# How do I identify this painting? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 4, 2003, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-identify-this-painting/179599 "2003-06-04T14:22:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-identify-this-painting/179599/1 "2003-06-04T14:22:05Z")
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. 🙂 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… ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-identify-this-painting/179599/2 "2003-06-04T14:27:43Z")
[This her?](http://www.artonmain.com/Painters/Oil/Carol_Rosemond/carol_rosemond.html) ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-identify-this-painting/179599/3 "2003-06-04T14:35:56Z")
**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. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-identify-this-painting/179599/4 "2003-06-04T14:38:24Z")
Perhaps you can stick a photo of the painting in question on a website? If you don’t have one you can use [this](http://www.villagephotos.com/) free image-hosting service. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-identify-this-painting/179599/5 "2003-06-04T14:41:37Z")
You can search [ebay.com](http://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/](http://www.shopgoodwill.com/) ? ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-identify-this-painting/179599/6 "2003-06-04T15:08:05Z")
**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](http://ebay3.ipixmedia.com/abc/M28/_EBAY_17a4aee0b79c04df8836c1f0926f359a/i-1.JPG) Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-identify-this-painting/179599/7 "2003-06-04T15:08:13Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-identify-this-painting/179599/8 "2003-06-04T15:09:52Z")
Ah, too late. Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-identify-this-painting/179599/9 "2003-06-04T15:22:14Z")
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! ---
**Author:** ![Melandry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Melandry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melandry)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-identify-this-painting/179599/10 "2003-06-04T15:55:54Z")
Here’s a link with your image: [http://www.rosamond.com/pages/galleries.html](http://www.rosamond.com/pages/galleries.html) And here’s the main page: [http://www.rosamond.com/index.html](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. ---
**Author:** ![Melandry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Melandry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melandry)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-identify-this-painting/179599/11 "2003-06-04T16:02:14Z")
Probably the Ros_a_mond vis. Ros_e_mond issue was key. If you search for Rosamond, she’s the first thing Google result. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-identify-this-painting/179599/12 "2003-06-04T16:12:58Z")
**Melandry** - yep, that’s it. Holy cow, I had no idea this was a popular artist. Guess I’ll be getting that thing appraised! 🙂