# What's the deal with really cheap paintings?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 7, 2010, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-really-cheap-paintings/524011 "2010-01-07T07:03:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-really-cheap-paintings/524011/21 "2010-01-07T19:49:25Z")

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There was a great article about the["Chinese Barbizon"](http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/10/26/091026fa_fact_hessler) in the Oct. 26, 2009 issue of “The New Yorker.”

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-really-cheap-paintings/524011/22 "2010-01-07T19:56:14Z")

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> [@salinqmind](#):
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> Aren’t those big canvases the Chinese paint in, aren’t they basically printed with a picture already, like giant paint-by-numbers? And dear God, are those pictures UGLY. They must sell millions to people who just want something to brighten up their drab living rooms, cheap. I bought beautiful framed prints online at [posters.com](http://posters.com) and it was like eating pistachio nuts, I couldn’t stop.

So do you have red dye all over your hands from this, then? 😉

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