Good Questions: Info on this Painting?

Catherine (and her Grandfather) have a question - she writes: My grandfather has been searching for information regarding this painting. He saw it in a nursing home and the staff graciously offered to take it off of the wall and look the see if they could find any identifying information. They were not able to find anything indicating its origins or artist.

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Can anyone offer any insight?

Please share any info or ideas on the painting with Catherine in the comments - thank you!

Comments (9)

Totally on a whim (and bored at work), I googled images for "dinner party painting". And lo and behold, I found it!

http://globalwholesaleart.com/cafe-dining-c-24.html

The painting is titled "A Dinner Party" by Grun, Jules Alexandre

-Ruth

posted by cptnruthless on October 7th 2008 at 10:15am
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My sister-in-law's parents have this painting in their dining room, and I was wondering who it was by as well. Thanks Ruth :)

posted by GArach on October 7th 2008 at 10:33am
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Wow, great job Ruth!

I probably wouldn't buy from that site you mentioned though, as they are not prints from the original. Rather, they are another artist's interpretation.

posted by als1 on October 7th 2008 at 10:33am
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what a nice example of ATers..helping us all out!!..Because they LOVE it!...(this is a crazily fun painting!!)..

posted by keeks on October 7th 2008 at 10:56am
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Ruth! Good Show!
AT readers are a great resource.

posted by Fontessa on October 7th 2008 at 11:09am
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wow,that copy isn't nearly as evocative as the original!

posted by wc_canuck on October 7th 2008 at 11:29am
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Thanks everyone! I really appreciate the help (and willingness to google whilst bored at work!)

posted by chapp on October 7th 2008 at 11:36am
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those bogus Modiglianis are cracking me up.

posted by carolynapplebee on October 7th 2008 at 5:45pm
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They're all copies wc-canuck. It'd have to be a pretty swanky nursing home to afford the original. And believe me, they'd know who the artist was.

It appears that the name of the piece is Fin de Souper, "End of Dinner" or "After Dinner." Here's a bio on the painter. http://www.wetcanvas.com/Articles2/15/161/

posted by quiltmaster on October 7th 2008 at 11:50pm
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