New! Teaching Grace – Franz von Defregger – Beautiful Catholic Art – Archival Quality

You're seeing a glimpse into realistic family and faith life from the Tyrol area of Austria in the mid-19th Century, where the painter Franz von Defregger (1835–1921) was from. This is how the faith was passed down through the generations for centuries.

Defregger himself came from a poor farming family like this. He was the only son, and he had four sisters. Although they were very poor, like these tykes, Franz had artistic talent and a love of art, and he was able to achieve a great painting career. Funny enough, his painting career, which happens among the gentile and wealthy people who can afford to pay for it, was made by paining scenes like this. All warm-hearted, often loving family situations and portraits which we suspect made a few wealthy people wish they'd had such a cozy beginning.

Defregger painted several pictures just like this in the 1870s. Sometimes called Grace Before Meal, and also known as Oração or Das Tischgebet (Prayer or the Table Prayer). Oftentimes titles of paintings are created by the museums or auction houses which handle the paintings. He has other lovely Catholic paintings which we might bring in. Of note, Defregger lost his mother and two sisters in a typhoid epidemic, which is kind of how he has arranged the figures in the painting. Maybe I'm talking too much, but I just want to say, it's okay for our hearts to turn to something like this, because this is how life was before popular culture and governments intruded into family life.

** 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

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