If art is resold, should the artist receive a profit?

Question

if a painting was sold by an artist at $300 and is now worth $30,000 and is sold, should the artist receive profit from the sale?

Answer 1

That would be great if it worked that way, but there would probably have to be a previous arrangement made with the original buyer for that to happen.

Answer 2

No.  Once the art is sold it belongs solely to the new owner.  The artists may retain "reproduction rights", e.g. the right ot make and sell prints or posters, but otherwise it's just like selling a car or a couch.  That's part of the reason so many artists and especially illustrators retain their own work.

Answer 3

interesting...

in my thinking yes, but in reality and legally, probably not.

and that really sucks.

Answer 4

No we should not.

EDIT :

The artist owns the reproduction rights and the copyright to the image, but the buyer owns the original artwork itself outright.

Answer 5

Once sold it's no longer your property.  It does sound like the future sales of your art will bring bigger profits.  Good Luck.  Not unless you reserved some sort of royalty rights when selling it.

Answer 6

No. The artist has already received his profit for the painting, so no matter what happens to the value or the price, the owner of the artwork would get full credit.

Answer 7

no because they don't own it anymore. but if their work is that awesome i'm sure they can make some more

Answer 8

Only if it's copyrighted.