Artists such as invasion
 

The forum participants have begun to worry-how many artists lives in Russia, and how much they produce paintings.
Opinions are as follows:

And then there was a key argument:  But! We know the American statistics (which they do not know us).

"The National Endowment for the Arts USA has released 140-page report on the status of artists of the country, reports Associated Press. According to the study, "Artists in the labor force: 1990-2005", about 2 million Americans consider themselves artists.
Medium income American artist is $ 34,800 - considerably below the average for professionals.
NEA also found that the number of artists in the United States has nearly tripled since 1970. Number of designers who make up almost 40 percent of the number of artists increased to around 780,000 in 2005 from 600,000 in 1990.
 "If you look at the statistics, artists represent one of the main occupations in the American economy."

If we extrapolate the number of artists in the U.S. on Russia (and what it is), it turns out that:
- Artists in Russia, 1.000.000 people
-CIS - 1.900.000 people
The average salary is the Russian artist should be $ 900, a Ukrainian-$ 500. Now it is easy to calculate the cost of the painting as the artist himself (depending on performance) and the buyer. I would estimate the maximum-450 - Russia, 250 - Ukraine.

As you can see, even if we take the minimum number of pictures in 5 pcs /year (the opinion fabosch), you still get the artists of the CIS have made over 20 years at least 200.000.000 paintings. :eek:

So it is everywhere except Moscow and Kiev on prof.hudozhnikov the middle row.
But the good investment performance should be costly.
Freebie ended.

Fed, you also noticed?

artcol this is where you see professional artists the average number? All the geniuses and pioneers, fighters for truth and for the color or with imperialism. And if you meet the modest and the work will be worthy and not even the middle row.
Y-yes very optimistic. Here enclose a screenshot of one "artist" amateurs, whom I know personally, are trying to sell their work on the $ 1000 and above, there is no progress or do not know. Zaregistirirovan at all, without exception sites for online sale. Genuinely considers himself a pioneer of a new direction in abstract painting. And there are many.

Investment does not work "must."
They stand in line with sales statistics behind them.

And if the statistics do not, it-venture :) attachments, and on-prostetski attempt a dangerous gamble.

"Investment" - is not what the statistics of sales. Today, there are statistics, tomorrow - no. Sales statistics - is symptomatic.

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Iside, and who is it?

artcol, formerly an unemployed guy my age, I decided to go to the artists, because I realized that the artifact can make millions (been reading reports from auctions), works part-time schedule of the designer on the computer.
Do not ask about the name because their name - are legion.
:)

A picture of something good.

But I think the typical de Stael.
And then again, so pay for that $ 1000 a rather unwise.

Here's the first thing that came across, and you can still pick up more precisely.

Yeah, me too Nitsche so it seemed.
Apparently, and Inside something caught her once remembered :)

Very. :D
Here, these amateurs, abstract dime a dozen, all nationalities, are selling to offices and hotels for $ 100, and then even less, and this site currently do so by naming the artist and the price set another. If you liked putting another price range is the same.

Yes, only now received a letter from him, invites, and we do not want :)