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Getting posters and prints of art for your home is a simple and meaningful way to improve how your space feels and looks. Art is more than just decoration—it helps make your home feel warm, personal, and complete. Choosing artwork that matches your style and interests can make your home truly reflect who you are. Art can also lift your mood, making your space more enjoyable and relaxing.
Here’s why adding art to your home is a great idea:
– It adds personality and warmth, turning a house into a home.
– It expresses your unique style and taste.
– It reduces stress and increases happiness.
– It makes any room more colorful and inviting.
With the right artwork, you can create a space that’s not only beautiful but also feels like a true reflection of yourself.
For this domestic scene, his most ambitious, Eakins invited two of his Pennsylvania Academy students to act out a home musicale. Margaret Alexina Harrison sings and Susan Hannah Macdowell (whom Eakins would marry in 1884) plays the piano in a nondescript parlor, where they are joined by the accomplished Philadelphia cellist Charles Stolte. Eakins created an arrangement that would handicap an actual chamber ensemble by enlarging the pianist and placing the cellist behind her, where he cannot make eye contact with his fellow performers. By simplifying the composition and focusing on the singer, who holds a note-apparently of a ‘pathetic song’ that could move a listener to tears. Eakins transcends a specific moment in a particular parlor to tell an emblematic story of the power of music.1881/Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC
This artwork is available in the following sizes and types (measurements are in inches): 12×18 paper poster – 12×18 paper giclee – 12×18 canvas print – 12×18 canvas giclee – 16×24 paper giclee – 16×24 canvas print – 18×27 paper giclee – 20×30 paper poster – 20×30 paper giclee – 20×30 canvas print – 20×30 canvas giclee – 24×36 paper giclee – 24×36 canvas print – 24×36 canvas giclee
Sizes refer to the image itself. In addition there is a white border of approximately 2 inches on each side, which can be trimmed for framing or mounting.
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