2007-03-12 17:43:43 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
Most people want a familiar subject. usually landscapes, it has to be well balanced, and pleasing to the eye. The person must be able to be led from place to place with color, shapes, and lines. There must be a focal point if it is a big landscape, like a shed, or barn. Maybe some children. No abstract, no darkness, light colors.
2007-03-12 19:14:00 · answer #1 · answered by sunscour 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Most popular art can be broken down into geometrical shapes which people tend to see with the subliminal mind that creates the flow of the painting… Movement or flow keeps the eyes from sitting on one area of the work, it combines, ties lines, shapes and objects together for a pleasing complete work.
Everything from abstract to naturalism contain the basics…
Also, there is the BREAKOUT of the norm. If an artist becomes very popular then just the name can turn a terrible, bad composed work into a masterpiece. Why? Just because they created great stuff in the past and they have that little name inscribed on the bottom. BUT it doesn’t mean that it’s all that popular.
Van Gogh’s Starry Starry Night is a prime example of WHAT is popular. The colours, the movement, the shapes, the lines and flow.. It’s so bold in the basics that a child sees it and goes “oooooooooo”…….
2007-03-13 06:41:02 · answer #2 · answered by Renoirs_Dream 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What makes a painting popular depends, to a great extent, on the target audiences. Norman Rockwell paintings will appeal to a certain crowd that wouldn't even consider a Johns or a Motherwell or a Pollock. The Johns, Motherwell, Pollock crowd wouldn't consider a Rockwell profound enough to merit much attention,
From my personal experiences exhibiting in group shows or solo shows figurative art seems to sell much better than pure abstracts. For example, I was part of a group show last November, a Toys For Tots Fundraiser, and had twelve of my own paintings in the show. I sold four of them. Of these four three were semi-surrealistic portraits of women. The other one sold was a slightly whimsical figurative black and white painting. The brightly colored pure abstracts didn't seem to appeal to the crowd. I knew before I even hung them that the portraits would be popular.
I step back and watch and listen to the reactions of those viewing my art, as well as other artists art, and what people love and what people are willing to buy and hang in their own homes aren't always the same. It just seems to me that the people who buy contemporary art want original art...but they don't want it too original. Most buyers want 'safe' art. Sadly, this means they buy art that they won't be criticized for buying by their friends or family.
My abstract paintings seem to be popular among a small, but passionate, crowd who buy what they want because they actually love the paintings and they don't seem to give a rat's behind what others think of their tastes. But even among this type the black and white abstracts I do are much more popular than the other abstracts.
2007-03-13 01:27:47 · answer #3 · answered by Doc Watson 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of things really.... like one of the answers, it really depends like which kind of person you want to appeal to (trust me, you can't appeal to everyone (otherwise, you'd end up with something that's totally normal- not anything amazing)) Anyways, the common trend to make anything popular is to make something unique. Think of something that will standout for your particular audience! Example, if you want to appeal to the Renaissance audience, add a lot of depth and detail to your painting. For moderin paintings, try using brighter colours that blend. It's totally up to you.. what's important is that you should be yourself and the popularity will come later ^_^
2007-03-13 00:57:42 · answer #4 · answered by vincentg 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Big soppy eyes looking at the viewer, bright touches of color even in a dark scene, or grand views. See Kinkade or the Hudson River School
2007-03-13 00:52:01 · answer #5 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a dead creator. it seems that the most valuable paintings are not worth anything at all until the artist has past on.
2007-03-13 01:05:14 · answer #6 · answered by suzi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
either a lot of technique used or a lot of passion shown. or the amalgam of the 2.
2007-03-13 05:13:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That depends on the audience.
2007-03-13 00:48:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the artist needs to be famous first.
2007-03-13 11:08:51 · answer #9 · answered by dub_artist 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