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What's the soulstrut of the art world?

finelikewinefinelikewine "ONCE UPON A TIME, I HAD A VINYL." http://www.discogs.com/user/permabulker 1,416 Posts
edited April 2014 in Strut Central
Yesterday I aquired a nice modern painting at a auction. I like the picture a lot, but unfortunatly I don't know
the name of the artist. It has a signature but I can't tell what it means.
To find out the artist's name I would like to show it to some art savy people. Is there an art message board equivalent
to soulstrut, where I can ask people to identify an artist ?

Thanks in advance!
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  • JimsterJimster Cruffiton.etsy.com 6,958 Posts
  • finelikewinefinelikewine "ONCE UPON A TIME, I HAD A VINYL." http://www.discogs.com/user/permabulker 1,416 Posts
    This is a nice picture of a beautiful elephant. Thanks for posting!
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    Haha. You don't want to go to the soulstrut of the art world. You would only get clowned.
    You want to art world.
  • dukeofdelridgedukeofdelridge urgent.monkey.mice 2,453 Posts
    Coincidentally, soulstrut is the soulstrut of the art world. Poast a pic and I'll tell you everything you want to hear.
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    U gotta pay to have shit looked at.
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    dukeofdelridge said:
    Coincidentally, soulstrut is the soulstrut of the art world. Poast a pic and I'll tell you everything you want to hear.

    Truly.
    Post a pic, there are smart people here with wide interests.
  • finelikewinefinelikewine "ONCE UPON A TIME, I HAD A VINYL." http://www.discogs.com/user/permabulker 1,416 Posts
    LaserWolf said:
    dukeofdelridge said:
    Coincidentally, soulstrut is the soulstrut of the art world. Poast a pic and I'll tell you everything you want to hear.

    Truly.
    Post a pic, there are smart people here with wide interests.







    it's painted with oil colours, size is 80 cm x 60 cm and porbably from the 60s or 70s. It was aquired from the collection of a deceased architect from Nuremberg. His widow told me that the artist's name might be "Hunt".
    Unfortuantly I can't find an artist with this name who's stlye corresponds with the picture or the signature.
  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
    Just seen Dubya's paintings.

    That's on some Mongering Mike tip.
  • Controller_7Controller_7 4,052 Posts
    Did you throw that pic of the signature in a google image search? It's worth a try.
  • finelikewinefinelikewine "ONCE UPON A TIME, I HAD A VINYL." http://www.discogs.com/user/permabulker 1,416 Posts
    Controller_7 said:
    Did you throw that pic of the signature in a google image search? It's worth a try.

    I wasn't aware of that google search filter yet. I just tried it, but with no usable result. Thanks for the hint anyway.
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    I've tried to use image search a number of times.
    The result I want is similar images.
    This has never been the result I received.
  • Controller_7Controller_7 4,052 Posts
    LaserWolf said:
    I've tried to use image search a number of times.
    The result I want is similar images.
    This has never been the result I received.

    I went to the google campus for a training and saw ways that it can work, but like you, I've been frustrated with results.

    One really cool tip I learned was using image searches for when you don't really know all of the needed info. Like you know there's a book on guerrilla warfare with a blue cover, but you can't remember the title. "Guerrilla warfare book" as the search and then use the filter to sort by color. I've used it a few times with success, working as a librarian.
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    I was not clear.
    I was talking about 'search by image' where you take an image and drop it into the google search box.

    For text searches I often do image search and find it very useful.
    ^ The sentence does not scan, but hopefully you know what I mean.
  • Controller_7Controller_7 4,052 Posts
    LaserWolf said:
    I was not clear.
    I was talking about 'search by image' where you take an image and drop it into the google search box.

    For text searches I often do image search and find it very useful.
    ^ The sentence does not scan, but hopefully you know what I mean.

    Gotcha on both parts. We were talking about the same thing. I was saying dropping in an image often doesn't work.

    The other part was just a semi related tip.
  • GaryGary 3,982 Posts
    I tried to do some armchair research but i don't know anything. its wierd because you can almost make out the letters in that stamp, which is probably the stamp of the shop that sold it. I could sort of make out the letters "hans" in the bottom part, but doing a search of german city names on wikipedia I didn't see anything that would match the rest of that blob. The big cursive letters in the middle looks like "Arthur Bi**h" but its so hard to tell.

