Thios realistic painting of a young couple receding a blessing at the time of their wedding is a view into what life was like in a rustic era of our ancestors. It is sweet and pious. The couple looks beautiful. The younger sisters or cousins seem quite keen on the event, and the old men back by the reception plates seems well positioned for the food. The man holding the candle doesn't seem to us to be dressed as a priest. It could be the father of the bride giving his blessing as his daughter takes leave of his household.
The house decorations are spare. A crucifix next to the window, one small picture, a grandfather clock. Some water damage to the ceiling. Thick sturdy walls. Outside, a summer day. Humble, but beautiful. The way our ancestors lived in the centuries before our industrial age.
Pascal-Adolphe-Jean Dagnan-Bouveret (1852-1929) was a French painter, a leading artist in the naturalist school. He was trained in the classical academic style and painted beautiful scenes of everyday life, portraits, and many Catholic paintings. He was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts of the Institut de France in 1900, which was a big deal. He was one of the youngest painters to ever do so. He painted Catholic art starting about 1880-1881, when this picture was done. They say this was due to the influence of his wife, Anne-Marie Walter, who he married in 1879. If we ever had the time, we would like to know more of her good influence. Religious paintings became the primary focus of his later career. (source: rehs.com) We expect to carry another half dozen or so of his eventually, if it please the Lord.
** IMPORTANT ** THE IMAGE IS SMALLER THAN THE PAPER! There is a blank border around the image. Approximately 0.5" wide for 5x7, 1.3" for 8.5x11, 1.6" for 11x14, and 1.75" for 13x17 and 16x20. For the two poster sizes, 18x24 and 24x36, we use 0.5" borders. We do this because the ratio of the rectangle of the art almost never matches the rectangle of the paper, and if it did happen to match one size, it would not match the others. Most fine art printers do this because otherwise they’d have to crop the art or warp it to make it fit the paper. The border looks good. It gives the picture a faux matted appearance.
There is almost always a little more border either on the left-right sides, or the top-bottom, depending on whether the ratio of the art is wider or taller than the paper.
We make Archival Quality fine art prints:
– Acid-free paper
– Archival pigments
– Cardboard backer for sizes 11x14 and less.
– Above story of the art
– Enclosed in a tight-fitting, crystal-clear bag.
– Rated to last 200 years without fading if kept dry and out of the direct sun.
Thanks for your interest!
JMJ
Sue & John
Lincoln, Nebraska
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“In order to communicate the message entrusted to her by Christ, the Church needs art.”
~ St. Pope John Paul II
Original image is out-of-copyright. Descriptive text and any image alterations (hence the whole new image) © by Sue Kouma Johnson – Classic Catholic Art.
