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New! The Catechism Lesson – Louis Emile Adan – La Leçon De Catéchisme – Beautiful Catholic Art – Archival Quality– Gift for Catholic Mother

New! The Catechism Lesson – Louis Emile Adan – La Leçon De Catéchisme – Beautiful Catholic Art – Archival Quality– Gift for Catholic Mother

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This lovely picture is from a gentle time. The young nun is knitting while she teaches the children. She holds their attention as she tells of the life of Jesus and how we are his followers. Somehow my imagination can easily transport to this place and feel the peace.


It is by Louis Emile Adan (1839 -1937), a French painter at a time when France had most of the world’s great painters. Adan was famous in his day. He exhibited at all the Paris Salons from 1863 until 1937, winning numerous awards, and eventually being on the jury. (source: rehs.com)


His many paintings all have a kindness to them. In his early career, they are beautiful in an ordinary sense, often of fashionable young women, but in his later years, he painted mostly rural scenes and domestic scenes, like this one, where there is both beauty and spiritual depth. He has several others we love as much as this one, and Good Lord willing, we will offer them to you someday.


** 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


Original image is out-of-copyright. Descriptive text and any image alterations (hence the whole new image) © by Sue Kouma Johnson – Classic Catholic Art.

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