Art/Painting Art Prints

The Japanese fabled life span of a thousand years has given these birds an association with long life. Throughout Asia, the crane has been revered ...

The first bell for the tower, originally meant to be called Royal Victoria, was first cast in 1856. With a grand ceremony, carried across Westminst...

Painted for the birth of Van Gogh's nephew, the “Blossoming Almond Tree” represents the rebirth of nature in spring and the beginning of a new life...

The scene of the “Café Terrace” was painted by Van Gogh at the location, where he opted to paint during the night in order to catch a glimpse of th...

“Starry Night” is Van Gogh’s interpretation of the view of Sait-Rémy-de-Provence. The artist observed the night sky form the barred bedroom window....

Illustration by draughtsman Jean Bernard in 1815. There are over 500 million domestic cats in the world, and are one of, if not the most popular pe...

Vivisection, the practice of conducting surgical procedures on live animals for scientific research, its history underscores the complex relationsh...

Measuring 43m in height, the lighthouse located in the English Channel in East Sussex became operational in October 1902 and was staffed by three k...

Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (1889-1946), an English figure and landscape painter, etcher and lithographer, who studied at the Slade School o...

Known as Le Drapeau Tricolore (French Tricolors), the origin of the French flag dates to 1790 and the French Revolution when the “ancient French co...

Designed by the American artist, Louis Tiffany, this window represents the River of Life. The magnolia flower symbolises perseverance, eternity and...

Monet produced around 200 paintings of the waterlily pond of his home in Giverny. Depicted solely of an expanse of water, the paintings contain nei...

This card is based on a chromolithographic college crest designed by Albert Henry Warren and published in Oxford, by T. and G. Shrimpton in 1869.

A panoramic view of London from Somerset Gardens to the Tower highlights St. Paul’s Cathedral and church spires. In the foreground, a Dutch-flagged...

Louis Wain spent years as an inpatient in hospitals due to mental health problems. His work from this period is marked by bright colours and his fa...

Les sphères armillaires, dont les premiers modèles remontent au IIème siècle, sont des représentations en laiton de la sphère céleste. Les marins u...

The name ‘scrooge’ has become another word for a miser in the English language. ‘Bah! Humbug!’ has come to express that something is overly festive...

The iconic novella was highly influential in reviving Christmas and reinventing how the season is celebrated. Celebrations became smaller and more ...

The Universal Larousse was a combined dictionary and encyclopaedia. The dictionary focused on the presentation of French language words with illust...

Bird and flower painting is considered one of the treasures of Chinese culture. It is inspired by the beauty of the multitude of flowers, birds and...

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) wrote his first novel 'The Pickwick Papers' in 1836 aged just 24. Throughout his life he wrote 15 novels, 5 novellas as...

Did you know that butterfly wings are actually transparent? They are made up of thin layers of protein, like exoskeletons. The majestic colours we ...

British painter, Edward John Gregory (1850-1909), born in Southampton, studied at South Kensington Art School and briefly at the Royal Academy Scho...

After moving to Eragny-sur-Epte, Pissarro’s works took on the subject of the French countryside of Normandy and the rhythm of the seasons. A year a...

By Ramon Casas (1866-1932), this painting is one of the most famous masterpieces of the Art Nouveau movement. A woman is shown resting after a long...

Japanese “raigo” imagery is a representation of Amida Buddha, also known as the Buddha of Immeasurable Light, welcoming the soul to paradise, in th...

Chinese silk embroidery with gold threads, portrays a five clawed dragon - the quintessential symbol of imperial power. Depicted with a flaming pea...

Two children reading c.1919 by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, an Australian illustrator of children's books. The artist first published her work in 1904 at...

This is the only painting where Van Gogh paints the 13th century church in Auvers in its full form. Through the energetic depiction and fluid lines...

The oleander is an ornamental plant normally associated with the Mediterranean Basin where it grows since the time of the ancient civilisations. Ol...

Throughout Van Gogh’s career, wheat-fields have been a great source of inspiration for the artist serving as a subject during the artist’s experime...

Painted by Carl Spitzweg. The love for books is expressed showing a man intently reading a book up close to his face, holding a second book in his ...

While studying at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, Van Gogh painted this humoristic memento mori. Some argue that Van Gogh used the pictu...

Van Gogh painted many versions of the “Sunflowers”. The first he depicted were those used to decorate Gauguin’s room in the Yellow House he rented ...

Cette image fait partie d'une série de peintures miniatures indiennes appelées Ragamala, ou "Guirlande de Ragas". Chaque tableau représente un type...

Cette peinture moghole dépeint l'histoire ancienne de Wag-wag, une île mythique censée être peuplée de créatures possédant une combinaison unique d...