I have a oil painting signed by vandruff. trying to find out about the artist and the value of the art.?

This painting was purchased in the 1950's. The label on the back of the painting says Holmes Gallery New Orleans. Looking for any information on this painting. Thanks.............I have a oil painting signed by vandruff. trying to find out about the artist and the value of the art.?
No idea if this is the right person but here's an artist named Vandruff:





';Olive Vandruff (1908- ) was born in Ohio and studied with Edmund Giesbert at the University of Chicago. She moved to Kerrville, Texas in 1950 and worked with San Antonio sculptor Pompeo Coppini. In 1960, she married Clarendon, Texas, artist Harold Bugbee. When Bugbee died in 1963, she assumed his position as curator of art at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, a position she held until 1986. Vandruff lives in Clarendon, Texas, and specializes in paintings of animals.';


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And here's her death notice in the Amarillo Globe-News





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6:11 a.m. CT


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Olive Vandruff Bugbee: The longtime curator of art at the PPHM died recently.


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Memorial service set





A public memorial service for Olive Vandruff Bugbee will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Hazlewood Lecture Hall at Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon.





Vandruff Bugbee, an artist and longtime curator of art at PPHM, died Jan. 4 at age 94.





Born in Ohio, she spent much of her childhood traveling the Southwest. She moved to San Antonio in 1931, where she worked as a commercial artist. From 1946-48, she studied with painter Edmund Giesbert at the University of Chicago.





She returned to Texas around 1950 and began to paint easel paintings. By 1953, she had already had six solo exhibitions. She met Western artist H.D. Bugbee of Clarendon in 1960, then married him the following year and moved to Clarendon.





Upon his death in 1963, she succeeded him as PPHM's curator of art, a position she held until 1982. She continued to volunteer at the museum until November.





Vandruff Bugbee worked in several media, including pastel, watercolor, casein and oil. Her paintings are found in public and private collections across the country.';





Like I said, this is a shot in the dark... Perhaps it's the Vandruff you're looking for. Perhaps not.





My best to you in your research





Bill