Creativity and Life Cycles of Artists

Victor A. Ginsburgh () and Sheila Weyers

Journal of Cultural Economics, 2006, vol. 30, issue 2, pages 91-107

Abstract: Age curves, which relate age to creativity or exceptional achievements, seem to take two forms: some artists bloom early (Picasso), others later in life (Cézanne). We argue that this objective fact is not related to their mode of creation according to which some artists proceed by drawings made prior to the painting's execution, while others are more likely to imitate and achieve this through color and the process of painting itself. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2006

Keywords: Age curves; disegno and colore; Modes of artistic creation (search for similar items in EconPapers)

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