Painter · tagline
The oldest image-making trade on record — from 45,000-year-old cave walls to the contemporary studio, still practiced one brushstroke at a time. Painting is older than writing, older than agriculture, older than the wheel.
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Painter · taglineThe oldest image-making trade on record — from 45,000-year-old cave walls to…
Painter · It is also one of the least regulatedIt is also one of the least regulated. No country licenses painters; there is…
Painter · This page follows the trade from cave walls, Fayum mummy portraiThis page follows the trade from cave walls, Fayum mummy portraits and…
Painter · Do you need to go to art school to become a painter?No — painting has no license anywhere, and history is full of successful…
It is also one of the least regulated. No country licenses painters; there is no exam, no residency, no board. What controls entry instead is a chain of human judgments — art-school portfolio reviews, jury selections, a gallerist's decision to take half of every sale in exchange for walls and collectors.
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Painter · It is also one of the least regulated
It is also one of the least regulated. No country licenses painters; there is no exam, no residency, no board. What controls entry instead is a chain of human judgments — art-school portfolio reviews, jury selections, a gallerist's decision to take half of every sale in exchange for walls and collectors.
Painter · This page follows the trade from cave walls, Fayum mummy portrai
This page follows the trade from cave walls, Fayum mummy portraits and Song-dynasty court examinations through the guilds of Saint Luke, the academies, the paint tube that made Impressionism portable, and photography's great rupture.
Painter · Do you need to go to art school to become a painter?
No — painting has no license anywhere, and history is full of successful painters who trained outside schools: Vincent van Gogh was largely self-taught, and China's Qi Baishi learned by copying a borrowed painting manual by lamplight. But most gallery-represented painters today hold a BFA or MFA, and university teaching posts — the trade's steadiest salary — effectively require an MFA.
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- This page follows the trade from cave walls, Fayum mummy portraits and Song-dynasty court examinations through the guilds of Saint Luke, the academies, the paint tube that made Impressionism portable, and photography's great rupture.
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- This is a reading check for the atlas, not personal advice, a live price, or a booking. It does not replace the full topic page.
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- No — painting has no license anywhere, and history is full of successful painters who trained outside schools: Vincent van Gogh was largely self-taught, and China's Qi Baishi learned by copying a borrowed painting manual by lamplight. But most gallery-represented painters today hold a BFA or MFA, and university teaching posts — the trade's steadiest salary — effectively require an MFA.
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