Horrible "artworks" people have in their homes

[Tigerrr]

We've got a picture of our dog, in oils. Thats classy I think.

I would most like to have an original Holmes cake painting though. They are lovely, perfect pics of perfect cakes. Hard to beat that I think.
 
Otherwise its very hard to find anything to put on the wall that doesn't say something offensive about oneself. As  a result our walls are bare.

[hellymedic]

Thread resurrection:

Chinese Girl is up for auction; looks like she'll fetch $750,000.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21839972

 

[LEE]

How many artworks were tarnished by popularity among the working class?

Is the "Chinese Girl" a dreadful painting or is is simply dreadful because it was hung in so many 1970's council houses?

[Efrogwr]

I think it's a dreadful painting. The fact that it would be seen in council houses doesn't influence me: "middle-class" folk have even more crap in their houses and posh buggers go for some real junk.

[rogerzilla]

The painting is mentioned in David Lodge's "Nice Work" as a paragon of kitsch.

[andrewc]

I've not seen that before,  it's just sold for £982,050 http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2013/mar/20/tretchikoff-chinese-girl-auction

Don't think I'd give a copy wall space.

[hellymedic]

It's horrible;  I wouldn't pay 98p for it, let alone a million times that.

BBC story http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21864982

[Ian H]

It's horrible;  I wouldn't pay 98p for it, let alone a million times that.

I wonder whether the new owner gains the reproduction rights.

[clifftaylor]

Google reveals that all his paintings look the same, or worse.

[cuddy duck]

http://www.picassohead.com/search.html?submitted=1&where=signature&query=cuddy&selected=233405&page=2