I think someone I know copied a painting?

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There are so many different styles of paintings being sold online that looks similar to every artist out there and sometimes people may end up being influenced by certain artists that they look up, which will want them to do the same techniques. Maybe she looks up to Leonid Afremov, and a few other artists that inspires her to paint like them. If your friend isn't completely copying this mans artwork, than there shouldn't be any legal copyright issues. If she is, than you should tell her about it if she's selling her work. That's if she's selling any of her paintings? She might have to change things up a bit. I paint myself and I make sure that mine are unique, not similar to other artists, but its ok to be inspired by them.

I also have a friend who has copied a painting, like the "Red Tile" painting with different colored tiles leaving 1 red tile in the mix, but she already knows about it and isn't selling it.