I need to find out the idenity of a artist L.Lockwood who painted a oil sea scape ?

found in garge sale and I would say is about fourty years old here in wisconsin?I need to find out the idenity of a artist L.Lockwood who painted a oil sea scape ?
The only L Lockwood I can find is a Lucy Lockwood, active around the 1920s.





Two of her paintings have come up for auction in the last few years ';A Grey Hunter in a Meadow'; which remained unsold at Woolley and Wallis in Salisbury, UK in 2004 (see link 1) and ';River Landscape in Autumn'; which sold for 拢38 at Rosebery's, UK in 2004 (see link 2).





There is no biography of her that I can find in my art databases, so I'm afraid I have no further information.I need to find out the idenity of a artist L.Lockwood who painted a oil sea scape ?
First, try entering a name into a meta search engine like www.dogpile.com. Enter it in quotes ';John Smith'; to narrow down your search, Or ';John Smith California'; to narrow it down even more.





For information on artists living or dead, try sites like: ';absolutearts.com'; or ';worldwidearts.com'; and type in whatever you have--artist name, type of work, style of work, medium used, size, etc. Is it a print, a painting, a photograph, an original, a copy? a numbered lithograph print is a lot different than a giclee print. These things all effect the value, as does the condition.





If the artist is dead, a gallery link might pop up. A gallery dealing with the works or the estate of an artist can give you a lot of useful information, might be able to tell you the value and if there is a market for the work. If you are looking to get a piece appraised, do as much research as you can on it first. If it's a print, that is a different kind of dealer than if you have an original oil painting. A print might be more appropriate for an antiques dealer while a painting might be more appropriate for a gallery to appraise. Museums do very little if any outside appraisal. They do not have the time or the staff to offer that service.