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Does anyone know what city is portrayed in this painting?
Signed by Tam Son
I was told the city is Hong Kong around the 1920's.
I can't seem to pin point a specific location....Is it possibly Queens Road?
Any input would be appreciated....Thank you
Re: Painting Hong Kong
These paintings are fantasy pieces, the scenes picked from postcards and painting in bulk orders for art wholesalers. These street scenes are susually European rahtet than Oriental, but the impasto style of painting blcoks out a lot of identifying detail.
Re: Painting Hong Kong
Okay, thank you for your input.
As far as bulk and made for resale, I already had this looked at by an expert and it is an original oil painting.
Excellent quality in fact...
After my own research I questioned the experts opinion that it was Hong Kong.
Re: Painting Hong Kong
I also have a painting by the same artist "Tam Son". It's odd an Asian name when most of these paintings are signed by French or European artists. I found nothing about him personally.This is what I know about mine.
These were decorator pieces from back in the 50's and 60's. They are from the school of ( meaning in the style of) Antoine Blanchard ( Marcel Masson) .Born: 15 November 1910; Blois, France Died: 10 August 1988; Paris, France. This iconic impressionist style is almost always a Paris street scene such as the "Champs Elysee " or a "Grand Boulevard". They can be actual locations or just fantasy pieces.Yes, they were produced "en masse" by many different and talented artists, mostly unknowns. That's why it is so hard to find the artists bio's It was just their "day job" so to speak. I collect these and while not extremely valuable unless you get an original Blanchard and a few other artists, they are prized by people who want "vintage" decorator pieces. I've seen them go at auction for between 50 to 200 dollars. They are usually large "sofa paintings" ( 36" x 40 plus") which were popular during the 50's through the 70's. There are some good ones and some bad ones. I think yours is very nice. Hope this helps. - Mike-
Re: Painting Hong Kong
Thank you very much for your comment. It was very helpful.