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Originally Posted by DARISC
No grey area at all. Apprentices have been common in the art world since, at least, the Renaissance, e.g., Rubens, many of whose paintings were painted to one degree or another by apprentices and then signed by him.
Glass work requires a team. Chihuly's team, he's the artist leading the team.
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Of course most artists don't sue their former apprentices when they go off on their own and make art that is, god forbid, similar to that of their master.
Yeah, Chihuly is kind of a douche.