French Art
Art, artists, accumulators and the gold rushArt, artists, collectors and the gold rush A clever aggregator isolated from targeting big earnings also climbs up the socio-cultural tower and is viewed as the prince charming by frequent mortals on ground. The success with cash is as daunting as failure with it. But a true aggregator collects for love and love alone shall prevail. To be rich is not a curse, the curse is if it makes us fall. Fundamental to high speculative profits is near monopoly accumulation. Decades early in Delhi I knew of consortium of investors/speculators numerous of them in top jobs in IBM and multinationals in India who would pile up person company shares. When the market had risen spectacularly and they dumped them to reap high profits. It worked rather a bit. In art the accumulation principle is applied with a caveat. Each artisan may invent works of differing quality and aesthetic value. Here the role of collector, art advisers, dealers and galleries becomes crucial in buying the right kind of art. Collecting unsung new artists is ordinarily low danger but may offer possibleness of very high return if the accumulators are capable to foresee the future growth and value of queer art or artists. When Durand Ruel (1831—1922) the French art merchant supported and collected works of Impressionists—Claude Monet, Degas, Renoir, Manet and Pissarro and others there was scarcely a value attached to them. Impressionism was not recognized as a new art motion then. In all Durand collected thousands of works of these artists straight from their studios to the extent of going near bankrupt. People must have thought Ruel to be nuts when he purchased such visionary art. It is still the greatest single collection of Impressionists art. But today this collection may be worth hundreds nay thousands of million dollars. Charles. Saatchi known to bulk gather works by artists he thinks have potential to go huge time and then off loads wholesale at right time to reap big He accumulated YBA, Hirst Sean Scully etc, and got richer by millions of dollars.. Collectors of the ilk of Aby Rosen gather big number of works from an person artist. Remember bulk ‘collections’ of known accumulators are worth much more than person works separately sold belonging to an artist. Bulk buying is not same as herd buying. Some names become fashionable for a short time and then take long vacation. When market was booming galore artists’ paintings were touted in the art circle as a good buy (mind it not as good art) and every one was attempting to buy without knowing any thing in regards to her/his work/history or art traveling or in galore cases in regards to what she/he paints.. I listen a lot of of such artists are in dire straights and so are all those who were buying their works more like a stock market hot tip. The accumulators in a heap of cases are not able to trade them even for 20% of the price they paid. Nearer home in India in 80’s Badruddin Daya a shoe-business magnate would buy up whole exhibitions of artists that were yet untested at highly discounted prices. Ashish Anand of Delhi Art gallery is likewise known to buy up whole collections from artists. But the obverse side too, I know of a lot of bulk buyers who have lost rather a bit by ill advised collection of junk art or I will have to say only junk. But who may tell you that you have junk if you are deep pocketed dollar billionaire. What happens if the genie in bottle vanishes and has to be substituted with a fresh sea catch it still is art if the artisan /collector says it. And of course other lesser mortals willingly bite the bait. I do not forget Bertrand Russell in one of his books on nuclear holocaust said what would take place if a crazy person become President of U.S.A. who would dare tell him that and he could jolly well blow up the world. There is uncouth speculation and possible price doctoring in art market of today. If you look at long, very long time it took for the art of Van Gogh , Renoir, Manet, Monet, Kandinsky, Juan Miro etc took to arrive at the millions of dollar value in comparison to the very short amount of time it took a good deal of of the present day artisan celebrities to arrive at stupendous prices—selling for 10’s or 100’s of million dollars.(many of them have turned their art into a factory invent churned out by coolie labour and only signed by them) Imagine and compare the originative worth of a diamond studded platinum mould of a skull with the Sunflowers by Van Gogh. Van Gogh changed our life for good with his paintings; he imbued passion, romance and freedom of soul unheard of earlier in artistic expression. What does the diamond skull proclaim other than that it required a very rich person to fabricate it and another very rich person to buy it with no talk of virginal imagination or creativity? Unfortunately rather a few middle level artists in India have come to imitating the path of the Western current market celebrities. I would call them market celebrities for their worth—real or doctored—is seen as price leaders and not inevitably imaginative path creating art leaders. No society recognizes it is boorishness, it is left to later generations to recognize it. Like the totemic cult societies of yore one of the most secretive markets in the world is art market. The mechanism of price determination is hence one most unreliable. Who are the price players and bidders is not visible. Allegations surface that the marketers and the buyers are proxies specially in auctions. When it comes to greed of making a fast