DF's artwork help

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Hi, my DF has sadly moved into a care home. He was an amateur artist and I we have about 40 of his aetworks that were all up in his home.

Any suggestions what to do with them all?

Wibu to try and sell them, if so, how?

They are abstract, some collage, sort of Jasper Johns style? Some 80s quite trendy now....

Car boot?

Could do, altho without targeted audience they go for peanuts.

It might be worth getting a simple website to advertise them on it create a business FB page and sell them on that and use Facebook ads.

Etsy?

Donate them to a charity shop. Someone will love them.

It's really hard to sell original art for what it's worth. You could try approaching a local gallery, if he's got that many pieces they could definitely put a show on.
You could also try actual arts and crafts shows rather than just boot fairs as people there are looking for art and know the worth.
Look online at similar work and price it reasonably 👍🏻

Do family not want them?

I presume your DF has a few favourites up on his room?

Make sure you photograph them well before passing them on.

I would create an online shop and try to sell them on Etsy. Failing that I’d phone a charity shop and see if they will take them.

My DH'a grandma was similar. I think all the family members were given/allowed to choose a couple and then they just went to a charity shop. She was very talented but there's not really a huge market for it.

Take photos of them because I guarantee you’ll be sad once you get rid of them

Can you try the Saatchi art website? I don't think that they take an upfront payment, just a significant cut of the sale prices.

It’s sad that none of his family want them. Sadly unless he is a someone no one will be interested.

I would love to see them.

Saatchi Art?

https://www.saatchiart.com/whysell

You don't mention what he wants done with them. They're not at this point, yours to sell/get rid of. unless you haven't included that (pretty relevant) information in your OP.

Does he not want any up on the walls in his care home?

I'd take decent photos and find some art experts, perhaps some local galleries that deal in the same type/style and see what they say.

Artfinder is a website where semi-amateur artists can sell their work. But things sell slowly and you won't get much money.

Local village fair might be another option, if you take a stall and tell the story of a local man who loved to paint. And make them cheap.

One for his room, then family and close friends. Then the local museum then fb marketplace

Put some of them up in his room at the care home.

When I moved country all my friends and family got to pick a picture they liked the most.

Try a local craft fair/makers' market. They sound great, very much my cup of tea, I'm sure you will find buyers for them.

He has some in his room, he has vascular dementia so we can't ask what else he wants doing. I have quite few as do my siblings and there is no other family.
Some are huge as well.

Photographing them is a good idea and very necessary if selling online.

They are all professionally framed however - do things photograph well from behind glass?

Art is cool.

Mm, no things behind glass are pretty hard to photo well.

If you think potentially they are worth a fair bit, I'd get a professional into perhaps scan them (out of their frames), which means later on you have the option to get prints of them. If you have the legal responsibility over his finances, this could (depending on what the art is) be a sensible use of his money as you could then sell prints (drop shipping no stock/posting things out on your part)... and generate more income towards his costs... and if you didn't want to do that, it still means you have a quality portfolio of his work.

I would ebay them. Start with about 5 of them and see how you get on.

I've bought 60s and 70s art from sellers in similar situations, there is interest in original vintage art, even if amateur, if it's interesting and well-done.