The Importance of Master Copies in Fine Art School
Did you know? Learning from the Masters is an important step in an artists career, both early on in their studies
and later as a master themselves to learn new techniques in painting. Master copies play an important role in artists lives and
are seldom seen from the artists studio.
They help to show the skill of the artist and are an important insight to what inspired the artist in their own work. With these works and our exhibition are calling attention to the importance of master copies and to educate our collectors on the role they play. Master copies are an important part of our learning yet are seldom seen from the artists studio. With this exhibition we bring a collection of works to celebrate the importance of master copies in our lives.
Just as a businessman does an internship and lawyers study past cases, an artist learns by copying the masters. In art school figure painting 101 we work many many hours learning techniques such as grisaille, layering, edge work, and the final assignment is to copy a Master work of an older artist. They are done most often after a master who has passed, but sometimes even living masters are copied. The works are new painted works, and the artists are trying to emulate the master they admire and are copying.
This is an important tool for all artists and helps us learn and take our work to the next level. Both early in their career, or later as mid career or masters themselves, completing a master copy from an artist you admire, helps one to learn new skills or new additions to our set of painters tools. Perhaps they did the copy to learn how the master achieved the lighting. Perhaps they are done to learn how to warm up the skin tones in their own work. Perhaps the artist admired the figures or general paint application style. After a master copy is completed and the work studied up close, strokes copied, techniques analyised, that new artist may add one or two of the elements that they learned into their own work, first hand. Sculptors even do copies of some of the most famous statues or busts to learn how the master had solved problems in the completion. This has been done since the early days, the greek or roman statues were copied and even painters copy the statues to learn form, simplified beauty of line etc. Often times when visiting an artists studio collectors recognize a painting on the wall that seems familiar to them, perhaps from visiting a museum or books they have seen. In many studios the artist keeps their master copy on display as it is perhaps a favorite work, and or keep it there to remember what they learned from it.
Viewing them here may help you understand what inspires the artist you are learning about and buying work from.
The works are offered for sale, as a master copy at a lower price. They are still an original oil painting, but not an original idea.
They are sold as a COPY but one that was chosen by the artist to do on their own for their general knowledge and admiration of the work. The gallery is noting that these works, although copies, are perhaps an artist painting an artist that you admire and would like to look at in your home or office and enjoy. We are bringing the exhibition on line for you to enjoy and many are just for viewing here online, but with a small selection of works for purchase as well.
and later as a master themselves to learn new techniques in painting. Master copies play an important role in artists lives and
are seldom seen from the artists studio.
They help to show the skill of the artist and are an important insight to what inspired the artist in their own work. With these works and our exhibition are calling attention to the importance of master copies and to educate our collectors on the role they play. Master copies are an important part of our learning yet are seldom seen from the artists studio. With this exhibition we bring a collection of works to celebrate the importance of master copies in our lives.
Just as a businessman does an internship and lawyers study past cases, an artist learns by copying the masters. In art school figure painting 101 we work many many hours learning techniques such as grisaille, layering, edge work, and the final assignment is to copy a Master work of an older artist. They are done most often after a master who has passed, but sometimes even living masters are copied. The works are new painted works, and the artists are trying to emulate the master they admire and are copying.
This is an important tool for all artists and helps us learn and take our work to the next level. Both early in their career, or later as mid career or masters themselves, completing a master copy from an artist you admire, helps one to learn new skills or new additions to our set of painters tools. Perhaps they did the copy to learn how the master achieved the lighting. Perhaps they are done to learn how to warm up the skin tones in their own work. Perhaps the artist admired the figures or general paint application style. After a master copy is completed and the work studied up close, strokes copied, techniques analyised, that new artist may add one or two of the elements that they learned into their own work, first hand. Sculptors even do copies of some of the most famous statues or busts to learn how the master had solved problems in the completion. This has been done since the early days, the greek or roman statues were copied and even painters copy the statues to learn form, simplified beauty of line etc. Often times when visiting an artists studio collectors recognize a painting on the wall that seems familiar to them, perhaps from visiting a museum or books they have seen. In many studios the artist keeps their master copy on display as it is perhaps a favorite work, and or keep it there to remember what they learned from it.
Viewing them here may help you understand what inspires the artist you are learning about and buying work from.
The works are offered for sale, as a master copy at a lower price. They are still an original oil painting, but not an original idea.
They are sold as a COPY but one that was chosen by the artist to do on their own for their general knowledge and admiration of the work. The gallery is noting that these works, although copies, are perhaps an artist painting an artist that you admire and would like to look at in your home or office and enjoy. We are bringing the exhibition on line for you to enjoy and many are just for viewing here online, but with a small selection of works for purchase as well.