buck rather few market players are Madoff like. There are more pitfalls in art market structure but it unquestionably does not mean white winged angels do not exist. Otherwise how you have such stupendous collection of art gifted to state museums or subsist in private museums. There are littler mortals who have become legends for their visionary collections and at times versus immense odds. Dorothy and Herbert Vogel have collected thousands of art works with their very modest incomes from jobs of a postal clerk and Brooklyn librarian. They lived in one bed room apartment and stored thousands of art works from likes of Christo, Andy Warhol and Donald Judd They gifted away all their collection to Museums all over U.S. Imagine they used one spouse salary for their living disbursements and with the other they accumulated art. They are a legend and to me and of course to a great deal of around the globe they are in line with Frick, Solomon Guggenheim, Rockefeller, and others who gifted so much art to humankind. I hope numerous of the Indian billionaires are listening. Viktor Vijay
Note Cards FR06 French Art Nouveau Fashion Shoe, Purse, Antique French Belle Epoque Art Nouveau Centerpiece, Jardinière, Silvered Pewter, Rare Vintage French Art Deco Enamelware Graniteware Gray Enamel Coffee Pot , 70 Professional French False Acrylic Nail Art Tips K38, Sabino Art GlassTurkey Great Detail French Opalescent Crystal, Vintage French Art Deco Painted and Gilded Metal Pheasant Statue Signed Frécourt, Sabino Art Glass Frisky Scottie Dog - Great Detail French Opalescent Crystal, Vintage French Sterling Silver Art Deco Mesh Purse, Maurice Guillocheau , Vintage French Art Deco Dessert Plates, Goat & Kid, 6 pcs, Saint-Amand, 1930's, Antique French ”Art Nouveau” Gilded Bronze Inkwell, Signed G.F., Stamped, Vintage French Art Deco Majolica Candlestick, Green and Gold , Vintage French Art Deco Majolica Knife Rests, Green and Gold, 8 pcs , French Fantasy Femme Surrealist surrealisme art nouveau lady hand made, French Edwardian Fantasy Femme Surrealist surrealisme art nouveau lady, VINTAGE FRENCH ART DECO 5-ARM CHANDELIER GREEN GLASS, Le Louvre PARIS ART GALLERY FOREIGN FRENCH DOCUMENTARY VHS NEW, 1966 Modern French Culinary Art, French Fantasy Femme Surrealist surrealisme art nouveau newspaper SIP, CHRISTIE'S Auction Catalog French Furniture Objects Art Tapestries London 1991, FRENCH PRINTS Art deco 1910 30 's Gai Paris Vie Parisienne Nos Loisirs risque, French Art Glass Types Makers - Galle Daum Muller Lalique Cros etc. / Rare Book, French Fantasy Femme Surrealist surrealisme art nouveau embossed tinted navy, Antique French Lalique Art Glass Jewelry Perfumes Etc- In-Depth Illustrated Book, EMILE GALLE FRENCH CAMEO ART GLASS VASE, c. 1900-Art Nouveau-Handcrafted glass, 6 RARE FRENCH ART NOUVEAU SILVER OYSTER FORKS or ICE CREAM FORKS, ART NOUVEAU FRENCH INTAGLIO GLASS COPPER COLOGNE BOTTLE, FRENCH ART DECO STATUE OF DEER ON MARBLE STAND .. VERY ART DECO DEER 1920S !!!, 1902 French Art Deco L'ASSIETTE AU BEURRE de la NEZIERE les chasseurs hunters, Art Deco original print LA VIE PARISIENNE Lady hesitating French or English, 1927 AUTO SHOW SUN RALLY AD PARIS GEO HAM POSTER FRENCH ART DECO MODERN PRINT 1, Art deco French Vintage school map US and RUSSIAN MAP Educational plate poster , FRENCH ANTIQUE STUNNING COPPER COAL SCUTTLE HOD ART NOUVEAU / CRAFTS BEAUTIFUL , 20 Hot Pink Holographic Glitter French Tip False Fake Acrylic Polish Nails Art, MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING VOL 1 & 2, 5 RARE FRENCH ART NOUVEAU SILVER OYSTER FORKS or ICE CREAM FORKS , French Fantasy Femme Surrealist surrealisme art nouveau NPG , RARE ART DECO FRENCH PORCELAIN PITCHER- Alfred Hache & Co - Vierzo -CIRCA 1920, Laque Line French Art Glass Vase Eglomise Style from France (Extremely Rare), Marilyn Monroe, Large Original French Painting, Modern Expressionist Fine Art NR, 20" FRENCH original oil painting ABSTRACT ART BY KAZAV, 11x14~CALIFORNIA COASTAL SAND DUNES~LYNNE FRENCH~Landscape Oil Painting ~ ART, vintage art deco cream celluloid french jet scottie dog brooch brass c pin, BRENDO French DRAMA Actress ART NOUVEAU vintage POSTER, Madame SOURIS cook mouse rodent pet art 5x7 PRINT of painting french portrait, CLAIRE french big eyes GIRL beret cute GLASS TILE PENDANT necklace ART handmade, CLAIRE french big eyes GIRL beret cute 5x7 PRINT of a drawing ART surreal sfa, VINTAGE FRENCH CHIC PINK TOLE ART DECO NATIONAL TRASH CAN OLD FLORAL DESIGN , Reading French in Arts and Science, 4th Edition, Edward M. Stack, E. M. Stack, A, EDGAR DEGAS French Impressionist ART Exhibition Catalog, 1954 CALENDAR FRANCE Ma Patrie FRENCH SWISS ART PHOTOGRAPHY LANDSCAPE UNUSED, STAMPS RUSSIA FDC FIRST DAY FRENCH ART Claude Monet, STAMPS RUSSIA FDC FIRST DAY FRENCH ART JEAN INGRES 1980, SHIP FOIRE MARSEILLE FRENCH ART DECO POSTER STAMP 1930S, FULL ACRYLIC LIQUID FRENCH NAIL ART TIP KIT SET NA084-1, French"U" Shape Fake False Nail Art Tips 10Size 1000pcs (Black X500+PinkX500), EDITH PIAF FRENCH SINGER GLOSSY Black&White PHOTO ART PRINT, Mossant Replica French Art Poster by Lonetto Cappiello 1938 French Art Poster, ART NOUVEAU RARE ANTIQUE FRENCH SILVER THIMBLE border of MISTLETOE 1895, ART TATUM jazz LP THE ART TATUM TRO ~MUSIDISK M- FRENCH PRESSING, 50x Fake French Finger False Nail Art Tip Clear Acrylic,
Is the beef bourguignon recipe genuinely in Mastering the Art of French Cooking? I just want to double check. No. Eggs are considered the uttermost skill. You can't graduate France's best culinary schools until you've mastered eggs. Go figure. |
