Purchase of paintings

Which artist do you prefer? Should it be a painting or a graphic or rather a photograph?

P.S we still couldn't decide on one.. :(

For art, you spend what it seems worth to you or what it is worth to you personally.

... and not everything labeled art is art for everyone. Art means something different to each person.

For Nordanney, abstract art is not art; for you, vacation photos are not art.

For you, it should be a picture or painting that also has or obviously should have a place of importance in a visible spot. I think the place above the sofa is always an eye-catcher.
Therefore, you should take a little more time to choose YOUR artwork. Especially the choice of pictures on walls has to grow. You have to live with the walls and at some point think: exactly there I can imagine something large, colorful, black and white, small, a collection, natural, abstract, funny.
It also does not always have to be a painting: fortunately, the time of the roaring stags is over (although there are still places where it fits), nowadays people also use reliefs or various materials and structures arranged differently, forming a collage (e.g., driftwood, metal, fabric, tree slices).
A beautiful rug would also be an idea, or you focus on a valuable frame in which a mirror is embedded.

In this respect, your parents are right that at an explicit spot something artistic belongs on the wall – but the concept of art and its content has clearly changed (fortunately).

However, whether you put money into something you have no idea about, I strongly doubt – after all, a proper portion of passion is part of understanding art... and if you (still) don't have that, then you don't have to pretend otherwise ;)

of course we now also reluctantly want to throw away more money than necessary

Although I am an amateur myself, I allow myself a tip: do not buy artworks by name, but buy such works from "unknown" artists from small galleries that you like. I would expect you to get the best price-performance ratio that way. And big names can be irrelevant to you, as long as you have something real on the wall and you like it.

I also think painting myself is a nice thing. As long as you like abstract art, can't really draw well, you can still pick up a brush. Definitely won't be noticed, will surely be admired, and is definitely a one-of-a-kind piece. ;):)

I also find painting myself a nice thing. As long as you like abstract art, can’t really draw well, you can still pick up the brush. It definitely won’t be noticed, will certainly be admired, and is guaranteed to be a unique piece. ;):)

That’s how I do it :)

We have now ordered a wall decal with the text: " Wenn wir mal wieder Geld haben, hängt hier ein Picasso" :D:D:D

Otherwise, we also had some beautiful holiday pictures printed on canvas.