Posted 8 years ago
mikelv85
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Here's the other two paintings I picked up from Volunteer's of America yesterday. Rather small but very interesting. The little 8"x10" landscape looks like a storm is brewing. Wind bent trees and ominous skies. Straight out of the "Wizard of Oz". It appears to be painted on a loose piece of canvas backed with heavy card stock. Next, the dark brooding seascape is a bit larger but only 10"x 14". The lighting is very well done in this one. A single crag stands out against the horizon. It's in a nice old frame which suits it perfectly. Makes it seem a lot older than it is being painted in 1969 on a contemporary Craft-Tint panel. As for the artist, with only the initial "V" to go on. I have come across two candidates that fit this time frame on askart's site. A Viola Hoffman (20th Century) and then a Verona Hoffman (1889-1980) who actually lived in California, Ohio. Nothing more is available about either one of these ladies. Not even examples of their work to use as comparison. They lived they painted and that's it. Looks like there's a lot more research ahead. -Mike-
Nice find!
Beautiful paintings
Thanks Thomas....I don't have a flash on my phones camera. It's too harsh anyway. I try to use indirect sunlight and incandescent interior light for paintings. They are much warmer and the colors look natural. In the Summer I can go outside in the shade which works well.
Thanks for the "love " and compliment AmatoorPikr. :)
Thanks so much Martika for the "love"and compliment. :)
Thanks Sean and Rose as well for the "loves" :)
Thanks Val...I'm sure gonna give it a try. I'm leaning toward fellow Ohioian Verona Hoffman as a logical choice. You know this seascape reminded me of the one you posted when I saw it at the store. :)
Great frame on # 2 pic very nice.
I'd like to add Vlastimil Hofman (1881-1970) to a list of V.Hoffman painters :)
His paintings are different and i know yours are not by him but maybe you'd like to know.
Thanks Ivonne :)
Love those. :)
Both are spectacular, but I love the first one more, it looks like a dream or some familiar place from a very distant past. Love reading your posts, too, Mike, they are very informative. Thank you for taking time to write them :-)
Thanks so much AnnaB :)
Thanks for the "love" and compliment OGF. :)
Beautiful pictures
Thank you Midnight for the "love" and compliment. :)
I have no clue about the artists for you but...check out this site on the picture frames. I love this site as it has loads of great info and references on the frames...
http://www.antiqueframes8x10.com/
I'm pretty sure this will come in handy for you . I saw in another post you said you were picking up pic frames.
Awesome..thank you Share. It will come in handy. I'm still looking for a frame for the peony painting I posted. Nothing suitable so far.
I really like the stormy landscape painting. I found two V. Hoffman paintings that sold on live auctioneers, one of which looks like it might be by the same artist. https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/20204486_oil-on-canvas-floral-arrangement-painitng. The other, not so much: https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/2833485_monotype-landscape-palms .
Nice finds.
Thanks Jean 123 for the links....The storm one is my favorite too...although the seascape is quite nice as well :)
you are welcome and yes, the seascape is very nice as well.
hi. viola hoffman was my grandpas aunt. she and her husband were bohemians. very. she was a great artist and really should be more famous, as she came out of brookfield milwaukee wisconsin and won a very prestigious art prize in Los Angeles where she was very much a part of a rather famous art scene that was happening down there in LA in the early 20s. i have some family portraits she made of her{my} ancestors and some beach paintings and a lake arrowhead ponderosa pine masterpiece painting. my mom mentioned once that there was a lady in florida who collected viola hoffmans works... i wish i had gotten the info back then .... my mom also mentioned that she had visited aunt viola in florida where they lived and that it was so rural and laid back (bohemian? hahaha) that they had chickens everywhere, even inside the house, and there was a fence around the bed to keep them off. hahaha. anyway she was a very talented painter back in the 20s at least and won a fancy art show first place prize in LA around 1922. i think i recall that some wisconsin museum might have some stuff by her too. i forget the name of the art movement she was part of.