE AND BAFFLING SUBJECTART IS AND HOW PERSONAL IT CAN BE. ONE MANS LOVE IS ANOTHER MANS LOATHING.. HOWEVER I THINK THIS PICTURE IS QUITE CHARMING. IT ISN'T A PHOTO PERFECT REPRESENTATION, NOR IS IT THE KIND OF SCRAWL THAT SOME PEOPLE CONSIDER AS "IMPORTANT ART".

YOU EITHER LIKE IT OR YOU DON'T BUT IT HAS TO BE SOLD AS IT WAS BOUGHT BUT APPARENTLY "DOESN'T GO WITH THE REST OF THE ROOM !" THOUGH I THOUGHT ALL THAT YOU NEEDED IN A ROOM WAS A WALL ON WHICH TO HANG THE DAMN THING..

ANYWAY I'M NOT GOING TO RANT COS I'M BEGINNING TO SOUND LIKE AN ACTUAL ART CRITIC..

IT'S HERE TO BE SOLD SO WHY NOT HAVE A BID, SIMPLE AS THAT

APOLOGIES FOR THE HIGH POSTAL PRICE BUT THE FRAME AND NEED FOR A LARGE OUTER PACKING BOX MAKES THIS VERY CLOSE TO 2KGs.

IF YOU ARE OVESEAS AND WISH TO BID PLEASE CONTACT BEFORE THE AUCTION ENDS FOR SHIPPING PRICES AS IT WILL BE PRETTY EXPENSIVE. AT A GUESS I WOULD SAY APPROX 15 GBP EUROPE AND 20- 22GBP REST OF THE WORLD BUT THESE ARE ONLY ESTIMATES !!!!!!!..

THANKS FOR TAKING A LOOK