[Wramos831]

Who is this artist by the name LOFT stressed out looking for any one who has any similar problem I bought a painting and want to know if this guy is anybody in the art world.

Who is this artist by the name LOFT and the ayone have any nice paintings from him would like to check out if so.

Who is this artist by the name LOFT and the ayone have any nice paintings from him would like to check out if so.

[tickle]

There are many many artists who paint well, some who paint poorly. I have never heard of this artist. He could be from any country on the map.

[ma0641]

"stressed out looking for any one who has any similar problem" Wow, you get stressed over a name, what's the problem? It could just be someone who signed it. I find no artist called "Loft" in any databases.

[aliseaodo]

What is the painting of? Can you post a picture? Someone on a different site asked about a 'Loft' painting as well (I think a C. Loft specifically). An answer was given suggesting that the painting may have been done by an artist belonging to the Loft Artist Association. Here is the response from the other site. I find it interesting.

Expert: Steven-R replied 1 year ago. Hello, my name is Steve and I think I can assist you...based on current information, it would appear that there is no such artist, in the actual sense, by those names--there are many, many works out there signed in both manners and the general opinion is that they are works created by artisan [COLOR=green]guilds[/COLOR], perhaps even this one:
Loft Artists Association :: About LAA
Many of the artisans in high production guilds are highly skilled, but few sign the works with their real names--many of the "C. Loft" pieces have sold on eBay for several years now, almost TOO many for a single artist to have produced.
If you could post images of your works and note the dimensions, I can give you a reliable value range estimate.
With kind regards,
Steve

[Kezzworld]

Hi Steven-R & Wramos831 ,
I too am investigating the enigma of the artist signing his/her work in the name C Loft. I was drawn to an eBay auction yesterday for a Picasso-esqe work advertised as by 'Scott'. The work was being sold by a dealer in England, presumably one in need of new spectacles. Before bidding on the painting, I zoomed in on the artist's signature, painted in red, bottom left, and could see that the signature appeared to be C Loft. I googled the name and have discovered approx. 15 works by this artist with images available, uncovered about 10 more references to other paintings by the same artist (without images), and have seen that this artist consistently signs his works in red paint and in the same, distinctive style. This link will take you to a typical example of the artist's signature:


Artist's Signatures - C. Loft


Further the bulk of these paintings, although highly skilled, are seascapes, often featuring a shoreline with a lighthouse or Mediterranean appearance and may well have been produced for commercial sale to tourists - a money spinner for otherwise hard-up, undiscovered talents. They have surfaceed in Greece, USA, England, S. Africa and New Zealand.


I have also found many people seeking to discover more about this artist - and an interesting couple of web forum discussion on that very subject. Hence, it does appear that C. Loft is indeed an individual as opposed to a mystery collective's pseudonym - and, although his works differ in style, there is commonality among some of the skills he/she portrays, in particular a distinctive approach to the impasto portrayal of sea foam and foliage/flower clusters - and a highly skilled leaning towards a Picasso-esque style in his finer works - of which the finest I have been able to locate was an un-named work (links below), sold at auction in Miami 2015, again mistakenly listed as by an artist named 'Cloft'!
CLOFT OIL ON CANVAS


http://image.invaluable.com/housePho...-L76245897.jpg


Here is a link to the C. Loft I have just bought (for a paltry sum I might add). It has stylistic echoes of the style depicted in the untitled work above.
Picasso Style Oil On Board Of A Nude Lady With A Guitar.


Here is a link to a web forum discussion regarding the artist, and there are one or two pointers within that suggest the artist emanates from Florida, USA - and the Miami auction room sale mentioned above, does sit in that zone. The name Catherine Loft, of Key West, FL is mentioned as a possibility, though still nothing tenuous.


https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/art/pa...ft-449364.html


And finally, here are more links to other works by C. Loft that I've founf on the web. There are a handful more, but all in the 'tourist' art style.


http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTQzMFgxMzI5/z/r5MAAOxykMpTHq0A/$_1.JPG
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/d0oAAOxyUI1THq0L/$_3.JPG


LARGE OLD PAINTING ON CANVAS SIGNED BY ARTIST C LOFT


http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/d0oAAOxyUI1THq0L/$_3.JPG


http://images.worthpoint.com/files/o...3/cloft190.jpg


http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzIwWDk2MA==/z/eLAAAOSwgQ9VnkyL/$_1.JPG


http://smallstreams.com/store/img-la...1886057490.jpg


http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzIwWDk2MA==/z/IcEAAOSw-vlVnkyJ/$_1.JPG


https://ssli.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzY4WDEwMjQ=/z/NUoAAOSwhcJWJ3Y~/$_86.JPG


Large Vintage Oil painting on canvas. Signed C. Loft.


In this beautiful work, the artist's signature is cleverly worked into the cream coloured tile, extreme bottom left hand corner. Zooming in on the image will reveal it. It appears to have been influenced by well the known Israeli Artist, Isaac Maimon (Four Muses). Additionally, the subject matter suggests that this is a contemporary artist, as the musicians depicted are styled with 1960's appearance or later, thus dispelling a suggestion that C. Loft was working long ago.
http://artmecca.ucoz.net/sokis/Cloft...karas62x52.jpg


I hope this has been of some help in at least understanding more about this highly talented, unknown/reclusive artist - and has gone some way, Steven, to rebutting the notion that C. Loft is a collective of anonymous loft painters!


I shall continue to research.


best, Kezz