Artfinder Art Marketplace Scraper

Scrape original artwork listings from Artfinder — the independent-artist marketplace with over 10,000 works across painting, drawing, photography, print, and more.

Extract artwork title, artist name, category, style, subject, price (GBP), dimensions, image URL, and a direct link to every artwork. Enable the detail mode to also pull artist country, year created, materials, sold status, and shipping origin.

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Features

• Scrapes all artwork categories: paintings, drawings, photography, prints, sculpture, and more
• Extracts 12+ fields from listing pages with zero extra page loads (fast mode)
• Optional detail mode adds artist country, year created, materials, sold status
• Follows pagination automatically — up to 10,000 results per category
• Works without proxies — no IP blocks on Artfinder's public search pages
• Outputs clean, structured JSON with consistent GBP pricing

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Use Cases

• Art dealers & galleries — Monitor pricing trends across mediums, styles, and categories
• Price researchers — Track how original artwork prices vary by country, subject, or artist
• Collectors — Build a watchlist of artworks matching your criteria
• Academic researchers — Study the independent art market at scale
• Data journalists — Analyze the demographics of selling artists on online marketplaces

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How It Works

1. Starts from any Artfinder category or search URL (defaults to /art/painting/)
2. Parses the embedded Next.js page data — no fragile CSS selectors, pure JSON extraction
3. Follows pagination through all available pages until maxItems is reached
4. Optionally visits each artwork's detail page for the full metadata set

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Input

Listing-only mode (fast, default)

Returns 12 fields per artwork without visiting individual pages:

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.artfinder.com/art/painting/" }
  ],
  "maxItems": 100,
  "scrapeDetailPages": false
}

Full detail mode (slower, more fields)

Visits each artwork page to add artist country, year, materials, and sold status:

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.artfinder.com/art/drawing/" },
    { "url": "https://www.artfinder.com/art/photography/" }
  ],
  "maxItems": 50,
  "scrapeDetailPages": true
}

Input fields

Field	Type	Default	Description
startUrls	array	painting category	Artfinder category or search URLs to scrape
maxItems	integer	10	Maximum artworks to return (0 = unlimited)
scrapeDetailPages	boolean	false	Visit each artwork page for full metadata

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Output

Listing-only mode (scrapeDetailPages: false)

{
  "artwork_id": 1234567,
  "title": "Blue Horizon",
  "artist_name": "Petra Novak",
  "artist_country": null,
  "category": "Acrylic painting",
  "medium": null,
  "subject": "abstract and non figurative",
  "style": "impressionistic",
  "price": 480,
  "currency": "GBP",
  "is_sold": null,
  "is_original": true,
  "dimensions": "60 x 80cm",
  "year_created": null,
  "shipping_from": null,
  "image_url": "https://d3rf6j5nx5r04a.cloudfront.net/abc123/artwork/blue-horizon-preview.jpg",
  "artwork_url": "https://www.artfinder.com/product/blue-horizon-1234567/",
  "artist_profile_url": "https://www.artfinder.com/artist/petra-novak/"
}

Detail mode (scrapeDetailPages: true)

{
  "artwork_id": 1234567,
  "title": "Blue Horizon",
  "artist_name": "Petra Novak",
  "artist_country": "Czech Republic",
  "category": "Acrylic painting",
  "medium": "Acrylic on canvas",
  "subject": "Abstract and non-figurative",
  "style": "Impressionistic",
  "price": 480,
  "currency": "GBP",
  "is_sold": false,
  "is_original": true,
  "dimensions": "60 x 80cm",
  "year_created": "2023",
  "shipping_from": "Czech Republic",
  "image_url": "https://d3rf6j5nx5r04a.cloudfront.net/abc123/artwork/blue-horizon-square.jpg",
  "artwork_url": "https://www.artfinder.com/product/blue-horizon-1234567/",
  "artist_profile_url": "https://www.artfinder.com/artist/petra-novak/"
}

Output fields

Field	Type	Available in listing mode	Description
artwork_id	integer	yes	Unique numeric ID on Artfinder
title	string	yes	Artwork title
artist_name	string	yes	Artist display name
artist_country	string	detail only	Artist's home country
category	string	yes	Category label (e.g. "Oil painting")
medium	string	detail only	Materials used (e.g. "Oil on linen")
subject	string	yes	Subject tag (e.g. "Landscape")
style	string	yes	Style tag (e.g. "Realist")
price	number	yes	Price in GBP
currency	string	yes	Always "GBP"
is_sold	boolean	detail only	True when the work is out of stock
is_original	boolean	yes	True for unique originals (not prints)
dimensions	string	yes	Dimensions string (e.g. "100 x 70cm")
year_created	string	detail only	Year the artwork was made
shipping_from	string	detail only	Country the artwork ships from
image_url	string	yes	Primary image URL (Artfinder CDN)
artwork_url	string	yes	Full URL of the artwork on Artfinder
artist_profile_url	string	yes	Full URL of the artist's profile

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FAQ

Which categories can I scrape? Any Artfinder category URL works: /art/painting/, /art/drawing/, /art/photography/, /art/print/, /art/sculpture/, /art/textile/, and more. You can also use filtered search URLs.

How many results are there? The painting category alone has around 10,000 works across 834 pages. Other categories vary. Set maxItems to cap the run, or use 0 for all available results.

How much slower is detail mode? Detail mode visits one additional page per artwork, so it is roughly 12× slower than listing-only. For price surveys and bulk data, listing mode is recommended.

Is pricing in multiple currencies? Artfinder shows prices in the user's local currency, but the underlying data always includes GBP. This actor uses GBP as the canonical currency for consistency.

Does this work without a proxy? Yes. Artfinder's public artwork search pages are openly accessible. No proxy or captcha bypass is required.