Picking an Art Career: Fine Artist

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So if you've set your sights on becoming a fine artist, the person that will sell paintings and sculptures to become famous through museums, you need to know the average salary of a SUCCESSFUL fine artist. In this day and age not too many people can just sell out the cash to buy an expensive painting, so the best option is to just see what people will pay, not set a price ahead of time. The average salary of a fine artist with less than a year experience is about $9,500 to $55,000. So starting out it will be hard to earn the cash without having some experience behind your work. For example, in comparison, an artist with two decades of experience could earn $11,000 to $104,000, simply because people prefer someone who knows their stuff.

 "Fine Artist, Including Painter, Sculptor, or Illustrator Salary." PayScale. Payscale. Web. 11 May 2012. <http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job%3DFine_Artist%2C_Including_Painter%2C_Sculptor%2C_or_Illustrator/Salary>.