Buying Paintings

Sometimes buying a nice painting for a relative has a point of inspiration, like a vacation.  If your mom and dad just visited Paris, a nice painting of Paris might be a great choice.  It is good to know what landmarks they enjoyed most and find an artistic representation of it.

I have some relatives that I’ve bought paintings for that were interested in the Middle Ages.  I found some very nice reproductions of the work that was popular in that time period.  Buying reproductions is acceptable if the painting is prohibitive in cost.

There is an aunt that I adore that is always buying painting for relatives.  Her heart is in the right place, but she has a hard time picking paintings that are appropriate for the recipient.  She bought her daughter a lovely painting that was Baroque and completely did not fit the feel of her home.

Landscape paintings done in the Romantic style look so nice in my uncle’s home.  I bought him a reproduction of a Monet that he hung in his study.  I enjoy watching him study that painting.

My little sister has requested that anyone buying her a painting should stay away from Van Gogh.  She has equal dislike for Cezanne and Gauguin.  I’m not sure why she feels so strongly about Modern and Contemporary art.

I happen to like cubist paintings by Kandinsky.  My husband bought me a reproduction of a Kandinsky that I keep in my den.  I can look into it and see so many different things.  The painting comes to life and I feel so many emotions when I look into it.

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