Why Male Artists are Paid 10-Times Higher Than the Female Artists?

mypencilbook.com

Credit: Pexels

According to Georg Baselitz (a German artist) in 2015, he said that "Women don't draw & paint better than men, it's a fact.

Credit: TR ropac.net

From the words of Georg, we can conclude that women's are still valued less in the field of art.

Credit: TR ropac.net

Till the date the world's most expensive painting "Salvador Mundi" was made by Da Vinci, which sold for $450 million.

Credit: Wikipedia

While the most expensive female artist, O’Keeffe's work "White Flower" only sold $44.4million.

Credit: Wikimedia Commons

And even if we compare living artists , the most expensive work of Male Artist Jeff Koons Worths $91m, whereas the Work of Female Artist Jenny Saville just Worths $12.5m.

Credit: Insta @jeffkoons

British artist Helen Gorrill studied fifty thousand artwork's prices that sold all around the globe & observed that a male artist earns 10-times more than the female artists.

Credit: Helen Gorrill

The primary reason for the pay gap could be the patriarchal system that treated men as supreme and gave them the power to create artworks and trade them.

Credit: Unsplash

The system favoured the men predominantly, letting them gather following & become a heroic face among people.

Credit: Unsplash

This made people to embrace male artists and created huge demand for their work & eventually sideline the female gems.

Credut: Pexels

However, the system is on mend, landscape can be altered as more and more female gems are entering the field.

Credit: Unsplash

For more