    Interesting puzzle. If you figure it out let us know.
  • finelikewinefinelikewine "ONCE UPON A TIME, I HAD A VINYL." http://www.discogs.com/user/permabulker 1,416 Posts
    Gary said:
    I tried to do some armchair research but i don't know anything. its wierd because you can almost make out the letters in that stamp, which is probably the stamp of the shop that sold it. I could sort of make out the letters "hans" in the bottom part, but doing a search of german city names on wikipedia I didn't see anything that would match the rest of that blob. The big cursive letters in the middle looks like "Arthur Bi**h" but its so hard to tell.

    Interesting puzzle. If you figure it out let us know.

    thanks for your effort! At the moment I don't know who or where to ask. It will probably remain a mystery. :cry:
  • disco_chedisco_che 1,115 Posts
    Why don't you try this popular TV show? It's even aired on bavarian TV.

    http://www.br.de/fernsehen/bayerisches-fernsehen/sendungen/kunst-und-krempel/kunst-und-krempel110.html
  • finelikewinefinelikewine "ONCE UPON A TIME, I HAD A VINYL." http://www.discogs.com/user/permabulker 1,416 Posts
    disco_che said:
    Why don't you try this popular TV show? It's even aired on bavarian TV.

    http://www.br.de/fernsehen/bayerisches-fernsehen/sendungen/kunst-und-krempel/kunst-und-krempel110.html

    Honestly, I don't think this picture is something really extraordinary and worth to be broadcasted about. Secondly I'm more than camera-shy. Just the thought of beeing seen by potentially 100 million people makes me shiver with fear. :zooted:
  • The-gafflerThe-gaffler 2,190 Posts
    batmon said:
    U gotta pay to have shit looked at.

    $5 to look. $10 to touch.
  • JimsterJimster Cruffiton.etsy.com 6,958 Posts
    The-gaffler said:
    batmon said:
    U gotta pay to have shit looked at.

    $5 to look. $10 to touch.

    So smooth. Man got that printed on his smalls.
  • JimsterJimster Cruffiton.etsy.com 6,958 Posts
    My gut feel is that the place is a Greek island. Not Santorini because everyone paints the domes there.

    Ios maybe.
  • herbacios tweedherbacios tweed 445 Posts
    J i m s t e r said:
    The-gaffler said:
    batmon said:
    U gotta pay to have shit looked at.

    $5 to look. $10 to touch.

    So smooth. Man got that printed on his smalls.

  • FlomotionFlomotion 2,391 Posts
    J i m s t e r said:
    My gut feel is that the place is a Greek island. Not Santorini because everyone paints the domes there.

    Ios maybe.

    Yes, it does and I'd guess late 50s to early 60s.
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  • billbradleybillbradley You want BBQ sauce? Get the fuck out of my house. 2,911 Posts
    finelikewine said:


    After inverting the image and messing with the contrast some it looks like "Arthur Burton" to me.
  • finelikewinefinelikewine "ONCE UPON A TIME, I HAD A VINYL." http://www.discogs.com/user/permabulker 1,416 Posts
    billbradley said:
    finelikewine said:


    After inverting the image and messing with the contrast some it looks like "Arthur Burton" to me.

    Thanks for your help. Do you think it might be the stamp of this guy?
    http://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/burton-arthur-lee.htm

    :cheese:
  • billbradleybillbradley You want BBQ sauce? Get the fuck out of my house. 2,911 Posts
    Arthur Gibbes Burton was possibly the owner at one point?

    http://www.askart.com/askart/b/arthur_gibbes_burton/arthur_gibbes_burton.aspx
  • dukeofdelridgedukeofdelridge urgent.monkey.mice 2,453 Posts
    I'd have to smell it, but from here it's looking pretty certain you've got your hands on an Arthur Bitch.
  • finelikewinefinelikewine "ONCE UPON A TIME, I HAD A VINYL." http://www.discogs.com/user/permabulker 1,416 Posts
    billbradley said:
    Arthur Gibbes Burton was possibly the owner at one point?

    http://www.askart.com/askart/b/arthur_gibbes_burton/arthur_gibbes_burton.aspx

    Honestly I don't think the last name on that stamp is "Burton". This picture was bought from a german collector in Germany, whose rest of the collection consisted mainly of pictures by german artists and I guess they were bought in domestic galleries. It's more likely that the name is a german one.
    I'm still groping in the dark what the name might be, though.
  • HollafameHollafame 844 Posts
    finelikewine said:


    groping in the dark

    :oh_my:
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