Identify these paintings?

[lagunabeachdelivery1]

Can anybody please help identify these paintings or artists? The first one of the sailboat on the stormy ocean is signed and Humphrey. The signature is very similar to one of the many variations of Maud or Maude Bogart Humphrey, the mother of Humphrey Bogart. The painting is definitely old per one lical art expert; as is the hand carved wooden frame. It Bears no Providence or auction lineage. The next painting is signed Gentilly or Gentilli, which leaves It Wide Open. The lines in the painting and the signature style or font  bear a striking resemblance to Segovia. It is oil on canvas and you can tell it is deeply saturated and not cheap. It bears are several auction markings on the back.

[lagunabeachdelivery1]

You sound very informed my friend, thank you. Any info on this? M. Stevens? 1971? Thank all of you for your time.

[lagunabeachdelivery1]

Junk?

[sonomabarn67]

I get the feeling that you didn't like my take on your paintings.Here is something to try on your own which might be a window to the art world; go to 300 estate sales on Friday, the first day, and take note of the artworks hanging on the walls. Then go back on Sunday to each and every sale and take note of the artworks left. Allowing for some good art being vastly overpriced as to why they were not sold, you will be looking at 80-90% unsold junk headed for Goodwill or the flea market with a closeout buyer.  Then as you start to get a sense of what is salable, up your game to a thousand estate sales.That's the best advice I can give.

[gone_4_good]

First the birds are factory art

The village scene if real and not a print is by a folk artist https://www.ebth.com/items/1141861-original-acrylic-on-board-painting-signed-salomon-ramirez

If you are upset by the responses - I suggest you re-read what you wrote in your reply. Most people on the board are friendly and trying to help - for free I might add so keep that in mind even when you don't like what someone has to say.

[maxine*j]

If you are serious, and really do want to learn enough to buy and sell art:

1.  Spend time as *sonomabarn* suggested.  It is, indeed, instructive.

2.  Spend time at museums and galleries, to help you learn to see not just look at art. 

3.  Take art history and art appreciation courses.  If you can't do it in person, do it on-line.  Such courses give you structure and help you make connections that just Googling for individual, specific works cannot.

There are straightforward, basic, free, on-line art appreciation and / or art history courses to give you a grounding, vocabulary, an outline on which you can begin to hang details.  Examples would be:
http://www.openlearningworld.com/innerpages/Art%20Appreciation%20Basics.htm

and
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-history-basics/beginners-art-history/a/cave-painting-cont...

Several museums have on-line courses, usually free.  An example would be the offerings at MOMA: 
http://www.moma.org/learn/courses/online#courses

The National Gallery of Art a ton of resources, including videos you can watch:
http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/education/adults.html

Massachusetts Institute of Technology OpenCourseWare did (and I assume still does) have some good stuff on art and architecture among its free on-line studies:
https://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm

Auction houses and galleries also offers courses, as do universities, at modest cost:
Sotheby's, as an example of the former at  http://www.sothebysinstitute.com/online/

and
The Mason Gross School of Art at Rutgers is an example of the latter at http://www.moma.org/learn/courses/online#courses

And, of course, you'll want to bookmark for yourself, for your own reference useful sites, such as:
http://graphicsatlas.org/
http://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/glossary
http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary
http://americanart.si.edu/research/tools/art/

Some will say, "I don't have time for all this!"  To which I say, "Take an hour a week away from the time spent driving to yard sales and secondhand shops with the hope than an untrained eye will spot something valuable -- take just an hour away from that -- and use that time to learn."

[janetpjohn_la]

I don't know why the biography of Schlimme is on the Stevens painting unless they repurposed the frame? (Anyway, I'm struggling with the idea of Schlimme, if he's a real person, cranking out 800 paintings a year while serving on a ship at sea.) Steady, steady.
Janet

[lagunabeachdelivery1]

Who's upset? I said thank you to all I appreciate the feedback. Don't be an antagonist, I'm new at this. I love all both the wisdom from the wise and low jabs here from the know it alls. It's a great learning experience!  Sonoma gives great advice.  Thank you to all the others for the long winded lectures, as well!  It's humbling to learn from the pros here.

[lagunabeachdelivery1]

This is the best advice posted here! Thanks, I sincerely appreciate your time. A truly educated and informed aficionado willing to share good information, and thank you for not being a snob as so many can be with these topics. I look forward to learning from people like you. Cheers my friend!