 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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i don't know, but you are going to bin the painting aren't you? it's awful. sorry in advance if you like it!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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it's not giving much away!
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So, firstly can anyone identify the mountain?
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The Alps
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For bonus points can any art geniuses tell me anything about the artist
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Its a woman artist
RPF deux points 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| DrE wrote: |
| i don't know, but you are going to bin the painting aren't you? it's awful. sorry in advance if you like it! |
LOL, it's got sentimental value and I've seen worse ...
... actually yeah I do quite like it but each to their own 
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davejsy, yeah it's not giving much away!
RPF, good try! 
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I'd like to Say the Dent Du Geant, the scale looks ok, but the surroundings mean it would have been painted from a point i've not accessed.
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Could almost be the peak of the Silberhorn with the Kleine Silberhorn in front, I'd guess it's more the propper alps than Austria, they don't have as many true peaks as in that pic
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Hmmm, it looks a bit stylised/imaginary - the main pyramidal peak with the bigger mass looming over it top right just doesn't look genuine to me. A lot of mountain landscapes have exaggerated shapes, invented lakes etc...
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The painting is by an artist called Elisabeth Hocrole-Peters (I think that's what the signature says).
For bonus points can any art geniuses tell me anything about the artist (can't find anything on the net so I guess she isn't very well known)?
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I wonder if the surname is correct. Hocrole doesn't seem correct but I'm not good at reading English handwriting to be honest. I checked the phone book and there are no Hocroles in London for example and I couldn't find any on Google (maybe a Scottish name or something).
I don't think the picture is that bad, the painter obviously has some ability.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| SMALLZOOKEEPER wrote: |
| I'd like to Say the Dent Du Geant, the scale looks ok, but the surroundings mean it would have been painted from a point i've not accessed. |
Thanks SMALLZOOKEEPER but to me the Dent Du Gean looks a lot more craggy and steep than the peak in this painting - at least judging by the Google image search results I got (don't know the area myself).
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| Could almost be the peak of the Silberhorn with the Kleine Silberhorn in front, I'd guess it's more the propper alps than Austria, they don't have as many true peaks as in that pic |
Good shout there, the right country and it looks like a likely contender from the photos I've found - nice one 
Anyone else got ideas?
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| Hmmm, it looks a bit stylised/imaginary - the main pyramidal peak with the bigger mass looming over it top right just doesn't look genuine to me. A lot of mountain landscapes have exaggerated shapes, invented lakes etc... |
True but surely that tended to be the case in the 19th century period whereas in the 20th painters tended to produce a truer representation of the landscape they saw (unless they were abstract lol) - I'm pretty sure this painting is 20th century and probably immediately post war.
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| I wonder if the surname is correct. Hocrole doesn't seem correct but I'm not good at reading English handwriting to be honest. I checked the phone book and there are no Hocroles in London for example and I couldn't find any on Google (maybe a Scottish name or something). |
True, it is a strange name but I don't think it's Scottish to be honest.
Here's a close up of the signature (click below), looks like Hocrole to me ... strange!
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| I don't think the picture is that bad, the painter obviously has some ability. |
Thanks 
I know it's no great work but I don't think it's too bad either
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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roga, I can't believe I can't find a "hocrole" reference anywhere on Google.
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You know it makes sense.
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Here's a close up of the signature (click below), looks like Hocrole to me ... strange!
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That squiggle between the H and the c could be almost anything at all. It certainly doesn't look anything like the o in "crole".
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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I am with Dr E on this one. Are you sure it isn't the top of a chocolate box? 
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Poster: A snowHead
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The same thing as alex_heney struck me i.e. the two "o" are nothing like each other.... That suggests two different letters IMV
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Just to add more confusion, I'm not sure that the c between the o and r is a c; could be an e, I think. But then I've had no more luck googling Elisabeth Hoerole-Peters or Hörole-Peters 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| alex_heney wrote: |
| roga wrote: |
Here's a close up of the signature (click below), looks like Hocrole to me ... strange!
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That squiggle between the H and the c could be almost anything at all. It certainly doesn't look anything like the o in "crole". |
It looks like a Greek theta.
Elisabeth Hthetacrole-Peters.
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FAQ
will be the only reference on google for that search term 