artists like Monet, Manet, da Vinci, Picasso, van Gogh, Goya are very famous! but why are their painting so valuable and expensive? what is so remarkable about the paintings? its it the technique? the strokes? the paints? or the medium? what exactly is it?
2007-08-05 20:40:14 · 14 answers · asked by Amukta 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
These people you mention set the standards for artist today! And now that there gone what works of art they created are far and few there for makes them costly. The mystery of these people still remian and all thats left of them is the works of art they created so seeing there artwork is as close as we could hope to get to these amazing people!
2007-08-06 04:32:03 · answer #1 · answered by alisa d 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Their paintings are famous for all of the reasons you mention and more! They are all dead now, so they can't produce more paintings. This raises the value of the paintings that exist today. Another reason is because they had remarkable skill and knowledge of art in general.
Many of the old master painters studied art formally by going to art schools or by apprenticing with another older master painter.
I studied art in school; however, totay's art curriculum does not compare to the days of old, when artists were really educated about art. Today, many art schools just let the students do "whatever moves them"! If a student does not like realism, they can paint abstract, etc. However, this was not the case back then. If you studied art, then you learned ALL of the basics before you did your "own thing".
Many of today's art students get out of school and don't have the ability to really draw or paint, because they have been allowed to "wing it", so to speak.
I own an art gallery, and I recently met with an art student who is going into his senior year. He wanted to show me some of his works that were mostly all abstract and contemporary. I asked him if he ever painted anything in realism. He told me "no". I could not believe it! By his senior year in college, studying art, he has never once had to draw or paint anything in realism. I just don't get it! In the old days artists would draw from life and nature over and over and over again until they really got it right, then they were allowed to move on to the next level. I guess today, anyone can dip their bicycle tires in paint and ride accross a large canvas and call it art! I don't!
2007-08-06 10:15:36 · answer #2 · answered by sportguy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, they were all crazy to me, but they all painted good stuff, some even painted with egg tempera, the old stuff. I have always wondered that too. Its like more money than buying a house or a car, so expensive.
2007-08-06 11:10:03 · answer #3 · answered by butterfliez2002 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Original paintings by artist who are considered to be masters are high in value for a simple reason. Those artist are dead and there won't be anymore by them. It is like buying land, there isn't going to be anymore and people want it.
2007-08-09 03:12:32 · answer #4 · answered by US_DR_JD 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
.They are dead and finding their art is rare. I you sell your art whether living or dead, the value will increase with time. I have experienced how quickly an artist sells their work before dying. The value skyrockets once the artist is deceased. The Artist name becomes valuable.
2007-08-07 17:52:41 · answer #5 · answered by Alpha Illustrations 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's because they were the best of the best and they r now dead. Meaning that there only a limited amount left. There r a lot of people that collect art and stuff and r willing to pay loads of money for them.
2007-08-06 03:44:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The market had created the asking prices. All the same the artisits you mention were the Titians of their times - they were the trend setters and so are justly famous.
2007-08-06 03:50:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
well first off they were revolutionary Like Frontiers in the old days this was all very new and expeiremental explorative and breakative (No i cant speel right now) but anyway they are not alive anymore and what they did was ground breaking it's called ORIGINAL
2007-08-06 03:50:49 · answer #8 · answered by o0_dim_mak_shadow_0o 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its purely because they can no longer create anymore new pieces, and therefore their art is considered rare and valuable.
its like diamonds or gold. its something that you cant just make more of or reproduce...its unique and there is a highly limited supply
2007-08-06 12:30:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The guys who made them are six feet under so your not gonna get any new paintings.
2007-08-06 03:43:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