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If an artist creates art and never shows people, is it still art?

In my opinion, a work of art is for the artist even more than for its appreciators. When I personally make a sketch or a painting, I'm not always very eager to share it with the rest of the world and I'm not sure I can accurately explain why. In some ways the art is a manifestation of the artist's emotions and therefore it's considered something private.Some of the greatest artists of all time failed to have the artwork properly appreciated by others during their lives. Vincent van Gogh is excellent example for he managed to sell only a handful of his paintings during his life. However, he's considered by many to be the most talented painter ever. During his life, his lack of success did not deter his desire to continue painting. While I have never had the chance to speak to Van Gogh personally, I like to presume that the reason he kept doing what he did was because he loved it. Painting allowed him to escape from his otherwise hectic life. It was a source of serenity that kept the chaos of his restless mind at bay. He didn't continue to paint because of his desire to have other recognize and appreciate his artwork, he did it because it was something he enjoyed. And if you're to say that Van Gogh's paintings were not art during his lifetime because they had a restricted audience but that they're art now because they're recognizable around the world, then that wouldn't make any sense. An appreciator doesn't define artwork, the artist defines the art.Thanks for the A2A.

Can a person become a professional artist without going to an art school? If yes, what should one do to become an artist on his own? What type of books and other stuff does one need to study for drawing and painting?

Of course one can be a professional artist without going to art school, assuming you have all the skills to create works of art. What you will need apart from equipment to draw is a good business plan and commercial skills to sell your art. The graphic industry is not the best payed job environment. You need to find out what it requires to pay the monthly bills and put food on the table. How are you going to promote yourself online, with exhibitions and customer contacts. Are you willing to listen and find solutions with your customer and let them decide what art works to create? Create a portfolio of your works that can prove to a customer they can get exactly what they need.This is basically the first lessons I got in art school before the first lessons on drawing. My teacher calculated exactly what he earned and how much he had to work for that every month (with was “low” for the first part, and “much” for the second part compared to my job as software engineer).We didn’t learn much drawing itself (it was assumed you could draw) but more on using professional tools like Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign. How you use cameras and scanners. How to tell/write stories with images. Art history. You can learn drawing by doing it a lot (I mean hours each day). Visit model drawing sessions. Do urban sketching. Study the old masters. One doesn’t learn how to draw by reading a book or watching a video. It is like learning to run the marathon by reading a book. That is time wasted you could draw more.