Just realised that the website has a built in chat voting system (meaning Ludwig doesn’t have to do a separate poll and potentially misclick) which is very cool Otto

Art is subjective, you could enjoy it through paintings, food, murals and more. I take art in one form only and that is Ludwig Ahgren’s Christmas Album, released December 7/20

@13:08 I actually had to do an art analysis on that painting for my class last week so here is a quick lesson. The artwork was created by Norman Rockwell (1894-1978). It is titled "Freedom from Want" and is the 3rd painting in a 4 painting series titled the Four Freedoms. This painting was created in 1943 and is an oil painting on a 45.75 inch by 35.5 inch canvas and is currently located at the Norman Rockwell Museum. The reason why it has "Freedom from Want" as it's name is because it was based on the speech from President Franklin Roosevelt and his idea for four freedoms: want, fear, speech, and worship. Freedom from Want means that people have the right/freedom to be in an environment where they do not have to worry about having access to basic needs. People have the freedom to actively want other things that aren't a necessity/basic need. The painting itself was used to sell war bonds during World War II and greatly helped raise money. It is said it helped to raise more than $130 million for the war effort. The capitalization which Ludwig commented on is like that because it is a title/noun. From isn't capitalized in MLA because it is a preposition with four letters. (This is something as an English major I'd think Ludwig would know /j). Ours is capitalized because it is a war bond artwork and often they emphasized words like we, ours, you, family, etc to make people feel more likely to get involved. Moral of the story, I am a nerd and wrote way too much about it.

The real heros were Otto's subs who went through the thousands of artworks filtering out the ones with boobas

Ones made or comissioned by some rich person who gets it appraised by a friend and donates it to somewhere to write it off on their taxes and the other is a neat drawing you get commissioned so you can look at it and think "looks nice"

Ludwig should make a painting and auction it 🎨

i love how chat was saying "SCAM" the entire time and ludwig completely ignored all of them

This is a fire video idea. Big ups to whoever you yoinked it from.

A lot of people think that time taken to paint are what makes things important, but that's rarely the case. I work with photographers and I constantly have to tell them that just because you used 5 lights doesn't mean it's a good photo. Terry Richardson made millions using white walls and a single flash. History matters. Story matters. You can't look at art in a vacuum and say oh this is shit. It's like reading lyrics versus listening to a song. And I think a lot of art is pretentious BS. But at the same time, we love Ansel Adams because he brought large format film cameras into the mountains and shot things no one else did. But now we have better cameras that give better detail that take the same photo and we care so much less, because there's no history or story about it now.

I’m like 100% sure that modern art is just a way to launder money.

Ludwig: Knows the correct answer and specifically says it out loud. Also Ludwig: "Toe-may-toe... :)"

Lud pronouncing german words in a french accent is the funniest shit I've seen all week😂

"I unironically think it would be difficult to recreate this...I mean, a photocopier, or a printer, would do it in 15 seconds..." Ironically that's a big part of why modern art looks the way it does (the invention of photography/mass production that could replicate real life more quickly and accurately than a human artist meant that a lot of artists didn't see as much value in aiming for "realism" in their art anymore, so you get stuff like Dadaism and Jackson Pollack and whatnot, which aim to capture emotions and intangible feelings rather than reality)

10:32 of course you can't read it, that's italian not french, it says: "Art has ended its social function, the human belief is evolving towards other dimensions, logical consequence of mankind's conquest of space. *_Space Age_* "

Crazy to see an artist make an art piece communicating that they don't understand how art is valued, and then for the said art piece to make enough money for the exact same criticisms to be made about it.

cheap and expensive art could legit both be paint splatters, and i wouldn’t be able to tell the difference

I'm actually mind-blown so many paintings of really famous artists like Francis Bacon or Gustav Klimt are actually so cheap.

I’m so sad Ludwig cut out chat gaslighting him for like 10 minutes straight

"I never said when I'd pay" we will never forget we will never forget

Art is temporary, monke is immortal

at 10:28 is actually italian lol it says "art finished is role for society, human thought is evolving toward other inventions, logic will follow the conquest of the man of space. Space Era"

Of course, with Ludwig's constant evasion of taxes, he would be able to tell the cheap from the expensive.

