Hi, I found this site....it says it free, but only to get the basics I think, and it does have a list of artists names there.....but then if you want more info -- it thens costs money...
http://findartinfo.com/browse/index~letter~A1.aspBUT THEN, IT DOES HAVE A BROWSE SECTION BY ALAPHABET, and to me this name on this pciture here looked like (maybe) pafer_____, and I found nothing for that here (but that spelling is still not out) ...just here I never found a thing, so then I tried PALER_____, and I came up with some names. I will now google these names in (trial and error) with the name BUKANG LIWAYWAY.
(Well not BLINKY here, since he died in 1977, and the painting I have posted here was done in 1979... )? Palerma, J. (Italy) (1900-)
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Palermo, Blinky (peter Heisterkamp) (Germany) (1943-1977)? Palermo, Gerhard Richter And Blinky
? Palermo, R. Jafury Da
It might be the long way to TRY, but it is still trying....and this names might not even be a match to the name on the picture -- but I am just researching....and maybe I will hit it lucky.....or next time me (or any of use are looking) the person could be listed here right from the word go....
But this site might help to figure out some signatures, or the artist COULD be listed there...
AND HERE IS ANOTHER SITE TO TRY:
http://www.askart.com/AskART/p.aspx