Is a copy of a famous painting bad if nobody but an expert can tell?

Question

You get these famous paintings that are copied so well that the general public cant tell .
The original may be priced at millions and the copies have been bought and sold at the same price and hung and enjoyed for years and suddenly an "" expert "" says ..." this is not the original painters work" and then this painting is suddenly worth much MUCH less .
shouldnt the so-called copy be worth the same , hasnt it given the same enjoyment .
And why is a terrible mess of paint that I wouldnt hang in the toilet worth millions just because a bloke named Picasso did it

Answer 1

I'da agree with you on Picasso. Going through some art catalogs, I saw how some replicated the original paintings. The process used by one is called Oleography. They somehow managed to transfer or duplicate the image, texture, and color onto new canvas. To add a hand-made tough, they swirl the brush around to give it the brushstrokes.

it's an interesting thing that you bring up. One counterfeiter who was caught and arrested for minting 1880s gold coins once declared his philosophy on it all. He argued to the effect that if it was absolutely perfect in every way; it had the date, the fineness and appearance of a genuine coin, then perhaps it is and should be considered another...

Morgan dollar, for example..

Answer 2

First of all, it's not forgery unless you try to pass it off as an original and sell it. Second of all, Picasso was a Legend. His genius may have came and went but he was always Picasso. Damn It.

So to answer your question, the underlying irony of the whole art charade is that nobody gives a flying phuk about how good your art is unless you're famous. It is disgusting, I know, but it has been that way for a long time & I don't foresee it changing anytime soon.

I'm an artist and I make art because it is the only thing that keeps me from boredom enduced suicide. If I never make a dime from it, then at least I have enjoyed some aspect of life. If no one else can appreciate it, I can...most of the time.

I don't know if I answered your question, but you sparked a nice little rant inside me:

So in the future if you must single out a popular artist to degrade, leave Picasso out of it. He was a bull & a bull fighter. He heald a torch that few could withstand. Other artists of his time paled in comparison to his mastery of his genius & of the zeitgeist. He was 20th Century Art & at the same time, he was primal.

Answer 3

If it's not original and you pass it off as real, that's fraud plain and simple. There's nothing wrong with having a quality reproduction if you simply want one for decoration and can't afford the real thing; but it's wrong to lie about it being a copy.

Answer 4

If you don't know the answer to this question already you Sir are a Cretan.

Answer 5

no one can afford such painting........if you had one, everyone would know it was a fake