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My Grandmother passed away, she was 86 years old, I flew out from Canada to South Africa to sort some legal things out.  I learned that I've inherited some of her things, these include two paintings which I've been told were acquired by my late Grandfather in Rome, Italy sometime in the early 20th Century (1910's - 1930's).  

Not being an art or history buff I don't really know any more information about these paintings. I have, however, taken these two paintings to be evaluated by Bonhams (apparently a big evaluator) but they refused to tell me the names of the artists and went on to state that these paintings were of no commercial value and aimed at the 'tourist industry'.  

With all due respect to them, I'd really like a second opinion on this, are there any Redditors here that 'know art' that can take a look at pictures of these paintings and tell me who they think the artists are.  I cannot, for the life of me, identify the scribble that the artist left as a signature.   

I'd be happy with your opinion on this, even if the paintings are of no value.

Here's the pics, one overall view of the painting and then a zoomed in pic of the artist name:
<bot>: Inherited two paintings which may or may not be worth a small fortune but need help identifying the artist. Aka looking for artists names.