If you want to determine who the author of your painting or reproduction is, then with the help of modern information technology, this is easy to do. However, you can contact the experts directly.
Instructions
Step 1
Take a picture of the painting and its reverse side or reproduction of the authorship of which you are interested. In order to determine the authorship of a reproduction of a painting, it is usually enough to go to the site https://www.tineye.com or https://gallerix.ru ("Big Gallery"), register and upload an image.
Step 2
Even if you decide to contact the experts directly in order to determine who the author of the painting is, do not show the painting (not a reproduction) at the first visit. Let the expert first determine whether the painting is valuable or not, based on its image. Professionals in their field will not charge you money to find out whether it is worth carrying out a multi-stage examination or not. If the canvas really is of material or historical value, experts will tell you about it directly. But you can find out all the details only after a thorough examination of the original.
Step 3
Usually the examination takes place in several stages: - Technological examination (determination of the time of creation of a painting by dating signs). At this stage, the base, the primer, the paint layer, the bonding layer are investigated; - art criticism and attribution (attribution) of the work of art. The technique of painting is being studied. - assessment of the painting (at the request of the customer).
Step 4
You can also negotiate with experts via the Internet by going, for example, to the site https://www.artcons.ru, where you can make an application for the examination of a painting. In this case, the experts will call you and tell you how to proceed: conduct an examination at home or in the laboratory.
Step 5
If you assume that the painting was created relatively recently (in the 20th century) and do not want to present your painting to third parties for now, go to the page https://artinvestment.ru/auctions and fill out an application specifying the following parameters: - material and manufacturing technique paintings (canvas, paper, cardboard; oil, pastel, pencil, watercolor, etc.); - vertical and horizontal size; - approximate time of creation (the turn of the 19th-20th centuries, mid-20th centuries, etc.)); - signatures, inscriptions, tags, stamps on the painting and its reverse side; - the state of the painting (breakouts, scuffs, debris); - any other information useful for attributing the painting. Attach high-quality photographs of the painting, its reverse side and (if any) by the artist's signature.
