Fine Art Reproductions
Our goal is to offer the highest quality fine art reproductions
by using artist grade canvas and pigmented inks to create the
best, most archival, prints available. Each Reproduction is then
stretched on stretcher bars (wooden strips that create a framework
across which the canvas is pulled taut), and varnished to protect
the surface. If you choose to have your Reproduction brushstroked,
one of our artists creates texture - much like the raised texture
of the paint on an original canvas - by following the brushstrokes
of the original artist with medium used especially for this type
of work.
There is an important
distinction between reproductions and copies: a
reproduction is produced from a photographic image of the original
work, whereas a copy (produced by an artist) results from attempting
to create a new painting based on the original work. (If someone
is really, really good at making a copy of a well-known piece
of artwork, they are commonly known as a forger! :-)
Canvas transfers
are another way of
recreating an original work; the technique involves lifting ink
from a representation of the picture (i.e., from a poster) and
transferring the ink to canvas.
The business of creating
art reproductions involves familiarity with a wide variety of
art styles, artists, and art history, combined with the extensive
technical knowledge required to produce the truest possible representation
of the original. These are images obtained from the museums or
their agents in most cases. |
