# discovered named “oil” painting **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 5, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discovered-named-oil-painting/853178 "2020-05-05T14:10:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discovered-named-oil-painting/853178/21 "2020-05-06T11:56:38Z")
Just out of curiousity, could you take a few snaps put them on imgur and post them here? There is really nothing we can do but chit chat about it without seeing it. ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discovered-named-oil-painting/853178/22 "2020-05-06T12:08:01Z")
While Googling to find out more on Reliable I came across [www.justanswer.com](http://www.justanswer.com) which connects you to online appraisers. You aren’t the first person to ask about whether Reliable paintings are legit or worth anything: e.g. [https://www.justanswer.com/appraisals/ah05z-likewise-bought-painting-labeled-reliable-newark-nj.html](https://www.justanswer.com/appraisals/ah05z-likewise-bought-painting-labeled-reliable-newark-nj.html) Reliable seems to have been an art factory - commissioning competent artists who could churn out a majestic elk or other genre pieces by the metre. Some became established artists, but these may not be their A list work. They probably experimented with reproduction technologies as these became available. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discovered-named-oil-painting/853178/23 "2020-05-06T16:48:11Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Look on the back. Is it paper or canvas? That wouldn’t help. Prints on canvas are a thing. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discovered-named-oil-painting/853178/24 "2020-05-06T18:24:34Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > That wouldn’t help. Prints on canvas are a thing. But were they 50 years ago? ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discovered-named-oil-painting/853178/25 "2020-05-06T18:26:17Z")
> [@Ashtura](#): > > Just out of curiousity, could you take a few snaps put them on imgur and post them here? There is really nothing we can do but chit chat about it without seeing it. I agree with this. If we have a photo of it we might be able to track down where the original is supposed to be. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discovered-named-oil-painting/853178/26 "2020-05-06T18:30:19Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > But were they 50 years ago? 1970? Why that was horse and buggy time! 😃 Likely not mechanical reproduction, but instead a knock-off by a semi-talented painter doing factory like production. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discovered-named-oil-painting/853178/27 "2020-05-06T18:33:55Z")
[Wikipedia says](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canvas_print) > [@](#): > > Reproductions of original artwork have been printed on canvas for many decades using offset printing. It would be nice if it were a little more specific than “many decades”, but offset printing has been around since the late 1800s. I wouldn’t be surprised if canvas prints existed in the early 20th century. ---
**Author:** ![TSBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@TSBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TSBG)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discovered-named-oil-painting/853178/28 "2020-05-06T18:47:35Z")
I’ve seen decorative panels by Mucha printed on silk. Of course that is a finer fabric. (Is “finer” the word I want? More tightly woven?) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discovered-named-oil-painting/853178/29 "2020-05-07T15:08:42Z")
[Moderating] Since this is about art, let’s move it to Cafe Society. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discovered-named-oil-painting/853178.md?page=1)