Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The best girlfriend (painting)

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The result was delete. -- RoySmith (talk) 13:36, 28 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The best girlfriend (painting)[edit]

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Fails WP:GNG, no evidence of significant coverage of this painting in reliable sources. The painter themselves doesn't appear notable enough for English Wikipedia, and doesn't even have an article on Portugese Wikipedia (despite being Portugese). So, a non-notable painting by a non-notable painter. Joseph2302 (talk) 22:13, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

delete Ghits on the supposed painter are negligible; hard to decide whether this is hugely obscure or a hoax. Mangoe (talk) 03:32, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - personal comment/fantasy, not an encyclopedia article - editor is adding vast personal comments and obscure trivia/fantasies to numerous articles - Arjayay (talk) 08:44, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
DeleteNon-notable painting by non-notable painter...and the article does not seem to be about the picture.TheLongTone (talk) 15:59, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Do not delete. Three photos more confirm that the ship was in mentioned days in Aveiro, Portugal, and the artist Lopes de Sousa photo at exhibition hall entrance confirm that it is not fantasy. Any person train of thought is not fantasy. According to oral information one medium size painting placed in Queen Elizabeth privat Intelligence service museum in England from 2011. That was her initiative to create a series of paintings.

Just because it exists, doesn't make it notable enough for English Wikipedia- we require evidence of significant, independent coverage in reliable sources. Also, photos, and "oral information" are not reliable sources.

It is why I mentioned "Seems one medium size painting in privat museum in England from 2011." Seems. Any way I stopped to increase this article. It is possible to call the artist Lopes de sousa to ask who bought the pictures and how many total. Contact detail are in Internet - via references of article You can found out the call number.Грищук ЮН (talk) 19:06, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Both I and TheLongTone (talk) have come to the same conclusion regarding the lack of notability. Sure his works may be in Private museum and that is just what they are. Sure they they have been on display in galleries – this is an artist equivalent of retail out let stores. Sure they have be proclaimed by some art sellers as bargain of the week ( – buy now as next week the price will go up etc). That is sales and marketing in the art world. Without casting dispersions on this artist skills but simply his notability in the art world... Delete--Aspro (talk) 21:07, 21 March 2016 (UTC).[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 19:12, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I fail to see how this could be rescued. There are no independent, reliable sources that establish the artist's notability. If the auction estimates in one of the sources are anything to go by, the artist has little, at best local, significance. The paintings themselves have no references at all. Mduvekot (talk) 21:27, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete unless much better sources are presented. The otherwise unpublished thoughts of one person viewing the painting are not encyclopedic. There is no evidence that this work is notable, and if there were, the article would need to be edited down to encyclopedic details supported by reliable sources. At the moment, this is the existence of the painting and no more. DES ^(talk) 02:15, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Not a notable work, no significant coverage. Coverage is limited, and Wikipedia is not the place for artists to promote their works. Scr★pIron^IV 13:17, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Do not delete! I posted more photos in the article and it is confirm the course of events. I also do not understand most of modern artist that already present in Wikipedia and any way I do not like to say that any paiter is the bad. I very like Van Gog paintings and any way about some of his pictures I can not say that we see modern art, and paintings realy are good. For example you can see two photos and one of them painting of Van Gog and another one is the realy photo in Arles:

As you see the color expression is not Gan Gog idea - the same colors realy in Arles in the evning ot morning. About this picture of Van Gog you have not any text, no any history in Wikipedia. But any way this painting refresh memories any tourist that visited Arles. More interesting pictures that have history. For example: Rembrandt "The Night Watch". The some pictures of famouse painters were used during activities of this captain and he had to say how he understood each of them and to give own name as the realy name he did not remember. That was paintings of Salvador Dali (his wife was from Rossia and Moscow tried to use his pictures to give visual directions (what to do) to anybody, Pablo Picasso, Vincent Van Gog. I will not increase the article any more as during the captain's explanation he received some questions about the paintings of the mentioned great painters and had to reply. Can be iteresting for anybody, can be no. I have not contact with the painter Lopes de Sousa, this article mostly not about the painter, it is mostly about the his one painting and the explanation of this painting. Next painting "Geisha", he is Geisha, was not his painting. And any way I see via Internet his paintings and the gale in the sea or ocean, then the sea water cover the deck of the ship is godd, on my opinion very good. I am not advertising the artist. I want say that every painting, picture must have history or explanation to be intersting. In this article realy described explanation ,the way of thinking, had place. When I entering the most paintings of other modern artists in Wilipedia - nothing, only painting and no any explanation. The same like "Cafe Terrace at Night" of Van Gog. It this case the "Cafe Terrace at Night" like postcard due to cal memories about Arles colors only. But and post card call memories sometimes but no any explanations. Can be somebody will write explanation and history of the "Cafe Terrace at Night" of Van Gog? Due to the greater paiter's names were used in the next explanation this painting "The best girlfriend" can be also interesting. But I afraid to write any more due to during explanation were used shor frazes (cuted frazes) as was talking between him and them. In this case anybody can say that do not understand everything what about, but anybody do not must understand all and have to think what about only. This article not about the painter mostly, this article about explaanations of the paintings during the specialy circumstains. Theremore the next 3 painting were discussed (I have heard) before the pinting was maden and can be next painting are absent due to was enough explanations only. But in the next explanations were discussed who, poses, colors must be painted, was dispute which colors have to be, good history af the circumstances. The next 3 can be like explanations for all painters what mist be painted to do the competition of the paintings that must be painted as per explanations. And no any more painting from mentioned series I have. More intersting this picture can be if I will write the article "The best Girlfriend (Intiligence activities)", but I see that all like this article will be deleted. And again - I mostly do not see interesting arcticle about any moders art paintings, only the photos. I can give my small explanation, my opinion, about the painting "Cafe Terrace at Night" as the mentioned here photo is my photo and I understood that Van Gog did not have very big color expression, he only increased the brightness of the colors. The picture "Cafe Terrace at Night" calls anly memories about the Arles or looks like postcard. The painting "The best girl friend" or "Mom & daughter" calls the memories good enough people that can put own history on this painting.Грищук ЮН (talk) 09:02, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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