Love that for all we know, the website could just use random numbers for the prices and we could never tell

Ive been teaching Art and Art history for 5 years now. Thats not long in my profession but one thing I can say is that most modern abstract work is rip offs of past ideas to try and make easy money from snobs. They are shallow expressionism

I have an art project due tomorrow and this is definitely a sign for me to do it, but I'm gonna have to procrastinate because I need to watch this video.

Ludwig cut out the part where chat gaslighted him saying it was 2-2 and he spent 15 minutes going through the VOD trying to figure it out

Find it funny how he is referring to $425k being more than most cars when it is thousands more than most houses in the US. Just not in California.

I’m in a lot of art classes in college and surrounded by a lot of art majors (I’m in the classes for 3D modeling) I don’t understand why stuff sells for so much. There’s literally a painting that is literally just 1 color called “blood red” and it’s literally just the color dark red, and it sold for like 80 million

16:12 Monet painted it when he was blind, so I guess you could say he drew with his eyes closed.

jokes on ludwig i took a screenshot of his “NFT” (loser) and now i own it

Lud should love the art market, it’s all for tax right offs

im a senior in college for fine arts, i feel like this video was made for me thanks lud

Ludwig complaining about the struggle of finding a doctor is so relatable

it’s like what john lennon says ‘the only people who think you can own a song is record labels’ very similar rules for paintings as well

also that Klimt is easily in the tens of millions idk where the hell Otto's getting $4000 from, he's one of the most revered painters of all-time

4:33 I might be mistaken here, but if that is part of Francis Bacons triptych titled "Three studies for a portrait of John Edwards" that triptych sold for 80 million dollars

The piano piece is liebestraum no 3 by Liszt

Honestly there has been a big trend (well its kinds always been around but more so now) of have art the is intentionally poorly drawn and scribbly. Most people are classically trained do it and it actually takes a lot of work to make planned decisions but make it look as though I was random. When I draw its almost too clean so I will switch over to my left hand. Also art history is pretty cool guys :D I loved learning about it and it kinda helps you understand why pieces can raise so much in price

It's videos like this that show how much you REALLY care for your fan base, respect bro

I love everytime he makes an Evangelion reference

That second one looked like Leonardo's work. Lol I recognized a lot of his drawings with that medium. Arguably would pay a decent amount for an authentic piece drawn by his hands. Idk. Not like I envy him or anything but he was a great thinker of his time and I personally think that's kinda cool.

The thing is the value of art for the most part doesn't come from the technical skill it took to make it. It's more comparable to something like the sneaker industry. The shoes that make you run the fastest aren't necessarily the most expensive pair. Art is a lot more enjoyable when you look for pieces that resonate with your own self, not just looking at price tags and scoffing at how "little skill" it probably took.

"What did you get bored?" LMFAOOO

As a very passionate artist I can confirm that “modern or abstract” art is stupid and dumb as hell and we all hate how expensive it often is. Especially when it goes up in price just because the artist dies and a rich person sells it

What I'm understanding from this is that below $200k is actually reasonable in terms of what's worth more/less. Things that look like they require more skill actually cost more. Beyond $200k, though, it's ridiculous, and no one could possibly guess.

I’m gonna befriend an art connoisseur and sell a trapezoid but I sneeze when drawing it

Perfectly timed with Wendover's video on art value.

the chat spamming “scam” or “rigged” are such baby rages

Lots of high price art that’s kind of shitty is rich people getting fake price evaluations to donate a piece to a museum for tax breaks and such. Actually a big problem in the art world that’s not talked about much

Twitch chats shaking devil head no double or nothing made me burst out laughing

I love that Lud makes most times makes things a gamble, it makes the stream more interesting. Here is a Idea for a stream/game I had: BELIEVERS VS. DOUBTERSs, you play a video game and do speedrun or challenge and chat can make a bet on wether you make it or not if they win they get a free subscription and if they lose they dont

i find it crazy that I could actually appreciate most of these. Fine art/expensive art usually irritates me cause of its laziness

“What did you get, bored?” 😭

The halloween NOPERS is so good here

The two Pokka-dotted ones are painting prices in a nutshell

Liebstraum no.3 by Franz Liszt is the background music. Very beautiful I played it recently and it brings back good memories

a lot of art history goes into pricing as well so that could play part

Shout out to polite who had to edited out him being stunlocked by chat for 20 minutes

What was the classical piece you had playing in the background at around the halfway point

10:28 that wasn't even French, that's Italian LOL

16:25 Monet actually suffered from cataracts toward the end of his life so a lot of his works from like 15 years before his death are very blurred and undefined.

