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Re: Old oil painting , curious if it looks familiar or perhaps period
« Reply #15 on: May 21, 2017, 12:12:59 pm »
In the 1930's Gypsy paintings were again a real craze!  Also, the Pre-Raphaelite paintings had a touch of this style.
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Re: Old oil painting , curious if it looks familiar or perhaps period
« Reply #16 on: May 21, 2017, 02:23:13 pm »
True, and the 1925  year would be correct  !!  Late 20`s into the 1930`s !!

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Re: Old oil painting , curious if it looks familiar or perhaps period
« Reply #17 on: May 27, 2017, 08:44:04 am »
is it possible this was painted before the 20's or 30's i removed one nail and looks almost hand made , i dunno were nails used during the 30's?

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Re: Old oil painting , curious if it looks familiar or perhaps period
« Reply #18 on: May 27, 2017, 10:28:45 am »
Can yoiu post a pic of one of the nails !!  Are they nails or flat sided framers tacks ??   Yes nails were used in the 20`s and 30`s !!