Francesco Piranesi Etching
1780s Realist More Art
Engraving
Early 19th Century Prints and Multiples
Paper
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Georgian Prints
Paper
Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Etching
1750s Old Masters Landscape Prints
Etching
Early 1800s Baroque Landscape Prints
Etching
1750s Old Masters Landscape Prints
Etching
1740s Landscape Prints
Etching
18th Century Modern Landscape Prints
Etching
1770s Figurative Prints
Etching
1750s Figurative Prints
Etching
1770s Old Masters Interior Prints
Etching
1770s Old Masters Figurative Prints
Etching
Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Etching
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Landscape Prints
Etching
1750s Old Masters Landscape Prints
Etching
1770s Old Masters Figurative Prints
Etching
1750s Old Masters Figurative Prints
Etching
1760s Old Masters Figurative Prints
Etching
1750s Old Masters Landscape Prints
Etching
1750s Old Masters Figurative Prints
Etching
1770s Old Masters Figurative Prints
Etching
1770s Old Masters Figurative Prints
Etching
1760s Old Masters Figurative Prints
Etching
Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Etching
Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Etching
Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Etching
Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Etching
Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Etching
Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Etching
Giovanni Battista PiranesiVaso antico di marmo che è ornato di quattro Maschere - Etching 1778, 1778
1770s Still-life Prints
Engraving, Etching
1770s Old Masters Figurative Prints
Etching
1770s Old Masters Figurative Prints
Etching
1770s Old Masters Figurative Prints
Etching
Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Neoclassical Paintings
Glass
Late 18th Century Old Masters Landscape Prints
Etching
Antique 1830s French Prints
1830s Baroque Still-life Prints
Etching
1830s Baroque Interior Prints
Engraving
Antique 1770s Italian Other Prints
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Drawings
Antique Early 1800s Italian Prints
Paper
1760s Landscape Prints
Etching
1770s Old Masters Landscape Prints
Etching
1790s Italian School Landscape Prints
Etching
Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Etching
Giovanni Battista PiranesiAvanzo di un Pilastro con vari intrecci d'Ornamenti - Etching - 1778, 1778
Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Etching
Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Etching
18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Late 18th Century Italian School Figurative Prints
Etching
1750s Old Masters Landscape Prints
Etching
Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Prints
Paper
1750s Landscape Prints
Etching
1770s Old Masters Figurative Prints
Etching
1770s Landscape Prints
Etching
Mid-18th Century Figurative Prints
Etching
1750s Old Masters Landscape Prints
Etching
1770s Old Masters Figurative Prints
Etching
1770s Old Masters Figurative Prints
Etching
Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Etching
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Finding the Right prints-works-on-paper 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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