How do you tell if a painting is worth anything?

Answer 1

Usually an appraiser is the best option to determine value. If the artist is fairly well known you can look up auction prices for similar pieces. There are many variables that determine the value of a work of art.

Answer 2

Bought a painting at thift store less than thirty years ago the painting is a large vase of flowers at the bottom of painting is written A. RENOIR 186 . Can not see the last number covered by frame.

Answer 3

That depends on the artist and the painting. An oil painting by a famous artist may be worth millions, whereas a painting by an unknown artist may not be worth the money invested in canvas and paint, while a painting by a regionally known artist or rising star may be worth hundreds, thousands, even hundreds of thousands.

Answer 4

The price of an original painting often depends as much on the reputation of the artist as its age, size, subject matter, quality of brush strikes, use of colors, composition etc. A painting by a famous artist, even if was completed in his or her student days, for example, might be valued more than a more competently produced artwork by an unknown artist.

Generally speaking, you have to look at what similar artworks are being sold for in the market you have access to.

Styles of artworks can come in and out of fashion, however, and this is reflected in the price you can ask. It also depends on the buyer. He or she might pay more for a portrait of a favorite grandchild, for example, than what they would pay for a portrait of the Queen of England.

Answer 5

An art expert would need to appraise it for you to be certain. He/She is familiar with the characteristics of the various canvasses and pigments used over the centuries as well as the styles of the great masters, which can be seen in an examination of the brush strokes in the painting. You can probably find such an expert in the employ of an art museum.

Answer 6

By the quality work

itn i s also by how cool is it