# Who did this painting?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-this-painting/629662>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 28, 2012, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-this-painting/629662 "2012-07-28T10:29:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![sdayton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6f9a4e/32.png) [@sdayton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdayton)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2012, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-this-painting/629662/1 "2012-07-28T10:29:02Z")

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An antique painting is for sale at a nearby auction. It is an oil painting of a fish in a gilt gold ornate frame 12" x 14." The painting has the initials GFP with a circle around it. Anyone out there happen to know who this might be? I’ve gone to various sites where you can plug in the name of the artist, but I only have the initials. Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-this-painting/629662/2 "2012-07-28T14:35:13Z")

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Gianfranco Pulitano?

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**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-this-painting/629662/3 "2012-07-28T17:59:30Z")

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Is the piece dated?

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**Author:** ![Sam\_A.Robrin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sam_a.robrin/32/14497_2.png) [@Sam\_A.Robrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_A.Robrin)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2012, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-this-painting/629662/4 "2012-07-28T22:01:42Z")

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“GFP” is probably just “GoldFish Painting.”…

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**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-this-painting/629662/5 "2012-07-29T00:57:36Z")

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_Gilt Frame Painters, Inc._