I’m interested in making prints of some famous paintings (particularly those done be Rene Magritte). Poster websites sell them, and I’m wondering how they got the rights to do so. I just want to make some for my own personal use. How and why are they able to access high res files of these works?
Museums (or private collectors) that own the works may license out the rights to produce images. In fact, the copyright on any work of art produced before 1923 has expired, but museums retain the rights to their own photographs/reproductions of a work or may license these.
So, if you’re making prints of a work created before 1923, and they are for personal use only, you don’t have to worry about the rights.
Museums (or private collectors) that own the works may license out the rights to produce images. In fact, the copyright on any work of art produced before 1923 has expired, but museums retain the rights to their own photographs/reproductions of a work or may license these.
So, if you’re making prints of a work created before 1923, and they are for personal use only, you don’t have to worry about the rights.
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