Some places, like coffeeshops for example, will allow people to display their artwork. That piece is not necessarily for sale, but there is artist info by the piece if someone wants to contact them and have them paint something in particular, or look at their other pieces. Would it be illegal to display in one of those coffeeshops a painting that someone had copied off of another painting, even if they weren't selling it? Would it be illegal to SELL a painting that was copied from another painting?
2007-05-04 09:47:57 · 8 answers · asked by Be Still and know He's God 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
Any websites to back up your answer???
2007-05-04 10:02:05 · update #1
artist have borrowed images from other artists thgroughout history. If you're concerned about legal issues, perhaps you could title the picture "an impression of...(name the orig.painting) worst case scenario, if the artist discovers a picture "copied" from their own, they must have a court issue a "cease & desist" order -- unless this is going into a museum or professional gallery -- I wouldn't worry about it
2007-05-04 13:34:38 · answer #1 · answered by researcher 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not illegal to paint or sell a picture that was copied from another painting so long as the artist who actually painted the copy clearly and legibly writes his name on the painting and does not forge the name of the original painter or leaves off the artist's name in an attempt to make inference to the original artist. To copy an original painting, whether by painting an original or making a print of it and use the original artist's name, you would need to get permission from the artist or the artist's estate. Thus, if the artist is obeying these rules, whatever place is displaying the art should not have a problem with displaying it regardless of whether it's for sale or not. However, if the place of business knows that the painting is a forgery, they have an obligation not to display it and even to go so far as to report it.
2007-05-04 10:00:32 · answer #2 · answered by Venice Girl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-20 08:08:34 · answer #3 · answered by star 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is legal.
As long as it is an original work, made by hand and not intended to 'impersonate' another artist you can do pretty much what ever you want.
In art you can only protect your work, not the idea behind it. Let's say you painted a rose...Everybody else that would paint a rose would infrige your copyright...well you can not enforce that so.. the law draws the line at 'photocopying' and forging a signature..
2007-05-04 11:05:22 · answer #4 · answered by Puppy Zwolle 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm assuming the painting you copied is a recent one, and is eligible for copyright protection. If that is so, then it was illegal for you to copy it. (This wouldn't depend on whether it was for sale or not.) It would also be illegal to display the copy. (Again, regardless of whether the copy is for sale.) And, it's illegal to sell the copy. You win the trifecta.
2007-05-04 09:57:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with venice girl...it happens everyday...you can copy whatever you want.
2007-05-04 10:06:52 · answer #6 · answered by Farhad Gorgin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No website, but of course!!!
That is just like plagiarism.
2007-05-04 11:41:09 · answer #7 · answered by Books books books! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not if they had permission to do it. . .
2007-05-04 09:53:08 · answer #8 · answered by jessie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