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Summer Delight - Anders Zorn (1886) watercolour (upload.wikimedia.org)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

It breaks my brain, I thought it was oil at first glance. Also this is the most expensive Swedish painting ever sold :0

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I had to double take after reading your comment, the fact that this is in watercolour is absolutely mind blowing (I can't for the life of me get good results with watercolours, so I already find most good work with them impressive, but this really is on another level)..

Thanks for sharing!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Watercolour is hard! ;)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

With regard to expensive paintings, sometimes the price is only about money laundering.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Hehe, indeed. There's plenty of banal shite being sold for millions. Either for vanity or more nefarious reasons.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I wish I could be an artist whose artwork was used for money laundering. I could cash in. Maybe if I paint pictures of apes.