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Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)
"Judith, II" ("Salome")
1909, Oil/canvas
178 x 46 cm
Galleria d'Arte Moderna Venice, Italy

Hieronimus Bosh
(c. 1460-1518)
The Ship of Fools
1490-1500, Oil on panel Louvre, Paris, France.

Caspar David Friedrich
(1774-1840)
The Oak Tree in the
Snow
(1829) 71 x 48 cm
Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin

This website is your Art buying guide. A guide to choosing and buying an artwork, locating the proper placement for it in relation to your living room home decor, and even fixing it onto a wall. Start off by browsing through the navigation bar and don't hesitate to give us a shout if you wish.

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Featured articles:

Gustav Klimt - The Frontrunner of Vienna Art Nouveau
By Annette Labedzki

Interior Design Ideas - 5 Creative Ways To Display Art By Edwin Mah

Hanging Art In The Home – 20 Top Tips By Trevor C Krueger

Methods For Hanging Framed Pictures, Part 1 By Sheila Gallien

Methods For Hanging Framed Pictures, Part 2: Hanging Heavy Pictures By Sheila Gallien

Methods For Hanging Framed Pictures, Part 3: Hanging Metal Pictures By Sheila Gallien

Redefine Your Space! by John Darby

Hanging Paintings - Feng-Shui Recommendations
By Ned Ryerson

Where is the best place to hang a picture?

Every artwork, be it a painting or a photograph, generates its own certain kind of energy and creates a unique mood in the viewers. This energy depends on two factors:
1. The dominating color in the picture.
2. The content of the picture (subject matter and theme)

How does one figure out which picture could be useful and fitting in which room: living room, dining room etc? Each room has it own characteristics, such as color, style, size, view from window, and therefore has its own energy. So, in order to fit into a particular room, a picture has to compliment such energy, and not to contradict it. This is only a general idea, to be precise in choosing the picture and finding right place for it, we have to make certain feng shui calculations.

The living room. Try to experiment in order to choose a proper picture for the living room. You have to find out what colors are most suitable with the energy compliance (of the space). The method is very simple: let's take a piece of fabric of blue color with a size that is approximately same as that of the picture and somehow fix it onto a wall. Now relax and try not to think about anything. You can even to shut your eyes... Read more

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Let's look at how people are connected to the art world. All of humankind is divided into three groups: artists, galerists, and us (all the others). We love home renovation and decoration, and art is very important part of both. The artwork on your wall needs to work along with the color scheme of the entire room, along with the furnirure and drapery style. Most of all, the artwork on your wall or in your room (sculpture) represents your taste, as well as your intellectual and aesthetic levels. Be it a modern sculpture, antique japanese dragon art, or even landscape painting wallpaper, the things we collect and surround ourselves with play a role of make-up - they display us in the eyes of guests no less effectively than our bodies and facial features (physical appearance) do.

To rephrase a famous quote, tell me what your favourite art is and I'll tell you who you are. In conclusion, there are two methods of choosing art: the first is by matching it to colors/style of interior of the room, and the second is by fulfilling your personal preferences.

Well, Paul Getty bought masterpieces from around the world and then to build a museum to display them. We too like art to be presented in our everyday life. I like picture(s) in my living room. I have my own taste and preferences concerning art. Sometimes I find something new and unusual in ArtWorld (thanks to the internet and books), and I understand that it is still "terra incognita" (undiscovered land) to me. So I'm seeking for advice or direction, asking friends and experts in internet. Sometimes it takes a while to find a proper answer to your question. So, here is the website, where we'd like to share some information with you and we do hope it will be helpful and useful.

Wall Art - Tips For Proper Placement
By Anne West

Nothing can finish a room's decor like the effective use of wall art. But people are often perplexed about what to put where. Some of the most common mistakes I see are: art hung too high, size of art out of proportion with the size of the wall and art disconnected from the furniture beneath it.

Here are some tips to help ensure your wall art enhances, rather than detracts from, the overall look of your room...

Redefine Your Space!
by John Darby

Paintings change the ambience of a room or hall. It is decorative as well as functional. Today it defines the status of a household or a community. These are not mere sketches done randomly, rather, they are strokes done by creative hands. Paintings have the power to unknowingly attract you. They are one of the most beautiful creations of man done with skill and passion.

Oil Paintings, of course, are just one of the numerous forms of Paintings. They are as old as civilization...

French Symbolist Painter, Graphic Artist, & Printmaker - Odilon Redon
By Annette Labedzki

'Symbolist' painter, graphic artist, and printmaker, Bertrand Jean Redon or Odilon Redon, was born on April 20, 1840 in Bordeaux, France. He was born in the wealthy family of Bertrand Redon, a French colonist, and Marie Guerin. Odilon spent his early childhood at his uncle's estate in Peyrelebade. In 1880, he married Camille Falte, who later on acted as his spokesperson, dealing with the media and the buyers of his works.

In 1855, Redon began studying drawing at school under Stanislas Gorin and won various prizes...

What is Good Art? Interior Design Professionals Weigh in
by Renee Castelluzzo

The first rule for buying art is to love it. The second rule is to be able to pay for it without taking out a bank loan. And, rule #3? Feel good about what you paid for it.

So, how do you know that a piece of art is worth the asking price? If you love it, and can afford it, should you buy it?

We asked over one-hundred interior design professionals for some help. We asked them to review pieces of art and tell us what they think about the quality of the work and the asking price. Each designer chose five pieces of art to review from over 4000 original and limited edition artworks created by independent, fine artists whose work is available at www.DiscoveredArtists.com

Abstract Expressionism - a Movement
Author: Russell Shortt

Abstract Expressionism was a movement that originated in post World War II America, it was the first American art movement that became globally influential and it replaced Paris with New York as the centre of the art world. Abstract Expressionism does not describe one particular style but rather an attitude rooted in a need to express individuality and improvise spontaneously. The movement's name is derived from the influences of the emotional intensities and self denial of the German Expressionists and the anti-figurative aesthetic of the European abstract schools such as Futurism, Bauhaus and Synthetic Cubism. Many modernist artists had fled Paris during World War II, many of whom settled in New York. The modernist movement in New York was influenced by Picasso, Matisse, Miro, Surrealism and Cubism. Jackson Pollack, one of the leading lights in the movement in New York was to re-define the way that art was created...

Interior Design Ideas - 5 Creative Ways To Display Art
By Edwin Mah

You've finally bought your favorite art piece but don't really have a clue as to where and how to display them? Read on and gain some tips on how you can creatively display your art.

1. Leaning art on the wall

The wall isn't the only place where you can display art. You can simply place the picture on the floor and lean it on the wall or furniture. Try placing two art pieces of different sizes, one leaning over the other, partially covering the other one but still leaving most of the art visible.

2. Placing art on a shelf or gallery ledge