Old Etchings
17th Century Modern Figurative Prints
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17th Century Modern Figurative Prints
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1970s Modern Animal Prints
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18th Century Other Art Style Prints and Multiples
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21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Prints
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Late 18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Late 19th Century More Prints
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Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Prints
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Mid-18th Century Modern Figurative Prints
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1970s Contemporary More Prints
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Late 19th Century More Prints
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2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
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Early 17th Century Baroque Prints and Multiples
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1980s Landscape Prints
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints
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1740s Old Masters Landscape Prints
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1870s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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1870s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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1870s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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1870s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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1870s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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1860s Impressionist Figurative Prints
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Early 2000s Surrealist Landscape Prints
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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1870s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Late 19th Century Baroque Prints and Multiples
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1970s English School Landscape Prints
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Mid-20th Century Landscape Prints
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21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Prints and Multiples
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Prints
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1870s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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1870s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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1870s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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1870s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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1870s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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1730s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Late 19th Century Baroque Prints and Multiples
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Late 18th Century Prints and Multiples
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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1780s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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1780s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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19th Century Old Masters Landscape Prints
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Early 1700s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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1860s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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A Close Look at Old Masters Art
Encompassing centuries of change in Europe between 1300 and 1800, from booms of prosperity to bloody revolutions, Old Masters describes a wide range of artists. The informal term was derived from the title of an artist who trained in a guild long enough to become a master, such as Leonardo da Vinci, who studied in a Florence painters’ guild. However, Old Masters paintings, prints and other art is now used to refer to work made by any artist with a high level of skill in painting, drawing, sculpture or printmaking who worked during this era.
The 15th century’s expansive trade and commerce spread culture across borders. A vibrant period of art emerged, bolstered by studies of anatomy and nature that influenced a new visual realism. From Raphael and Michelangelo in the Renaissance to Rembrandt van Rijn and Johannes Vermeer in the Dutch Golden Age, artists expressed emotion, naturalism, color and light in new ways. El Greco and Paolo Veronese were leaders in the dramatic style of Mannerism, while Caravaggio and Peter Paul Rubens demonstrated the movement and meticulous detail of Baroque art.
Historically, most attention was concentrated on male artists, but recent research and exhibitions have elevated the impactful work of women such as Rachel Ruysch and Artemisia Gentileschi. In late-18th-century France, female artists like Adélaïde Labille-Guiard and Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun were prominent names. Nevertheless, access to the academies and guilds was highly restricted for women, and even those able to establish practices were expected to adhere to portraits and still lifes rather than the grand history paintings being created by men.
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Finding the Right Figurative-prints-works-on-paper for You
Bring energy and an array of welcome colors and textures into your space by decorating with figurative fine-art prints and works on paper.
Figurative art stands in contrast to abstract art, which is more expressive than representational. The oldest-known work of figurative art is a figurative painting — specifically, a rock painting of an animal made over 40,000 years ago in Borneo. This remnant of a remote past has long faded, but its depiction of a cattle-like creature in elegant ocher markings endures.
Since then, figurative art has evolved significantly as it continues to represent the world, including a breadth of works on paper, including printmaking. This includes woodcuts, which are a type of relief print with perennial popularity among collectors. The artist carves into a block and applies ink to the raised surface, which is then pressed onto paper. There are also planographic prints, which use metal plates, stones or other flat surfaces as their base. The artist will often draw on the surface with grease crayon and then apply ink to those markings. Lithographs are a common version of planographic prints.
Figurative art printmaking was especially popular during the height of the Pop art movement, and this kind of work can be seen in artist Andy Warhol’s extensive use of photographic silkscreen printing. Everyday objects, logos and scenes were given a unique twist, whether in the style of a comic strip or in the use of neon colors.
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