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Henri Matisse Prints: From the Cut-Outs to Jazz — A Buyer's Guide

There are three Matisses — the cut-outs, the exhibition posters and the Fauve paintings — and each does a different job in a room. A buyer's guide to which Matisse to hang where, and at what size.

Art for Rooms People Gather In: Living Room and Dining Room Prints

The living room and the dining room are the walls guests actually see. One hero print and one ready-made set for each room, and the size that makes them look right.

Best Bauhaus Prints for Minimalist Interiors

Ten Bauhaus prints that work in a minimalist room — the 1923 exhibition designs, Klee, Kandinsky, Moholy-Nagy, the Albers colour squares, and the De Stijl and Suprematist neighbours the school publ...

Paul Klee Prints: Colour, Line and Play — Which Klee for Which Room

Paul Klee made nearly ten thousand works, and they are not all the same kind of picture. A buyer's guide to the three Klees people actually hang — the colour grids, the little cities, and the line ...

Hiroshi Yoshida Prints: Clouds and Mountains — Which Yoshida Belongs on Your Wall

Yoshida climbed before he printed, and his mountains show it. A buyer's guide to his four kinds of mountain — Fuji, the cloud seas at dawn, the Japan Alps, and the peaks he drew in Yosemite, the Ro...

Kawase Hasui Prints: Rain, Moonlight and Silence — Which Hasui Belongs in Your Home

Hasui made around six hundred prints, and nearly all of them are beautiful — which is exactly the problem. A buyer's guide to his four moods (rain, snow, moonlight, blue-hour water), the rooms each...

Best Japanese Woodblock Prints for Modern Homes

Japanese woodblock prints are two hundred years older than the modern interior and they suit it better than most things made this century. Why that is, the difference between shin hanga and ukiyo-e...

Why Amrita Sher-Gil’s Paintings Still Feel So Modern

Amrita Sher-Gil painted during the 1930s, but her portraits rarely feel trapped in their period. Her figures are direct without being theatrical. Her colours are rich without becoming decorative. T...

Textured Fine Art Paper vs Smooth Matte Paper: Which Should You Choose?

Textured fine art paper is usually best for painterly, detailed, atmospheric, historical, or tactile artworks. Smooth matte paper is usually better for graphic art, typography, Bauhaus prints, maps...

Should I Get My Art Print Mounted? Mats, Mounts, and Passe-Partout Explained

For some art prints, a mat or mount makes the work look more considered. For others, it can reduce impact by making the visible image smaller. A photograph may look excellent with a clean white mou...