Why do some people say that the more realistic the painting is, the less valuable it is, and the more graffiti it is, the more famous it is?

Speaking of this problem, some people may take Qi Baishi and Lengjun's peaches as evidence: Mr. Baishi's peaches are freehand brushwork peaches in Chinese painting, while Mr. Lengjun's peaches are ultra-realistic peaches in oil painting. In terms of fidelity, cold peaches are definitely better, but they are much worse than Qi Baishi's peach auction value. It comes to a conclusion that realistic paintings are no more valuable than non-realistic paintings.

We said, that's not true. The value of a work of art is determined by many factors, regardless of whether it is realistic or not.

The value of a painting depends not only on the artistic value of the painting itself, but also on the era of painting creation, on what art is popular in the times, on the reputation of the painter, on the intensity of publicity and promotion, and on the management of the market. Take the peaches of Mr. Baishi and Mr. Lengjun as an example. Why are the peaches of Baishi more valuable? Painting peaches well is one reason, and Mr. Baishi's fame, position and influence, as well as the limited works of Baishi's early existence, are also important factors that cannot be ignored.

/kloc-Angel's Fountain, the chief representative of the French Painting Academy in the 20th century, was completely drawn according to the appearance and shape of the real model, which was not only cool in appearance, but also identical in height, arm length and leg length. For example, the height of the model is 1.6 1m, and the people in the painting are also 1.6 1m, which are exactly the same. This painting can be said to be quite realistic. But who would doubt the value of this painting? This painting is now in the Louvre. Together with Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, it is a treasure of the museum.

Bouguereau, the master of aestheticism realistic oil painting, created nearly a thousand oil paintings and sketches in his life. His oil paintings are vivid and beautiful. Bouguereau became famous in middle age, but a painting is hard to find. However, in his later years, that is, at the end of 19 and the beginning of the 20th century, impressionist oil painting and abstract oil painting began to prevail, and bouguereau's aesthetic realistic oil painting was left out in the cold, and its value dropped sharply. Until the 1960s and 1970s, realistic oil painting became popular again, and the value of bouguereau's oil painting rose again.

Therefore, the value of a work of art and a painting is determined by multiple factors, and has nothing to do with realism or obscurity.