There were no hits for anything spelled Pelongpic, so on a hunch I changed it to Delongpic.
Bingo. (Maybe.)
Paul de Longpre,[French-born American Painter, 1855-1911.]http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/lon…
And:
Quote:
Paul DeLongpre was the most significant watercolor specialist to arrive in Los Angeles in the late 19th century
Unquote.
Bio and photo of him here:http://www.redferngallery.com/BuyDeLongp…
More Bio info, including this tidbit:
“A street in Hollywood is named for the man called “Le Roi des Fleurs”. De longpre died there on June 29, 1911.”
Quote from the following page at the californiapaintings.com site:http://tinyurl.com/ytuhgh
Now, the reason I said “Maybe” is because this Paul de Longpre seems to have painted mostly still lifes and flowers. (Rather well, too, in a dreamlandish kind of way….)
Not lion families.
For a quick and dirty test, you can click on one of the photos of his portraits at the Redfern link, or one of the other sites with photos, blow it up to 150% and compare signatures.
So if your painting isn’t a print, and the signatures seem to match, it just might be unique. Worth taking a high quality digital image of it and sending it to some museums and galleries and maybe even the big auction houses (Southeby’s, Christies, etc.) for a pro evaluation.
How much is it worth, then? Hard to say. The site(s) listing the auction prices require registration and fees. If this is an unique work by a significant painter, previous prices are no guideline, and the value will depend on the fickle mood of the Art market-might be lots, might not be. But you can assume a high end potential value for insurance purposes…
If the signature does seem to match, you can google for more De Longpre info.