Resurgence of Contemporary Sea Scenes
Back in the early nineties, there was a big surge in interest in contemporary works - at this time many of the more traditional works such as works similar to The Hay wane, or rural scenes with "working life" depicted seemed to go out of favour.
The change in people's appreciation of traditional rural scene style art (in the UK) had a negative effect on prices in galleries all over the UK.
Those galleries that saw the general sea-change in tastes really made good during this period.
As an example of this, it became not uncommon to see new contemporary art galleries springing up in place you would not expect.
Such as rural coastal fishing villages in Norfolk, Devon and Cornwall.
Much of this boom is directly attributable to the desire for calming, modern mood scenes (and this is not exclusively about sea scenes, many other contemporary pieces became popular, it is just that scenes that contained images of the sea were more prevalent) This boom was made even stronger as these rural places in the UK were becoming frequented by middle class UK residents wanting a piece of local life (many buying second homes) so from nowhere, a village with an average income per head of just £12,000 would suddenly have an art gallery open selling works for £900 plus.
(To cater purely for the new holiday makers) If these galleries had existed with traditional works (which is unlikely anyway) they would have sold very few so it serves as a good lesson for gallery owners to be very aware of the changing nature of not just the art market but also the general (relatively well off) populations mood swings and changing holiday patterns for it is on holiday when many of these sort of purchases are made "on impulse.
" Since 2000, huge variation on the contemporary sea scenes have become popular but now in the late noughties, there seems to be an appetite for the minimalistic again - so paintings with very little going on but that reflect a real sense of mood are getting the art buyers money - let's see what the rest of this decade brings in terms of art trends.
The change in people's appreciation of traditional rural scene style art (in the UK) had a negative effect on prices in galleries all over the UK.
Those galleries that saw the general sea-change in tastes really made good during this period.
As an example of this, it became not uncommon to see new contemporary art galleries springing up in place you would not expect.
Such as rural coastal fishing villages in Norfolk, Devon and Cornwall.
Much of this boom is directly attributable to the desire for calming, modern mood scenes (and this is not exclusively about sea scenes, many other contemporary pieces became popular, it is just that scenes that contained images of the sea were more prevalent) This boom was made even stronger as these rural places in the UK were becoming frequented by middle class UK residents wanting a piece of local life (many buying second homes) so from nowhere, a village with an average income per head of just £12,000 would suddenly have an art gallery open selling works for £900 plus.
(To cater purely for the new holiday makers) If these galleries had existed with traditional works (which is unlikely anyway) they would have sold very few so it serves as a good lesson for gallery owners to be very aware of the changing nature of not just the art market but also the general (relatively well off) populations mood swings and changing holiday patterns for it is on holiday when many of these sort of purchases are made "on impulse.
" Since 2000, huge variation on the contemporary sea scenes have become popular but now in the late noughties, there seems to be an appetite for the minimalistic again - so paintings with very little going on but that reflect a real sense of mood are getting the art buyers money - let's see what the rest of this decade brings in terms of art trends.
