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There is a small ___ gallery in Berlin where ___ da Vinci’s famous portrait, ___ Mona Lisa, is exhibited ___ to a landscape by ___ Gogh. These paintings look ___ the original masterpieces, but ___ aren’t. They are imitations ___ were painted by three ___ brothers: Yevgeny, Semyon and ___ Posin. The Posin brothers ___ painting when they were ___. After studying at the ___ Academy of Arts, they ___ to Germany. They were ___ artists, but it was ____ to make money selling ___ paintings. However, they quickly ___ that they could make ___ lot of money by ___ copies of paintings by ___ artists. The brothers are ___ about their work.
They don’t copy a painting until they have studied the artist’s personality and his life. In addition, all their paintings are completed in exactly the same time it took the real artist to finish the work. This could take only a few hours or several months. People buy these imitations for different reasons. Some clients may want a traditional gift for someone in their family, but haven’t got enough money to buy original paintings. Also, some art collectors have got the original painting in their home, but they are afraid that it will be stolen. They hide the authentic painting in a safe place, and put the reproduction on the wall. Although many people think that copying a painting is not really art, the Posins feel differently. They are proud of their work and they are also happy that they make money from it. A Posin copy can cost anywhere from €600 to more than €20,000.
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Have fun....and take care!
They don’t copy a painting until they have studied the artist’s personality and his life. In addition, all their paintings are completed in exactly the same time it took the real artist to finish the work. This could take only a few hours or several months. People buy these imitations for different reasons. Some clients may want a traditional gift for someone in their family, but haven’t got enough money to buy original paintings. Also, some art collectors have got the original painting in their home, but they are afraid that it will be stolen. They hide the authentic painting in a safe place, and put the reproduction on the wall. Although many people think that copying a painting is not really art, the Posins feel differently. They are proud of their work and they are also happy that they make money from it. A Posin copy can cost anywhere from €600 to more than €20,000.
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Have fun....and take care!
