Is the French painting worth £ 50?
Oct 11th, 2017, 10:54 PM
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You can buy a painting in France for 5 euros or 5 million. No one but you can decide what's too expensive. If you like it and it's worth it to you buy it. There is no measure of " too expensive."
Oct 12th, 2017, 07:34 AM
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possible troll . . . Her other thread is also a little odd.>>
Your posts are often a little odd, also, why don't you stop calling people names all the time when you want to make fun of them? try banning the word "troll" from your posts for a starter.
Your posts are often a little odd, also, why don't you stop calling people names all the time when you want to make fun of them? try banning the word "troll" from your posts for a starter.
Oct 12th, 2017, 05:57 PM
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Hi Twist,
To start, you must mean euro, not pounds, if you are in France. So think in euro.
I listed all of the examples above to make you think about other things you might buy and how you looked at their value. If it was a leather bag for 50 euro and you really liked it and decided to buy it, you would not even think about being cheated. Unless they lied and it was not leather, you would be happy.
Frankly, 50 euro is not much money for an actual painting. You will not be getting a masterpiece! You probably do want to know if it is simply a colored print, an oil, watercolor, etc. However, if it is really basically a souvenir, the real question is do you like it? Would you be proud to hang it on your wall? Would you enjoy it? Would it remind you of a happy visit to France?
Nobody here can tell you if the painting is good or not without seeing it. Even then, it is all relative. If I want to buy art, I usually go to an art show or gallery. You are buying a souvenir. I went to Paris with friends a few years ago. They bought an oil painting of a street scene from an artist. They paid about 200 euro. Would I have bought it? No, not at any price. Did I think it was really interesting or fine art? No. Did I think it was worth everything they paid? Yes, absolutely - for them. It is pretty and technically nicely painted. Most of all, they love it, have it prominently displayed in their home and every time they pass it, they remember their happy time in Paris.
It you love it, you will not be cheated. If you do not love it, then do not buy it.
To start, you must mean euro, not pounds, if you are in France. So think in euro.
I listed all of the examples above to make you think about other things you might buy and how you looked at their value. If it was a leather bag for 50 euro and you really liked it and decided to buy it, you would not even think about being cheated. Unless they lied and it was not leather, you would be happy.
Frankly, 50 euro is not much money for an actual painting. You will not be getting a masterpiece! You probably do want to know if it is simply a colored print, an oil, watercolor, etc. However, if it is really basically a souvenir, the real question is do you like it? Would you be proud to hang it on your wall? Would you enjoy it? Would it remind you of a happy visit to France?
Nobody here can tell you if the painting is good or not without seeing it. Even then, it is all relative. If I want to buy art, I usually go to an art show or gallery. You are buying a souvenir. I went to Paris with friends a few years ago. They bought an oil painting of a street scene from an artist. They paid about 200 euro. Would I have bought it? No, not at any price. Did I think it was really interesting or fine art? No. Did I think it was worth everything they paid? Yes, absolutely - for them. It is pretty and technically nicely painted. Most of all, they love it, have it prominently displayed in their home and every time they pass it, they remember their happy time in Paris.
It you love it, you will not be cheated. If you do not love it, then do not buy it.
Oct 12th, 2017, 06:13 PM
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Sassafras- well said!
Twist- just translate cost of the painting in Euros to your own money. Would you spend that on a painting at home? Would that painting be considered "art" at home?
An amateur painting here would start in the several hundreds range, probably $1000+. A giclee print would be low to mid hundreds. A normal print would be in the range you're talking about. So, either the artist had no idea what his painting was worth (unlikely) or you bought the equivalent of carnival caricature (tourist junk). At that point it doesn't matter what you spend, just as long as you like the picture enough to spend the money.
Twist- just translate cost of the painting in Euros to your own money. Would you spend that on a painting at home? Would that painting be considered "art" at home?
An amateur painting here would start in the several hundreds range, probably $1000+. A giclee print would be low to mid hundreds. A normal print would be in the range you're talking about. So, either the artist had no idea what his painting was worth (unlikely) or you bought the equivalent of carnival caricature (tourist junk). At that point it doesn't matter what you spend, just as long as you like the picture enough to spend the money.
Oct 13th, 2017, 07:43 PM
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For souvenirs perhaps a nice scarf.
For 50 euros you will not be getting anything special, UNLESS it is special to you .
My mom bought a painting in Montmartre about 50 years ago.. it is ugly to me, and its worth nothing, but its in my closet as my mother liked it and when she died 10 years ago my sisters and I could not bear to throw it out .. and I lost the draw (meaning I was chosen to keep it )
I see the same versions of this painting every time I go to paris.. its just something the "artists" crank out for tourists.
For 50 euros you will not be getting anything special, UNLESS it is special to you .
My mom bought a painting in Montmartre about 50 years ago.. it is ugly to me, and its worth nothing, but its in my closet as my mother liked it and when she died 10 years ago my sisters and I could not bear to throw it out .. and I lost the draw (meaning I was chosen to keep it )
I see the same versions of this painting every time I go to paris.. its just something the "artists" crank out for tourists.
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