I purchased this on ebay several years ago--for the FRAME! But once it arrived, I loved the picture inside. On the back is stamped "Sunset on Canal". I haven't had any luck finding who painted the original. Do you recognize it?

Can you read any or all of the signature?

That is, is it A. East??

hello,
i think its the painting, "sunset on the venice canal" by edward skallberg.

Well, it's a similar view, but the composition (and the brushwork) are very different - that's if this is the Skallberg you were thinking of.

Jonathan

Good Morning, Friends! You have been working while I slept.

This Skallberg is very similar, but not the same, as you can see.

Leslie, the signature just MIGHT be A. East. Tell me more, or send me in a direction. In the meantime, I'll google A. East and see what I find.

Nope, it doesn't say "A East". I put my camera on highest resolution and took the clearest photo I can. Can YOU read the signature?

A. East was a Victorian painter who painted the one I'm thinking of in the style of Turner. I'm just looking at the style now and your beautiful picture has so many elements of Turner who did so many variations of Venice - like Monet with the water lilies.

But then again, perhaps it is one of the many Monet Venice views.

No, I can't read the signature, but it sure isn't A. East. I'm wondering now if it's actually the signature of Monet and the rest of the word is under the frame.

However, I've never seen a Monet signature with the M crossed through like that.

Two of my favorite things are researching and... really good art. (I just got a new Venice watercolor last month.) So I'm really having fun looking for clues on this.

This is a print, not an original. The last three letters look like "ord". Does that help?

I Googled Mord a few hours ago and got nothing. I'm currently stumped.

It looks like a Turner seascape or a later Impressionist painting by either a master or someone really good.

And I have looked on the Internet at all the Venice paintings reproduced on there by all the artists I know who did Venice paintings.

I am so envious of you.

Look - I've been thinking this was by an English artist - just a feeling I had.

But now I'm wondering if it's Italian? H'mmm, a whole new ballgame.

Could the name be Atoro and be of Spanish origin?
bertoli

I read Atoro too ( actually: AtORO)

Google shows that a certain Attilio Toro [never heard ]
does exist, but his signature according to
http://www.findartinfo.com/browse/signatures.asp
doesn't match.
(as well the style and the period I would say)

It looks like there is a Raffaele Toro whose works show Venice as subject, but not the same hand and period, I guess.

I didn't found his signature on the website above

Ok, folks, I've cleaned and magnified, and determined it is "ATORA" plus there is one additional mark after the last "A", which is more or less vertical, but shorter than the rest of the letters--perhaps an "i".

I'm googling-no luck yet. Does this give you something more to go on?? I hope so.

I've almost found it. Using Paolo's findartinfo website, go see Thomas Moran's sig. The "AT" is really an "M" and he put a horizontal line through it. I have found a paiting by him of the Grand Canal, and it is the same style. Now looking for mine!

Dog Mother,

I thought it was Thomas Moran's painting so I digged around last night but I could only find this image that looked similar:

Entrance to Grand Canal

Anyhow, here is a link to a list of his works:

Thomas Moran

m/s - that was such fun looking at all his Venice paintings! What a great artist!

Sky in the image below looks a lot like Dog Mother's print:

I "joined" the artinfo.com forum and have put the painting out there to see if someone can find it. If they do, I'll let all of you know.

Thank you for joining me in this treasure hunt!!

Art Forum

P.S. to m/s

The photo you posted above has a terrific signature, which shows his distinct way of making his "M". Compare yours with my photo above and you can see how just seeing part of it led me/us astray for awhile!

This has been one of my top three threads this weekend. That was a blast! Thank you so much for letting us in on the fun.

I agree with Leslie. I've looked at more artists and their paintings this weekend than I have in a long time. Great fun - not much doubt that this is a Morot. Hope the art info forum can locate it for you. Any more "mystery" paintings out there...

Hello.....I stumbled on this discussion through a google search about Thomas Moran.

I'm a big fan of Moran, and this is DEFINITELY by him.

(He had a brother Edward who painted in a similar style but was somewhat lesser. This is definitely Thomas.)

As others have said, this work reflects a common and well-known genre of Moran's, and in fact this particular work has been very popular for prints.
I have two of them myself, in different sizes.

I don't know the title, but I'll try to find out.

No luck.....But, thanks to the great link by s/m you can easily look at his other works, and see this style and approach in his works again and again.

For example, just about any of his works with "Venice" in the title.
And interestingly, even "LOWER MANHATTAN....."!!!!

It tells us something about the artist when he sees in Manhattan basically what he would later see in Venice!!!

P.S. On second thought.....I can't swear that my two prints that I mentioned are the same work as the one you're asking about.....And I can't check now because I'm not where they are.

That means I can't SWEAR that your picture is a Thomas Moran.
But I'm as close to sure as I can be.

Welcome to Slow Trav, Larchmont!

and thanks for adding to the thread--it is always lots of fun to see (your own ) threads pop up after a hiatus.

I'll be interested in your reply after you check out your prints.

Thanks.....and you shall have it!!!