How Van Gogh & Renoir Oil Paintings Are Ending Up In The Hands Of The Girl Next Door

by: Chris Jacob

Oil Painting Reproductions

What’s the difference?

Making that significant decision to add a masterful reproduction will not only add luster to your home but it can also be the first step to starting a valuable collection of fine art. Perhaps you may just be wondering what the difference is between an original oil painting and oil painted reproductions.

Oil painting reproductions are an exact replica of an original masterpiece, such as a van Gogh, or Picasso. The only real difference in an oil painting reproduction is the price. Most original masterpiece paintings are hung in famous art museums around the world or in the homes of the very rich, with a price tag well over the million dollar mark. Oil reproductions give the consumer the same great quality painting, identical copies of selective masterpieces, at a much more economical rate.

Although your reproduction may not be an identical replica, great artists can duplicate a painting with very little noticeable differences. A talented and experienced artist gets in-depth with the original work of art and examines that particular painting on all levels to give the duplicate an astounding resemblance to the original. They use canvas and a particular oil to duplicate reproductions. Reproduction artists are also familiar with and able to recognize each technique and brush stroke used in the original painting. From the quality of the canvas and the oil used, as well as the lighting, brushes and techniques used by the original artist.

Though you may be on that search to learn more about oil painting reproductions there may be some confusion as you search for information, you may see “print’ come up on your search. A print might be called a reproduction; a print is merely a copy of an original artwork, to give a better example think about the copy of a family photo that would come out of your home scanner and printer. Yet, the print reproduction uses a method with a photomechanical process.

It’s important, as you are searching for your first purchase, that you understand the difference of an original, print reproduction or oil painted reproductions. It is also important to know how the reproduction was created, what kinds of materials were used and what methods were used.

There are a few important things the consumer should do before making that first purchase. It is essential to contact the artist to address some important questions so you have all the facts when you make that initial purchase such as; what materials were used during the reproduction process like the canvas, oils, brushes and lighting? As well as what method was used during the reproduction. And was the reproduction varnished?

The answers to these will not only help you understand the reproduction, but also help you maintain and care for the painting once it is in your possession. Most artists will give you directions to further care for your painting, such as where not to hang it in your home, some paintings should not be hung in direct sunlight as to not fade the paint, if these instructions are not included it is a good idea to ask the artist what the best care is for the particular painting you purchased.

Once you have that masterpiece in your home it will be time to sit back and relish in its beauty that is if you have figured out where you will hang it.