How to spot fake burnett paintings
Caroline burnett oil painting
Original caroline burnett painting.
Caroline C. Burnett
An initial reminder that the piece in the O’Neill School’s collection is by an unknown artist, after Caroline C. Burnett. However, since the piece was inspired heavily (one might even say imitated or copied) by Burnett’s work, we chose to create a blog post documenting her biography and the history of forgery around her work.
Caroline C.
Burnett (1877-1950) was a British-American artist known primarily for her Impressionist paintings of Paris street scenes. Burnett’s work and painting style show the movement towards contemporary painting in Paris during her years there.
Burnett’s work had an abstracted influence, most noticeable in her figural representations (look at the figures present in the Paris Street Scene imitation).
She was a member of the Société de Beaux-Arts in Paris, exhibiting many of her works in the late 1890s and early 1900s.
In her work, we can see each season and different types of weather in Paris, as well as n
