Who Would The Artist Have Had In Mind As A Potential Buyer Of This Painting?

[sandyRoe]

http://theeveningrednessinthewest.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/ennui_21.jpg

I remember seeing it in a exhibition of Sickert's work some time ago. It's a fairly large work, but apart from that it doesn't seem something that would brighten the mood in a house where it was hung.

[boxtops]

Does an artist thing about potential buyers when they paint? - or just of being hung in exhibitions somewhere?

[Bazile]

I suppose it's better than a lot of the cr*p that's produced nowadays , claiming to be art , such as this

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?sa=X&biw=1280&bih=822&tbm=isch&;tbnid=Ma-nvk18wfAbnM:&imgrefurl=http://www.saatchigallery.com/artists/artpages/tracey_emin_my_bed.htm&docid=sNRNZV7-W5v51M&imgurl=http://www.saatchigallery.com/imgs/artists/emin-tracey/tracey-emin-my-bed.jpg&;w=730&h=525&ei=4g-GUpKENIjAhAf4roGYCg&zoom=1&iact=rc&page=1&;tbnh=143&tbnw=190&start=0&ndsp=39&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:83&tx=98&ty=70

[sandyRoe]

True enough. If the painters were thinking of potential clients we might see little other than chocolate box type images.

[boxtops]

Who was The Scream painted for....? https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=the+scream+painting&tbm=isch&;tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&;ei=xRCGUuK0CsKYhQfKhoGwDA&sqi=2&ved=0CC0QsAQ&biw=1001&;bih=669#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=QJVUHTz82BjxbM%3A%3B4ebHCxYV4MbRPM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fi2.cdn.turner.com%252Fcnn%252Fdam%252Fassets%252F120223013917-edvard-munch-the-scream-sotheby-s-horizontal-gallery.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.cnn.com%252F2012%252F05%252F02%252Fus%252Fnew-york-the-scream%252F%3B640%3B360

[gness]

Lord knows, Sandy..unless it was commissioned by the people next door to let the lady know that they know she listens through the wall with a tumbler.

[AB Editor]

Not being an artist I cannot say, but likely they just paint what they see or feel and don't even think about buyers or exhibitions.

[carrust]

I had the pleasure of visiting Tate Modern a few years ago. The only work of art that shocked me was the picture of Myra Hindley, which was painted with a dolls hand.
I was really impressed with the actual space the art was set in; the turbine hall!

[aelmpvw]

i'd be very happy to have it on my wall

[aelmpvw]

the sickert painting i mean

[FredPuli43]

Great artists did not paint for the market; van Gogh reportedly only sold one painting in his life, and that to his brother. I don't find the picture depressing at all and it is a fine depiction of a domestic scene