Who's the artist?

Question

I have an old postcard and would love to know who the artist is.
The subjects are a lady seated in a long white dress with pearls at her neck playing a stringed bulbous musical instrument, and a man with a white wig dressed in a frock coat and white stockings leaning over her shoulder.
It is a delightful scene from a bygone age but there is no signature or date.
The picture is called "The Rehearsal"

Lilian - Don't think it is "staged " as the postmark is 1906 with the half penny stamp of the King's head. I would like to know more about Staged pictures though for future reference if you have a link or two?
The reverse contains a short message, but nothing relating to the postcard.

Answer 1

maybe it's Leonard Campbell Taylor

is this the painting?

http://store.encore-editions.com/VART/qvicartw10.html

ooops .. sorry .. i forgot the wig thing ... this can't be it ...

it would help a lot if you described the style, or if you knew from which period the painting is .. and where is the postcard from? it might be a place where the artist lived, or where from is the museum that had the painting in it's collection

try looking for it here

http://www.wga.hu/index1.html

good luck!

Answer 2

Try looking at Dutch artists - Vermeer and de Hooch both painted interiors with couples interacting over musical instruments.

Answer 3

probably just a random staged picture lots of them produced in the 1930s etc, whats on the reverse side?

Answer 4

I think your path of least resistance would be to follow the instrument! The Lute Society of America has wonderful references to Lute art. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~lsa/links/ArtLinks.html#Reproductions

Also: http://www.answers.com/lute%20PAINTINGS

It sounds like a lovely picture. Good luck!!!

Answer 5

Sorry, I have honestly looked all over for this painting and can only find ballet pictures related to the name you gave us, sorry I tried...

Answer 6

Dont know.