After Nike shoes, it’s Van Goghs
From “artists” who can make 30 paintings a day to those who can transform a masterpiece to a likeness of your loved one, China is fast claiming to be “The McDonalds of the Art World”:
Some five million oil paintings are produced in Dafen every year. Between 8,000 and 10,000 painters toil in the workshops. The numbers are estimates: No one knows the exact figure, which increases by about 100 new painters every year. But it’s not just professional copy painters who are drawn to Dafen — graduates of China’s most renowned art academy also come here. They complete only a small number of paintings a month and earn as much as €1,000
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