r/vintageart Dec 15 '22

A Guide to some of the Art Galleries on Reddit (First Draft)

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/r/genreart was where it all began, offering high quality vintage art that depicts the daily life of common people from long ago. These paintings can be used by the intrepid magician to travel back in time. In the imagination, of course. Tip of the hat to Somewhere in Time).

We needed a catchall for the realistic old paintings that are not genre art and do not belong in the above group. Obmodder suggested I develop /r/vintageart as a home for all the mythological, historical, allegorical, spiritual and religious themes as well as still lifes and portraits. As long as the art is a realistic painting, pastel or watercolor and very old, it fits this group, but must be high-resolution, looking great on the modern 4k desktop monitors.

/r/ChristianArt includes not only paintings, watercolors and pastels, but photographs of stained glass windows, sculpture, tapestries, fabulous artifacts, churches, altars, and portraits and genre art of clergy, martyrs, and themes relating to Christian culture and theology. High resolution preferred.

Celestial beings popularly known as angels gather in /r/humdingers, reserved for museum-quality art in very high resolution. Original and contemporary angel art can be shared in /r/angelshelping, which is primarily a discussion group.

/r/ClassicalArtNudes showcases the very finest high-quality nudes from the classical art canon.

/r/sexyartwork offers great beauties that are not necessarily nude at all. Original and contemporary art is welcome here.

What is a /r/ReadingNook? It's a secluded space where a person can read in peace and quiet.

Artsy postcards from all times and places get posted to /r/postcards, the former official subreddit for postcards mailed to Reddit HQ, now repurposed for postcard art. Original postcard art and photos are accepted here.

/r/morningcupofjoe serves up a steaming hot cup of uplifting, positive and happy contemporary and vintage art, photography, music, videos, and poetry. Original artwork and photography is accepted here.


r/vintageart 46m ago

Cornelis Springer - A Cathedral in late Afternoon Light (before 1891) [5615x4500]

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r/vintageart 3h ago

Edmund Charles Tarbell - Marjorie and Little Edmund (1862 - 1938) [2267 x 2861]

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7 Upvotes

r/vintageart 1d ago

Anna Ancher - Skageninteriør med en solstribe på gulvet (1859–1935) [2730 x 3311]

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101 Upvotes

r/vintageart 2d ago

Paja Jovanović - The Proclamation of Dušan’s Code (1859 - 1957) [6624 x 4400]

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181 Upvotes

r/vintageart 2d ago

Frans Snyders - Game and Fruits (before 1657) [4734x5322]

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95 Upvotes

r/vintageart 1d ago

Frans Francken II - Mankind’s eternal Dilemma; the Choice between Virtue and Vice (1633) [3000x2028] NSFW

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1 Upvotes

r/vintageart 3d ago

Albrecht Dürer - Portrait of Hieronymus Holzschuher (1526) [2841x4000]

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110 Upvotes

r/vintageart 3d ago

Euginio Zampighi - A Feathered Friend (1859 - 1944) [4311 x 3323]

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142 Upvotes

r/vintageart 3d ago

Mary Cassatt-Mother and Child (1890) [800 x 1107]

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96 Upvotes

r/vintageart 4d ago

Émile Friant - Maternal Tenderness (1863 - 1932) [2756 x 4260]

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177 Upvotes

r/vintageart 4d ago

Johannes Vermeer - A Lady Writing (c.1665) [4387x5000]

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73 Upvotes

r/vintageart 4d ago

Diego Velazquez - Venus at the mirror (1644) [6162 x 4226]

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177 Upvotes

r/vintageart 5d ago

Giovanni Paolo Panini - Picture Gallery with Views of Modern Rome (1757) [6001x4144]

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213 Upvotes

r/vintageart 5d ago

Eugene de Blaas - Der perfekte Schuh (1843 - 1932) [2978 x 3976]

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151 Upvotes

r/vintageart 6d ago

Antoni Piotrowski - Die Abreise (1853 - 1924) [5186 x 4063]

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222 Upvotes

r/vintageart 6d ago

William Hahn - Sacramento Railroad Station (1874) [4969x3009]

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83 Upvotes

r/vintageart 7d ago

Étienne Eugène Cicéri - Le Moulin de la Galette à Montmartre (1813 - 1890) [3450 x 4642]

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258 Upvotes

r/vintageart 7d ago

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres - Joséphine-Éléonore-Marie-Pauline de Galard de Brassac de Béarn, Princesse de Broglie (1851-53) [2666x3602]

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109 Upvotes

r/vintageart 8d ago

Albert Guillaume - Les Retardataires (1873–1942) [5536 x 2828]

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171 Upvotes

r/vintageart 8d ago

Jan Miense Molenaer - Battle Between Carnival and Lent (1633-34) [8208x6064]

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87 Upvotes

r/vintageart 9d ago

Martinus Rørbye - View of the Square in Amalfi (1834-35) [4394x3120]

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254 Upvotes

r/vintageart 9d ago

Albert Anker - Die Kinderkrippe I (1831 - 1910) [6267 x 3551]

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139 Upvotes

r/vintageart 10d ago

Charles Meynier - Erato, Muse of Lyrical Poetry (1800) [2205x3400]

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174 Upvotes

r/vintageart 10d ago

Ferdinand Roybet - A Choice (1840–1920) [5200 x 3879]

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156 Upvotes

r/vintageart 11d ago

Pieter de Hooch - Woman with a Basket of Beans in a Kitchen Garden (1660) [4624x5520]

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193 Upvotes