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Kinkaid's name doesn't come to mind in any way when there is a discussion of art.
Yeah. And I wonder what the reason is. Too 'mass market'? Maybe not-so-good art? Simply an art 'marketer'? I am always curious as to how some artists go in and out of fashion. For exmaple, with Rockwell. I'd say he's getting a new appreciation with the art world today.
I think he was as we understand the word 'artist' but I'd wonder if criticism of him would have been the same if he did not say 'market' himself so much to the public at large. Kind of ironic in that an artist's popularity really indubitably rates high in that 'mass' market. Things is it looks like in the profession of 'ART', it's a no-no to deliberately go out there by 'advertising' and actively canvassing for sales.
Well, if being a master marketer means you aren't an artist, then Chihuly and Warhol aren't.
I think Kincaid was an artist, like a Disney illustrator is an artist, but he was not innovative or original.
Yeah. And I wonder what the reason is. Too 'mass market'? Maybe not-so-good art? Simply an art 'marketer'? I am always curious as to how some artists go in and out of fashion. For exmaple, with Rockwell. I'd say he's getting a new appreciation with the art world today.
If you see Rockwell's original paintings, you can see he was a masterful artist.
My mother really liked his stuff and so we bought my parents one for their anniversary years ago. It's still in my mom's house, and I really do like the picture. It's a road or path leading into a flowered woods.
You know what? Art is supposed to resonate with the people who view it. If Kincaid evokes a warm, fuzzy feeling, then that is better than all the more sophisticated art that people hang on their walls which doesn't mean anything to them.
A Living Artist who deserves more recognition than he is getting is Marius Markowski. Also Anna Razumovskaya, and Andrew Atroshenko. Love all three of them especially Markowski.
Yeah. And I wonder what the reason is. Too 'mass market'? Maybe not-so-good art? Simply an art 'marketer'? I am always curious as to how some artists go in and out of fashion. For exmaple, with Rockwell. I'd say he's getting a new appreciation with the art world today.
Yes he is. A very recent sale of his original painting Saying Grace, originally painted for a Saturday Evening Post cover, brought $46 million at auction. This is also the highest price ever achieved for an American artist.
Granted, this painting was one of Rockwell's very best works, and is still as emotionally powerful as when it was first published.
Rockwell was both an excellent draftsman and painter. He was widely recognized as the most painterly illustrator of his time, and all of his later work- after his first 25 years of successful illustration, became increasingly nudging the fine line between fine art and illustration. Only the last few years of his life, as he fell victim to old age and Alzheimer's, did his painting quality decline.
Rockwell's subjects as the 1950s progressed grew increasingly more emotional in content. While some were humorous, others left the viewer with deeper feelings.
This is one of my favorites: Norman Rockwell - WikiPaintings.org
It is both very well painted and a very powerful social statement.
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