how will i know if a work of art is the real thing?

Question

im talking about painting

Answer 1

Scratch and sniff. If you are asking how to tell the difference between a print with texturing paste put over it and an original oil painting, scratch and sniff, oil paintings smell of linseed oil. If you want to know how to recognize a master painter and tell it from a forgery, ask an expert or learn about art (takes years). You need to provide more specific information if you want a more meaningful answer.

Answer 2

Art is a kind of thing, when u doing art u can feel what the colour mean. Art have to take years to learn it is hard to learn but when u use your heart to draw, it the best art in the world.

Answer 3

You don't.

When push comes to shove you need a specialist to authenticate the painting, the papers that go with it and its 'legend' needs to be checked.
(A legend is sort of a pedigree of where the painting has been all it's life.)

Even then mistakes are made.

In reality you can trust well known dealers to sell you the real deal. Their good name is what is selling paintings and they can not afford to squander it over a mere few million.

Answer 4

evry paint must have a textur , scratch and sniff, oil paintings smell of linseed oil. If you want to know how to recognize a master painter and tell it from a forgery,so the paints have smell and texture and the printed one you can see the small point of printing when u loke closser to it .You need to provide more specific information if you want a more meaningful answer

Answer 5

Art isn't created, it's received. When an artists makes something it's just "something" until someone else appreciates it...then it's art!