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What Is It With Dog Portraiture?
The English decorating style has more to offer than floral designs, china and picture frames. In addition this created rise of popular dog portraits from the Victorian era among these people. With cave walls as their canvas, dog portraits came to existence 15,000 to 30,000 years back.
Queen Victoria wanted her children to be painted and that also took into account their dogs. Country squires put their dogs in estate portraits and even mentioned them in the titles. These paintings were always part of the family record.
The passion filtered through the classes, and by the end of the 1800s dog portraiture was a boom industry says an antique store owner in New York City. Many people now wanted their dogs to be painted. Back then Great Britain had a population of about 20 million to 30 million and according to history there were 6 million animal painters.
Even the amateurs were able to sell their work today. These sorts of primitive, naive paintings are the ones people are collecting, says a fine arts consultant in Villanova, Pennsylvania. More common was it to have pets in pictures with mixed breeds. A New York gallery owner and former director of the dog museum of America said that the pictures of purebred dogs were highly collected. There were also many paintings, prints, pastels and watercolors in this field.
Sometimes purebred portraits drew collectors more especially if they collected a certain breed. Absolutely the hottest thing is the cavalier King Charles spaniel, mainly because it's a society dog, says a specialty store owner in the New York City area. Sporting portraits and purebred portraits are prices almost closely to each other.
The market now has many sources for dog portraits. Collectors can go to various Art galleries, auction houses, private dealers and antique and thrift shops to find great dog portraits. Flea markets and garage sales may not be places you want to search in.
First, you want to research about the piece you want to buy. In times when you want to acquire a portrait of a certain breed it is wise to read more about it especially in the early 19th century breed books.
Having background information is more important when you buy from an auction. Pieces normally are not guaranteed to be real here. Your dealer will always do all they can to help you get a piece and make sure that it is real. Yet, one should always do their own research for good measure.
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