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Replicas do have intrinsic value. I have several replica paintings and none of them were cheap. I prefer hand painted artwork & craftsmanship over prints. T

Replicas do have intrinsic value. I have several replica paintings and none of them were cheap. I prefer hand painted artwork & craftsmanship over prints. The difference is, nobody is fooled into thinking these are authentic Picassos. As someone else said, the original paintings are worth more because they are one touched by the master. That history is valuable to certain people. I am not one of those people, and many others share the same opinion, they appreciate the art only for its aesthetics. Interestingly, replicas of famous works are often much more expensive than original works by the same no-name artist. I have lots of originals from art students that I picked up for <$20 or so. You see the same behavior in other fields. An original Mustang GT350 is worth a hell of a lot more than a replica, even if the replica is better in many metrics, because a small group of wealthy people value the heritage and history much more than the tangible good.

baybal2 6y ago
Worth saying, there is a whole village in China making living on oil painting replicas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViHZ_OdCDBg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViHZ_OdCDBg
js2 6y ago
The comment to which you're replying isn't referring to replicas though, but rather original paintings fraudulently attributed to a famous artist: > FBI agents have identified eight probable forged paintings, five of which were billed as previously unknown works of Ault, an American artist active through the 1940s. Two other paintings were purportedly created by Crawford, an artist active through the 1970s whose precisionist style was similar to that of Ault, according to the search warrant affidavit. The last painting was purportedly created by Abercrombie, a surrealist American artist active through the 1970s. To use your analogy, it would be as if someone created a car using Ford Mustang styling cues, but that wasn't a replica of any Mustang that Ford ever made, and claimed that it was a Ford Mustang prototype found hidden in a garage.
- mywittyname 6y ago
  I was merely pointing out that the artwork itself does has intrinsic value, irrespective of who made it and when. As the parent said, >You'd think paintings have an intrinsic value by themselves, If paintings didn't have intrinsic value, then there wouldn't be a market for replicas and prints of famous of pieces. Yet, there is a market for such.
chris_va 6y ago
Where do you find good replicas? (There are a few paintings I would love to have nice replicas of on canvas, but I haven't yet tried any of the online replica factories for fear of poor quality)
- mywittyname 6y ago
  Local artists generally. We have a lot of street fairs with artists showing off their work, most are receptive to commissions and you can get an idea of capabilities by looking their work. Anymore, my favorite place is this antique store next to an art studio, the artist that owns the studio makes a lot of replicas (and original) to sell in the antique store.

baybal2 6y ago

Worth saying, there is a whole village in China making living on oil painting replicas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViHZ_OdCDBg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViHZ_OdCDBg

js2 6y ago

The comment to which you're replying isn't referring to replicas though, but rather original paintings fraudulently attributed to a famous artist: > FBI agents have identified eight probable forged paintings, five of which were billed as previously unknown works of Ault, an American artist active through the 1940s. Two other paintings were purportedly created by Crawford, an artist active through the 1970s whose precisionist style was similar to that of Ault, according to the search warrant affidavit. The last painting was purportedly created by Abercrombie, a surrealist American artist active through the 1970s. To use your analogy, it would be as if someone created a car using Ford Mustang styling cues, but that wasn't a replica of any Mustang that Ford ever made, and claimed that it was a Ford Mustang prototype found hidden in a garage.

mywittyname 6y ago
I was merely pointing out that the artwork itself does has intrinsic value, irrespective of who made it and when. As the parent said, >You'd think paintings have an intrinsic value by themselves, If paintings didn't have intrinsic value, then there wouldn't be a market for replicas and prints of famous of pieces. Yet, there is a market for such.

chris_va 6y ago

Where do you find good replicas? (There are a few paintings I would love to have nice replicas of on canvas, but I haven't yet tried any of the online replica factories for fear of poor quality)

mywittyname 6y ago
Local artists generally. We have a lot of street fairs with artists showing off their work, most are receptive to commissions and you can get an idea of capabilities by looking their work. Anymore, my favorite place is this antique store next to an art studio, the artist that owns the studio makes a lot of replicas (and original) to sell in the antique store.