New! Joan of Arc – Frank Earle Schoonover – Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality

The world became fascinated with Joan of Arc in the late 1800s, centuries after her death. Many non-Catholics and even atheists, such as Geroge Bernard Shaw, wrote books about her. The fascination increased until she was canonized in 1920, about the same time as St. Therese of Lisieux (1925). Therese was another one who was fascinated with Joan, writing a play about her while she was in the convent at Lisieux.

This artwork is from the 1918 book Joan of Arc; the Warrior Maid by Lucy Foster Madison. There was a caption underneath the art which said, "Often they appeared in the little garden". The "they" in that sentence is St. Michael, St. Catherine of Alexandria (the patron of young girls), and St. Margaret of Antioch, the Saints who came to Joan and inspired her mission.

Frank Earle Schoonover (1877–1972) was a prolific artist during the Golden Age of Illustration. He was taught by Howard Pyle, the "Father of American Illustration," who was the founder of the hugely seminal Brandywine School, which influenced Maxfield Parrish and Norman Rockwell, among many others. They owned the magazine covers as well as much of the book covers in the first half of the 20th Century. Schoonover was born in New Jersey and later lived in Delaware, and was known locally as "the Dean of Delaware Artists". (source: frankschoonover.org)

** 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.