Swan Engraving
1740s Animal Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century American Modern Prints and Multiples
Engraving, Etching
1990s American Modern Abstract Prints
Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph, Screen
1770s Naturalistic Animal Prints
Engraving, Handmade Paper
1970s Pop Art Abstract Prints
Metal, Foil
18th Century and Earlier Academic Nude Prints
Archival Tape, Archival Paper, Handmade Paper, Ink, Plexiglass
Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Etching
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
20th Century Post-Impressionist Animal Prints
Lithograph
20th Century Post-Impressionist More Prints
Lithograph
1990s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Screen
1950s American Modern Figurative Prints
Engraving
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Copper
1950s American Modern Animal Prints
Engraving
1940s American Modern Animal Prints
Engraving
1940s American Modern Prints and Multiples
Engraving
1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Engraving, Etching
1950s American Modern Figurative Prints
Engraving
1950s Modern Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
17th Century Baroque Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1960s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Permanent Marker
1870s Italian School Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1960s Op Art Abstract Prints
Other Medium
1960s American Modern Mixed Media
Tissue Paper
1740s Academic Prints and Multiples
Watercolor, Engraving
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Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints
Engraving, Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph, Screen
1990s Abstract More Art
Textile, Silk, Digital
1770s Old Masters Animal Prints
Watercolor, Engraving, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Intaglio
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Ink, Lithograph, Offset
1990s Pop Art Abstract Prints
Foil
1990s Abstract Abstract Prints
Engraving, Mezzotint, Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph, Screen
1980s Abstract Abstract Prints
Paper, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Linocut, Screen
1980s Abstract Abstract Prints
Lithograph, Screen
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Engraving, Etching, Aquatint
1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Screen, Lithograph
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1760s Old Masters Landscape Prints
Engraving
1760s Old Masters Landscape Prints
Engraving
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Stencil, Wood, Acrylic
1930s Landscape Prints
Engraving, Wood
18th Century Animal Prints
Engraving, Etching
1750s Landscape Prints
Concrete
1790s Romantic Prints and Multiples
Engraving
1950s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Oil
Late 19th Century Romantic Nude Paintings
Oil, Panel
1820s Victorian Animal Prints
Copper
1830s Naturalistic Animal Prints
Paper, Watercolor, Lithograph
1830s Naturalistic Animal Prints
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Lithograph
1930s American Modern Landscape Prints
Woodcut
1980s Abstract Geometric More Art
Wool
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Lithograph, Offset
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Etching
Early 19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints
Watercolor, Lithograph
Mid-19th Century Romantic Landscape Prints
Engraving
1790s Romantic Landscape Prints
Engraving
Nathaniel Parr"A View of the Royal Palace of Windsor": An 18th Century Hand-colored Engraving , 1794
1970s Modern Landscape Prints
Lithograph
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Lithograph, Etching
1950s American Modern Animal Prints
Engraving
1740s Old Masters Figurative Prints
Etching
1970s Modern Nude Prints
Etching
20th Century Abstract Prints
Engraving
20th Century Abstract Prints
Engraving
1880s Romantic Prints and Multiples
Engraving
20th Century Abstract Prints
Engraving
20th Century Abstract Prints
Engraving
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Finding the Right Prints and Multiples for You
Decorating with fine art prints — whether they’re figurative prints, abstract prints or another variety — has always been a practical way of bringing a space to life as well as bringing works by an artist you love into your home.
Pursued in the 1960s and ’70s, largely by Pop artists drawn to its associations with mass production, advertising, packaging and seriality, as well as those challenging the primacy of the Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, printmaking was embraced in the 1980s by painters and conceptual artists ranging from David Salle and Elizabeth Murray to Adrian Piper and Sherrie Levine.
Printmaking is the transfer of an image from one surface to another. An artist takes a material like stone, metal, wood or wax, carves, incises, draws or otherwise marks it with an image, inks or paints it and then transfers the image to a piece of paper or other material.
Fine art prints are frequently confused with their more commercial counterparts. After all, our closest connection to the printed image is through mass-produced newspapers, magazines and books, and many people don’t realize that even though prints are editions, they start with an original image created by an artist with the intent of reproducing it in a small batch. Fine art prints are created in strictly limited editions — 20 or 30 or maybe 50 — and are always based on an image created specifically to be made into an edition.
Many people think of revered Dutch artist Rembrandt as a painter but may not know that he was a printmaker as well. His prints have been preserved in time along with the work of other celebrated printmakers such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol. These fine art prints are still highly sought after by collectors.
“It’s another tool in the artist’s toolbox, just like painting or sculpture or anything else that an artist uses in the service of mark making or expressing him- or herself,” says International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) vice president Betsy Senior, of New York’s Betsy Senior Fine Art, Inc.
Because artist’s editions tend to be more affordable and available than his or her unique works, they’re more accessible and can be a great opportunity to bring a variety of colors, textures and shapes into a space.
For tight corners, select small fine art prints as opposed to the oversized bold piece you’ll hang as a focal point in the dining area. But be careful not to choose something that is too big for your space. And feel free to lean into it if need be — not every work needs picture-hanging hooks. Leaning a larger fine art print against the wall behind a bookcase can add a stylish installation-type dynamic to your living room. (Read more about how to arrange wall art here.)
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