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Top selling subjects & artists
Source: Art Business Today
According to Art Business Today, these were the Top 10 best-selling subjects for paintings in the UK: ( But my research on Indian Art Collectors told me a different story - perhaps it differs from place to place!)
1. Traditional landscapes.
2. Local views.
3. Modern or semi-abstract landscapes.
4. Abstracts.
5. Dogs.
6. Figure studies (excluding nudes).
7. Seascapes, harbour, and beach scenes.
8. Wildlife.
9. Impressionistic landscapes.
10. Nudes.
The survey also researched what the best-selling media are. Prints sell more than original paintings, as they are cheaper; price is a major consideration for many people. But it’s worth noting that it’s limited-edition prints (where a set number of prints are made and each one is numbered), not open-edition prints (where the number of prints isn’t set; more can always be produced) that top the list.
1 Limited edition offset-litho prints.
2 Limited edition giclée prints.
3 Open edition offset-litho prints.
4 Oil and acrylic paintings.
5 Watercolours.
6 Artists' original prints (eg etchings, engravings).
7 Open edition giclée prints.
It’s interesting to compare the list of the Top 10 best-selling deceased artists to the best-selling subjects. Top of the list is Lowry, whose paintings are not what I’d call “traditional landscape”, though they are “local views”.
1 L S Lowry.
2 Monet.
3 Alan Ingham.
4 Russell Flint.
5 John Miller.
6 Rothko.
7 Van Gogh.
8 Picasso.
9 Klimt.
10 Matisse.
The survey was conducted by Art Business Today on behalf of The Fine Art Trade Guild; more than 800 galleries across the UK were asked to name their best-selling prints (limited and open editions) in 2003.
According to Art Business Today, these were the Top 10 best-selling subjects for paintings in the UK: ( But my research on Indian Art Collectors told me a different story - perhaps it differs from place to place!)
1. Traditional landscapes.
2. Local views.
3. Modern or semi-abstract landscapes.
4. Abstracts.
5. Dogs.
6. Figure studies (excluding nudes).
7. Seascapes, harbour, and beach scenes.
8. Wildlife.
9. Impressionistic landscapes.
10. Nudes.
The survey also researched what the best-selling media are. Prints sell more than original paintings, as they are cheaper; price is a major consideration for many people. But it’s worth noting that it’s limited-edition prints (where a set number of prints are made and each one is numbered), not open-edition prints (where the number of prints isn’t set; more can always be produced) that top the list.
1 Limited edition offset-litho prints.
2 Limited edition giclée prints.
3 Open edition offset-litho prints.
4 Oil and acrylic paintings.
5 Watercolours.
6 Artists' original prints (eg etchings, engravings).
7 Open edition giclée prints.
It’s interesting to compare the list of the Top 10 best-selling deceased artists to the best-selling subjects. Top of the list is Lowry, whose paintings are not what I’d call “traditional landscape”, though they are “local views”.
1 L S Lowry.
2 Monet.
3 Alan Ingham.
4 Russell Flint.
5 John Miller.
6 Rothko.
7 Van Gogh.
8 Picasso.
9 Klimt.
10 Matisse.
The survey was conducted by Art Business Today on behalf of The Fine Art Trade Guild; more than 800 galleries across the UK were asked to name their best-selling prints (limited and open editions) in 2003.
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Permalink Reply by Ramakrishna Yellepeddi on
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Can you give me the India story - or a reference to it?
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Permalink Reply by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on
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I am doing research on Indian Art Collectors & already collected some data. Now I am expanding my research work & collecting information from other parts of the world too. I will publish the results when I get adequate information. Nobody else is collecting data on Indian Art collectors.
Krishna
Ramakrishna Yellepeddi said:Can you give me the India story - or a reference to it? -
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Thanks I will eagerly await your research findings. You are really trying to find a formula for creating the 'real masterpiece art work!'
Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa said:I am doing research on Indian Art Collectors & already collected some data. Now I am expanding my research work & collecting information from other parts of the world too. I will publish the results when I get adequate information. Nobody else is collecting data on Indian Art collectors.
Krishna
Ramakrishna Yellepeddi said:Can you give me the India story - or a reference to it? -
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Master pieces are different from decorative art. My article A MASTERPIECE IN MY OPINION will be published in the next few months. After it is published , I will post it here too. Meanwhile you can read one of my research
papers in Art Collectors Mind Reader.
Krishna
Ramakrishna Yellepeddi said:Thanks I will eagerly await your research findings. You are really trying to find a formula for creating the 'real masterpiece art work!'
Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa said:I am doing research on Indian Art Collectors & already collected some data. Now I am expanding my research work & collecting information from other parts of the world too. I will publish the results when I get adequate information. Nobody else is collecting data on Indian Art collectors.
Krishna
Ramakrishna Yellepeddi said:Can you give me the India story - or a reference to it? -
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Permalink Reply by Prince Freakasso on
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You are very right, about the different stance in two different parts of the globe.Europeans love landscapes,
scenery views and wildlife paintings,because I sold a helluva lot to them.Now theres a reason for this! People by and
large whether in India or abroad,find it easy to identify with something,that has a realistic appearance;so they say
"How beautiful"! But contemporary art needs and calls for an understanding of an artists language.And how
many will understand him?Here in India people get impressed by calendar art,tribal art,folk art because they
find it easy to identify it.That's why Indians don't figure in the big time scenario due to their ethnicity
of the subject...PRINCE -
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