Oil painting reproductions are paintings that have been created by copying in oils an original oil painting by an artist.
Oil painting reproductions are distinct from original oil painting such as are often of interest to collectors and
museums. Oil painting reproduction can, however, sometimes be regarded as artworks in themselves.
Oil painting reproductions can be labeled with several different categories.
* Studio of: created in the studio of a master artist, perhaps with their supervision or participation.
* Circle of: a work created by someone associated with the original artist, during or in the years immediately following the artist’s own lifetime.
* After: an exact or partial imitation of a known work by a famous artist.
* Style of: an interpretation of the artist’s style done by someone else at a later date.
History
The traces of oil painting reproduction are found since 16th century. Traditionally, students of the old masters learned how to paint by working in the style of their teachers.
This process of mimicking their master’s work would enable a student to practice a skilled mode of painting before developing their own approach. Many famous artists employed this practice, such as
John Singer Sargent
John Singer Sargent (; January 12, 1856 – April 14, 1925) was an American expatriate artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian-era luxury. He created roughly 900 oil paintings and more ...
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Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas (, ; born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas, ; 19 July 183427 September 1917) was a French Impressionist artist famous for his pastel drawings and oil paintings.
Degas also produced bronze sculptures, prints and drawings. Degas is es ...
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Pablo Picasso.
Perhaps the most well known of all students who learned by reproduction was
Leonardo da Vinci. Beginning as an apprentice under the master sculptor and painter
Andrea Del Verrocchio, Leonardo would have learned to paint in the style of the master himself. It is said that after Leonardo brilliantly aided Verrocchio in the painting of
The Baptism of Christ, the master resolved to never touch a brush again
Forms
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Oil on canvas
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Oil on panel
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Oil on copper
Oil on copper painting is the process of creating artworks by using oil paints with copper as the substrate. This is sometimes referred to as “copper as canvas” because canvas is the most well known surface material used for oil paintings.
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Copyright issues
There are several issues related to
art forgery and copyright violation that applies to the reproduction of oil paintings. The copyright laws varies from country to country but in the U.S. however there is no copyright infringement that applies to a painting 70 years after the death of its artist.
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