is the painting even worth anything?
2006-08-24 03:57:21 · 11 answers · asked by j. smith 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
Throughout history, all great artists "reused" their canvases. Many times artists are not the wealthiest. They have to cut corners where they can. All artists that I know have reused canvas at one time or another. The finished product is what sells, not how many layers of paint are on the canvas.
2006-08-24 04:03:30 · answer #1 · answered by Coffeefreek 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It reduces the stability of the painting if oil painting and will self destruct later in life. Brush strokes will also show thru which can cause the top image to be weak. My answer is yes it reduces the value. I know great artists in the past have painted over old pantings and this is acceptable but don't if at all possible. Canvas is not that expensive. I have painted over my own paintings but because I needed to paint and didn't have any new canvas at the time.
2006-08-24 14:18:42 · answer #2 · answered by Chuck C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if you do it over a Van Gogh, Renior, Renay, Davinci or...
There was a TV show once that attacked this. The Dick Van Dyke Show.
They found an oil over an oil. If they erased the top oil it read likea famous paiting, except it proved a fake. The original, of which they rubbed away a little, was made by Frank Sinatra, thus the secondary one, the new one, was more valuable then the old one!
Don't rub. Get an Xray!
You never know if you have an early work by Andy Warhol done over a copy of a master by someone trying to copy!
2006-08-24 13:51:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many of the great masters reused canvases for their paintings, and x-rays have verified this practice was common. The values have not been diminished at all.
2006-08-26 12:26:40 · answer #4 · answered by Lance U 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Picasso's "the Old Guitarist" is painted over something else. And it's in the Chicago Art Institue Museum (or whatever its called). Go check it out! You can see a womans head in it from the previous painting. So I guess watch out for that!
2006-08-24 11:45:14 · answer #5 · answered by kermit 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends. I imagine many atrists did this because of a lack of money in their early years. A paintings value is based more on the brush technique, the origin, and the artist that painted it.
2006-08-24 11:04:01 · answer #6 · answered by Russ D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you end up famous one day... it will be worth twice the amount because it is doubled.. but if you are a run of the mill basic Bob Ross type landscape artist selling your work to dealers for chump change... Yeah, it might effect it's value.
2006-08-24 11:03:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some of the great master have painings underneanth...they weren't rich, & re-using them made sense! You may have to become famous first before it could be considered worth anything & even them, only found in ex ray!
2006-08-24 11:03:42 · answer #8 · answered by fairly smart 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It may be worth more.... but you would have to prove that there is another work beneath it. And only if they're original pieces.
Have a great day!!!
2006-08-24 11:00:52 · answer #9 · answered by Coo coo achoo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont think so i do it all the time.........and its cool if you can see the painting underneath like the impression it makes.......i cant really explain it but its cool
2006-08-25 03:55:55 · answer #10 · answered by anica 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