Art as a commodity: Paradoxes and patterns

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Сообщение от Peter

If he had the money (though more or less) , the Van Gogh would still painted his paintings , only because he was an artist at heart , at its heart .. not a " small shopkeeper ." FE van Gogh .

 And from what it should be ? The thought of becoming an artist he has appeared, when other options have failed . That is, he did not write any pictures and was quite happy . If anyone had initially told him that he had with the commercial side of the paintings will not work and it does not earn money myself or my brother , and will only boarder , then , IMHO, he would not have this contact . All of his brother - calculation was giving him money, he paints pictures , brother sells and returns the money at a profit. And why an artist , not a shoemaker , because the family was just in the business of buying and selling paintings. Te he returned to the family business .