Free museum artwork

~ Tanya

Thanks to @stephanie.jane.cameron for sharing a little free artwork hack!

Museums host online archives filled with lovely artwork and pieces that are free to download! I had so much fun searching through the archives for pieces that were Fall and winter themed to hang in my living room.

Go to the Smithsonian open access art archives:

✳️ https://www.si.edu/openaccess

Enter your search term. I used:

✳️ My search: https://www.si.edu/search/collection-images?edan_q=Oil%2Bpainting%2Blandscape&edan_fq=media_usage%3ACC0

Then you will be presented with hundreds to choose from!

Other search terms I used were: autumn oil painting, winter oil painting, fall landscape

Once you find a piece that you like, click on it, to view it’s details. And then click the download button and choose the high resolution JPEG option.

You can then save this file to your phone, USB, or cloud services to take to print at Staples, Walmart, Costco or Loblaws.

Similarly USEUM is another archive that hosts many different meseums that you can search just the same:

✳️ https://useum.org/search-fordownload/Fall%20oil%20painting

Here are my two choices, styled in the oh so affordable 5×7 Dollar Store wooden frames

These are some of my favourites for autumn 🍂(direct links below pics):

Windmill Landscape

https://www.si.edu/object/landscape-windmill:saam_1971.452

The Three Trees

https://www.si.edu/object/three-trees:saam_1909.7.38

Tree Landscape (by a Canadian artist in New Brunswick 1828!!)

https://www.si.edu/object/untitled-landscape-trees:saam_1983.95.148

Autumn landscape

https://useum.org/artwork/Autumn-Landscape-Johan-Hendrik-Weissenbruch-1875#nav%5Blist%5D=search&nav%5Btype%5D=fordownload&nav%5Bphrase%5D=oil%20painting%20autumn

Sugar Loaf Mountain

https://useum.org/artwork/Autumn-Landscape-Sugar-Loaf-Mountain-Orange-County-New-York-Jasper-Francis-Cropsey-1870#nav%5Blist%5D=search&nav%5Btype%5D=fordownload&nav%5Bphrase%5D=oil%20painting%20autumn

Northern Spring Landscape

https://useum.org/artwork/Northern-Landscape-Spring-Caspar-David-Friedrich-1825#nav%5Blist%5D=search&nav%5Btype%5D=fordownload&nav%5Bphrase%5D=oil%20painting%20autumn

Beach in Normandy

https://useum.org/artwork/Beach-in-Normandy-Gustave-Courbet-1875#nav%5Blist%5D=search&nav%5Btype%5D=fordownload&nav%5Bphrase%5D=oil%20painting%20autumn

Autumn tree

https://www.si.edu/object/autumn-landscape:saam_1913.7.1

September evening

https://www.si.edu/object/evening-september:fsg_F1912.7a-b

November

https://www.si.edu/object/november:saam_1953.3.8

Fall trees along stream

https://www.si.edu/object/trees-along-stream-fall:saam_1970.287

On the St. Anne’s, East Canada

https://www.si.edu/object/st-annes-east-canada:saam_1983.95.170

Autumn at Arkville

https://www.si.edu/object/autumn-arkville:saam_1909.7.78

Farm landscape

https://www.si.edu/object/landscape:saam_1994.82

Look forward to my winter picks in a few months!! ❄️

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