This is a painting that my great grandmother had, and it has passed down through the family. (I am American, but family heritage is from the Larvik area). I’m hoping someone might be able to help identify the artist of this painting. There is no visible signature, and I’m worried to take it out of the frame, it is stapled to it.
Side note, I’ll be making my first visit to Norway this fall, and I am super excited!
https://i.redd.it/v040ddlstvag1.jpeg
Posted by josh2ek
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I’m from Larvik and lives there. I cant help you out with the artist on this, and nor do I recognize the landscape. But I’m pretty sure you will get better help in one of the Larvik facebook groups rather than Reddit. You need the elders on this one, and most of them are not on Reddit but Facebook.
AI suggested https://gwpa.no/nb/artists/202 Martin Aagard. I’m not sure that is right. First, he normally signed in the lower right corner, and second, his paintings are more complex and detailed, generally “better”. Is there a signature somewhere? Possibly on the backside of the canvas? I would guess a lesser known local artist, maybe an amateur.