New! Star of Bethlehem – Elihu Vedder – Beautiful Christmas Art – Archival Quality

As the wise men trek across the desert on their camels, the heavenly host are already gathered around the newborn King, worshipping at him at his birth. Ahead of the wise men are, we believe, the shepherds, on foot and praising God. The Bible tells of us of the kings of the East coming as well as the shepherds to show that, from his birth, Jesus Christ is the king of all creation, come to earth to save all the people, great and small, from all anywhere in the world

Elihu Vedder (1836–1923) was a prominent American symbolist painter, book illustrator, and poet. Besides his many religious paintings, he also painted many mythical and allegorical paintings. (One we particularly like is called “The Sorrowing Soul between Doubt and Faith.”) He was also famous for his murals, such as the ones at the Library of Congress, and his commissions for Tiffany.

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Star of Bethlehem. 1879. Oil on Canvas. 6.5 x 7.99 inches. Housed at the Milwaukee Art Museum.

** 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

“In order to communicate the message entrusted to her by Christ, the Church needs art.”

~ St. Pope John Paul II

Descriptive text and image restoration © by Sue Kouma Johnson – Classic Catholic Art.