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A little off topic, but I recently watched this documentary on YouTube about a poor Chinese copy artist Zhao Xiaoyong, who has sold more than 90,000 Van Gogh re
by sus_007 8y ago
A little off topic, but I recently watched this documentary on YouTube about a poor Chinese copy artist Zhao Xiaoyong, who has sold more than 90,000 Van Gogh reproductions. They follow him to the Netherlands to see the real works of Van Gogh who's consumed his life for decades. You might enjoy it : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGECg0K3gMI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGECg0K3gMI
- baby 8y agoIt was awesome! I looked a bit into it and it looks like there are thousands of people just like him where he is: the dafen village in shenzhen. It looks like you can buy these reproductions directly on aliexpress but also order paintings based on pictures of yourself (although I couldn’t find where and the examples I looked at seemed to indicate that you should stick to a reproduction).
- pasta 8y ago"I've painted Van Gogh for 20 years but all my work together isn't worth one piece in the museum." It's sad that he discovers that he just copies but never created something his own. I hope for him that he will some day. Great documentary!
- mchahn 8y agoDid he say his work was real or a copy? If defrauding then I can't be sympathetic.
- wyattpeak 8y agoIt would be an impressive achievement indeed to sell 90,000 originals without anyone noticing.
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