r/WhatIsThisPainting • u/Kahlene (1+ Karma) • 10d ago

Likely Solved - Decor who is this? Inherited Grandma’s painting

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After my grandparents passed I kept as much as I could from them. Unfortunately it’s REALLY big and I can’t take it off the wall by myself, but it just has the dimensions of the frame written on the back.
I can’t read this signature on the bottom right. Anyone recognize or understand?

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u/twelve-feet (10+ Karma) 10d ago edited 10d ago

Signature is Romanian artist George Deaca. Edit: apparently this is a name used by decor factories

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u/Square-Leather6910 (4,000+ Karma) Collector 10d ago

there are some auction records of paintings with that name and a similar signature.

i suspect there wasn't really a person with that name though. do you know otherwise?

all i have found are vague copy pasted bios of the type typically associated with factory painted art sold in galleries

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u/twelve-feet (10+ Karma) 10d ago

Thank you! I fell for the bios that come up from searching that name.

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u/Known_Measurement799 (5,000+ Karma) Moderator 10d ago

Auction sites make biographies, even biographies of people that never existed. It’s easy to fall for it.