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1. one who professes and practices an imaginative art card
2. one who is adept at creating, trading, buying and selling art cards and ACEO without bias
3. a skilled performer in the fine art of both ATC and ACEO
Art cards go by many names these days; Artist trading cards, fine art cards or ACEO cards. ACEO stands for Art Cards, Editions and Originals. ACEO are meant to be sold even though they meet the same formatting requirements as an art card or artists trading card.
In the 16th century, however, art cards were mostly portraits and they were always sold, not traded or given away as they were in the next few centuries. Back then, fine art cards were the first wallet sized pictures. Artists also painted these small paintings to be used for exchange for arranged marriages.
In the mid 1700’s the French invented the idea to place advertising on these cards and not long afterward the English picked up on the idea and followed suit. It was the Impressionists who were the real artcardists. They traded and sold fine art cards. They did so among themselves in order to study the styles and techniques of other artists and traded or sold their artists cards to pay for items like food, lodging or art supplies.
In 1887 “baseball” cards started to appear. These early cards are very rare and if found are in different sizes other than our standard 2.5″ x 3.5″ format. They are of different sizes because they were marketed inside of different sized products like bubble gum or a package of Cracker Jacks. The standard format started in the 1960’s.
In 1997, a project known as Art Trading Card (ATC) began. Most would credit reviving the ATC trading sessions in the modern era to M. Vänçi Stirnemann, who began trading sessions in Zurich, Switzerland. The idea behind this project was for artists to meet with one another and trade their art. ATCs were NOT to be sold! In the early 2000’s, it was the ACEO that started initiating the buying and selling of art cards. Artcardist.com is now starting the tradition that it is ok to do both: trade and sell!
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artcardist
Main Entry: art-card-ist
Pronunciation: \ˈärt-card-ist\
Function: noun
Date: circa 2009
1. one who professes and practices an imaginative art card
2. one who is adept at creating, trading, buying and selling art cards and ACEO without bias
3. a skilled performer in the fine art of both ATC and ACEO
Art cards go by many names these days; Artist trading cards, fine art cards or ACEO cards. ACEO stands for Art Cards, Editions and Originals. ACEO are meant to be sold even though they meet the same formatting requirements as an art card or artists trading card.
In the 16th century, however, art cards were mostly portraits and they were always sold, not traded or given away as they were in the next few centuries. Back then, fine art cards were the first wallet sized pictures. Artists also painted these small paintings to be used for exchange for arranged marriages.
In the mid 1700’s the French invented the idea to place advertising on these cards and not long afterward the English picked up on the idea and followed suit. It was the Impressionists who were the real artcardists. They traded and sold fine art cards. They did so among themselves in order to study the styles and techniques of other artists and traded or sold their artists cards to pay for items like food, lodging or art supplies.
In 1887 “baseball” cards started to appear. These early cards are very rare and if found are in different sizes other than our standard 2.5″ x 3.5″ format. They are of different sizes because they were marketed inside of different sized products like bubble gum or a package of Cracker Jacks. The standard format started in the 1960’s.
In 1997, a project known as Art Trading Card (ATC) began. Most would credit reviving the ATC trading sessions in the modern era to M. Vänçi Stirnemann, who began trading sessions in Zurich, Switzerland. The idea behind this project was for artists to meet with one another and trade their art. ATCs were NOT to be sold! In the early 2000’s, it was the ACEO that started initiating the buying and selling of art cards. Artcardist.com is now starting the tradition that it is ok to do both: trade and sell!
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