Fine Art Wall Art

Fine Art Wall Art

Fine art wall art is gallery-style painting brought home: portraits, landscapes, still lifes and quiet scenes of daily life, in the manner of the old masters and the impressionists. You get the calm, lasting look of a museum wall without needing to know a single painter's name. Pick by subject and feeling, and let the room guide you.

Fine Art Wall Art, Sorted by Subject

Nearly everything here belongs to one of four subjects: portraits, landscapes, still lifes and everyday scenes. Portraits are the most personal. You will find noblewomen in silk and lace, gentlemen in dark coats, angels, dancers, and even dogs and cats posed like aristocrats. A face gives a room a sense of company, so a single portrait above a hall console or a chest of drawers is often plenty. Girls in sunny gardens and mothers with babies feel warm on a landing lined with family photos.

Some portraits come with a wink. Old-style faces meet bold pink script, graffiti hearts or headphones, which keeps the classic look but adds a joke. Such pieces brighten a dressing area, a bathroom or a teen room far more than a stiff, formal space. For true-to-life faces and scenes with no twist, see the realism wall art.

Landscapes and Oil Paintings of Gardens, Harbors and Fields

Landscapes are the easiest fine art paintings to live with. Misty harbors, lily ponds, wheat fields, cypress hills, alpine streams and village lanes give your eye somewhere to wander. Many follow the loose, sunny brushwork of the impressionists, with dabs of color that look calm from the sofa. One wide view over the sofa or bed makes the room feel larger. For more open country, the landscape wall art collection has plenty.

Seascapes bring the same calm with more light. Painted surf, sandy coasts and sunny bays suit a bedroom nicely, since blue and sand tones help you unwind. A harbor at sunset makes a gentle focal point near a dining table.

Scenes from daily life add a little story. Café tables, ballet rehearsals, terraces by the sea and strolls along Paris boulevards and Venetian canals keep something gently happening on the wall. Unposed, everyday moments are trending; dining rooms and reading chairs where people linger suit them well.

Still Lifes and Nature Studies as Fine Art Wall Decor

Still lifes are made for kitchens and dining rooms. If you would rather see a table set with today's food and drinks, the still life wall art range shows exactly that. Fruit on a cloth, wine and bread, roses in a vase and bowls of oranges and pears give you rich color without a plot to follow. Darker, old-style tables suit wood floors and warm lamps. Flower paintings sit between both worlds. Roses, tulips, almond branches and palette-knife bouquets bring color to a bedroom or an entry, and they look lovely in pairs.

Natural history plates and sketches are quieter still. Bird studies, shells, sea creatures and pencil landscapes look neat in a study, a landing or a guest room. They pair nicely with books and plants, and small groups of them never feel crowded. Line work that stops short of paint fills the pencil sketch wall art.

Picking Fine Art Prints That Stay Fresh

The fine art wall art in this range comes in two kinds: fine art reproductions of older paintings, and new pieces made in the same classic manner. Neither is original art, so you can shop by subject and mood instead of by a famous label. Start with the room. Still lifes go where you eat, landscapes where you relax, portraits in halls and bedrooms, and studies in quiet corners. When a couple can't agree, a landscape is usually the peace offering, since almost everyone enjoys a view.

Then think about color. To browse by period or school instead, head to art movement wall art. Dark, glowing oil paintings look richest with wood, leather and brass. Pale impressionist scenes look airy beside chalky walls and linen. Contemporary fine art, such as the playful portraits, gives a modern room one classic touch without feeling stuffy.

In the end, trust the subject that makes you slow down as you walk past it each day.