I’ve been trying to reach you about your “bois” extended warranty

I go to art museums events A LOT. The first prize winner did not get anything but $500 in prize money. Didn't even have the painting sold. (It costed $1k). To say the least their painting was amazing and extremely detailed. (Winners are voted by the people). An elderly lady sold her pastel sketch that night for a total of $4k. (Was not near the top 5). It was on a large canvas, but it looked like mud was slapped onto the canvas. You will see these quite often. It's all due to the artist's name and art collectors. In some way, art is subjective. But what it means to be an artist...well, it's about connections and the relationships you build. It all starts with showcasing your work and then getting to know people. You are the salesperson/advertiser of your work. No matter how shitty it looks.

8:34 I’m really hoping I see some David Tibet on here.

17:22 LMAOOO ALL THE NOS XD

Ludwig screaming sounds like Lego Jar Jar Binks dying

dammit otto you need a list of previously traversed paintings

Not recognizing a Rockwell… and it’s one of the Four Freedoms… least American thing I have seen. The Cummunism got to him. Also the impressionist (Monet seen here) were really influenced by Japanese wood block prints. Van Gogh was a huge fan and had a big collection of Japanese prints.

Under 1k likes and it's been over 5 minutes? What a time to be alive.

I mean, to be fair, museums buy these on auctions so the prices are expected. At some point an artwork becomes a national treasure, legit treasure so millions of dollars are a fair deal.

Ludwin could tell them apart easily

2:19 Minecraft sound effect

16:00 this just surprises me at this point

10:27 fun fact, it’s written in italian not french

So what is the website called? Or isn't it for public use yet?

it has some sense tho. the thing is fame,,, you can do some spots of paint and sell them for thousands if you have the reputation. also some of the works are really expensive bc of the history there's behind them or how long ago they have been done.

is the website up for the public?

That drawing of disguised toast is uncanny !

Wait, so my finger painting from the 1st grade could sell four thousands of dollars?

Weird to think I just finished a day at college, watched a video about Harvard business school, then watch Ludwig

That thanksgiving one is by Norman Rockwell. I’m so cool

14:22, he played halo music in the background, the man is officially cultured

Props to Otto tho man went from viewer to employee he on the rise maybe even friends next

Ludwig: “Who spends this much money on a painting of a baby eating a potato” Also Ludwig: *gifts thousands of dollars to random people who are not his friends

Ahh yes, 2 am time to watch my daily dose of Ludwig content.

I love the fact he cut out the part in the stream to where he had to check his stream if it was 2-2 or 2-1 because we kept saying "SCAMMED"

3:08 new ludwigPOG

Yes.

ludwig's eyebrow when he laughs looks like bridges.

Abstract art isn't bad but it is very overhyped in the art world for no good reason. There are people out there who try to derive objective meanings behind color pallets and patterns then drop millions on those same paintings. It's pretty cringe to be honest. The reality is art is priced at whatever someone is willing to pay regardless of perceived quality.

Can’t believe they’d chicken out

link?

9:21 Ludwig reading something in german and thinking its french is hillarious xD

The classic yoink and twist off Pewdiepie, love it

As many people say, Art is subjective. But what I think sells art is not the image but the expression. That's why some people prefer "drip painting" over "detailed landscape art". I do.

Ludwig you don't know it, but you've given me more teaching material to use in my highschool art classroom

For a twist, otto should have added in some ludwig made art

Love when chat throws and blames it on getting scammed

being able to gaslight gatekeep girlboss ludwig was so fun

I watched this art doc a few years back they sold this Chinese millionaire a painting of a blue square about 4 foot tall and 4 foot wide, it was literally just a canvas painted blue nothing else, 1 million dollar asking price.