About James Few, PSA Expertise Painting -- Specifically soft Pastels medium. I am listed in Whos Who in American Art. Signature member of the Pastel Society of America. My paintings have been exhibited in numerous National Juried Exhibits across the US. I can best answer questions about pastels and pastel technique, My secondary medium is acrylics.
Experience I have been painting with pastels since 1980
But am no longer painting regularly.
Question Hello: My mother has asked me to ascertain the name of the artist who painted and signed a wonderful 1891 oil painting of the landscape around Lake Mohonk Lodge, Hudson Valley, NY. I have a photo of the signature and would like to send it to anyone who can read it, as we cannot. Thank you. Robin
Answer Sorry Robin but art ID and appraisal is not my thing. I usually answer questions about the use of the soft pastel medium only.
However you might try these guides:
Artist Research Library
www.artincontext.org
Find Thousands of Artists by Name, Discipline, Period, Term & More.
For identification help, you might contact the American National Gallery research library or look in their online inventory for the artist's name.. http://www.nga.gov/resources/dldesc.shtm
If price is your concern, I recommend that you contact an appraisal service in your area. You may also wish to use the services of an online appraisal service such as www.eppraisals.com, or http://www.artomania.com/ . However I cannot vouch for their veracity.
Price always depends on supply and demand regardless of what you are selling. It is worth exactly what you can get a buyer to pay for it. Cost is not the same as price.
And
Free information and advice is worth exactly what it costs ---- nothing!
It could also be a reproduction, copy or fake.... Gallery copies made by (honest) student artists who go into museums and copy master works for practice are usually marked "after- so and so," and in some cases certified as such by the museum staff -- usually on the back. Incidentally that is the best way to get into another artist's head....
