Meta Pluckebaum (1876-1945, German) was born in Dortmund and studied art with Hermann Pohle and later with her husband Karl. Pluckebaum became a prolific painter and illustrator of cats. Most of her paintings and etchings of cats are of kittens and are reminiscent of the style of Henriette Ronner-Knip and Julius Adam of the 19th century. Her kittens are cute and are always up to mischief. Her paintings and prints are frequently found for auction even today.
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Hi Pete! I completely agree. From those above with signatures, only 2 maybe 3 looked authentic to me. I have recently fallen in love with her cat etchings through finding one at an estate sale of another German artist. The two that I own have the same signature style, but it appears that she may have used a modified signature (the change predominantly with the M and P) on some of her etchings. I am trying to get more information on this before buying a fake. Are you a family member who could verify, or do you have a recommended professional that could authenticate?
Just looked over your gallery of photos for Meta Pluckebaum. More than half are fakes from Russia, with bad copies of her signature. Someone should do more research for your articles.
Please let me know which ones are copies. Give me the number of the painting starting with the top working down eg… 1, 2, etc.
Thanks.