Art is not a luxury; it is food for the soul so why are those walls empty? You do not need to spend a lot to nourish yourself with art, either. If you are a book lover, you have come to the right place for here you will find troves of bookish art. In this article, let’s get you started with wall art, available freely in the public domain.
My curated collection of book lover art is here for you to peruse. If you fall in love with any of them, feel free to right click and save the image to your devices. Which you can then get printed and framed at home, online or your local print shops. These can really liven up your reading nooks and personal libraries or studies! Not to mention your moods!
Some of the most beautiful and certainly my favorite paintings in history are those of people reading in sunlit rooms and scholars in their libraries surrounded by books.
Girl Reading a Letter by Johannes Vermeer (1659)
Young Girl Reading by Jean-Honore Fragonard (1770)
The Bookworm by Carl Spitzweg (1850)
Mother and Child by Gustave Leonard de Jonghe (1861)
Amsterdam Orphan Girl by Nicolaas van der Waay (1890 – 1910)
Claude Monet by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1872)
Josephine and Mercie by Edmund Tarbell (1908)
Shop Prints
You can download and print any of these paintings at home. But, if you are looking to get it printed online and would like most of the work done for you, other than adding to the cart and checking out, you can find prints of these paintings on my Zazzle shop.
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