Paintings & copyright

[supaslims]

I was wandering if anyone had information on the issue of copyright whenever we use a painting by an artist on the walls in our interior renders?

 

I've noticed a few renders in here using works by well known contemporary artists (Luciano Fontana & Gerhard Richter off the top of my head)

 

I guess many of these images come from poster sites and im curious as to if these images belong to the respective site or the artist themselves?

[dwright]

The actual painting may be public domain but the actual photograph of the painting may be copyrighted

[Paul Griger]

I’ve found some nice photography/art that I DL from PhotoSig.

 

http://www3.photosig.com/go/main

 

there is some nude photography here also, so don’t click on this if you don’t want your work mates to see you browsing this type of thing.

 

If I see something I want to use I’ll contact the artist for permission to use the photo. I've found that everyone that I can get a hold of is generally flattered that I would want to use their work in my rendering.

 

This fellow actually used a smaller pic of my rendering on his page to demonstrate how his art would “look” if you purchased it and hung it in your home.

 

http://www.beatusille.net/main.htm

 

best,

 

paul