How do I identify this painting?

Factual Questions
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So there I was, in the Goodwill a few months ago. Microbug was looking for some cheap clothes, I was just wandering the store… when I saw the print. It was on auction- apparently, the local Goodwill has an art auction once a month. This one was a Rosemond- a painting of a woman, done in oil (I think), but in a style that makes it look like it’s done in watercolor. It’s a very pleasant painting. I talked to the clerk, and she said that they’d auctioned off another print of the painting, and it had gone for a fairly high amount, though she couldn’t remember how much.

The interesting thing about it was that I have the original at home. :slight_smile:

I was given the painting many years ago, and, while I quite like the painting, I’ve never heard of the artist. I’ve tried to look it up on the Internet, but I’ve never had any luck.

So… How can I find out how much this thing’s worth? I mean, sure, I imagine I could take it to have it appraised, but how much would that cost me? Realistically, all I want is to know more about the painting…

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This her?

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Q.E.D.- nope, not her. Carol Rosemond’s the painter I always seem to get when I try to look up more information on the painting… but the style’s very different. I’ve not seen Carol Rosemond do portraits. Thanks, though. :slight_smile:

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Perhaps you can stick a photo of the painting in question on a website? If you don’t have one you can use this free image-hosting service.

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You can search ebay.com for ‘rosemond’ try completed auctions too, if you want to check value.

Also, did you know they put their best stuff at:
http://www.shopgoodwill.com/ ?

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Handy, you da insert gender of choice here!

Apparently, the painting is “Simone”. Here’s a picture of it: http://ebay3.ipixmedia.com/abc/M28/_EBAY_17a4aee0b79c04df8836c1f0926f359a/i-1.JPG

Thanks!

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You’re in Austin, so maybe you could check out the art history reference books at UT libraries (the horror! But I find the web is not terribly good for most research. I have this suspicion that there are only 15 facts, widely paraphrased and plagiarized, on the internet). There are a few “who’s who in American art” sorts of things, and the Germans put out some good Allgemeine Kunstler Lexikons. A number of things list contemporary American artists ad such. . . if I go to the library today I’ll duck in if I remember and see if there are any usual suspects. Could you describe the thig vaguely, stylistically? How old is it?

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Ah, too late. Never mind.

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Well, I now know the NAME of the painting… but I’m having no luck finding out anything else about either it or the artist. Fie on thee, Internet!

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Here’s a link with your image:
http://www.rosamond.com/pages/galleries.html

And here’s the main page:
http://www.rosamond.com/index.html

The 24th page of the Google image search for “Simone” did the trick. Good lord, there are a lot of people and pets and shoes and lord knows what all else named Simone out there.

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Probably the Rosamond vis. Rosemond issue was key. If you search for Rosamond, she’s the first thing Google result.

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Melandry- yep, that’s it. Holy cow, I had no idea this was a popular artist. Guess I’ll be getting that thing appraised! :slight_smile: