New! Madonna and Child – by Chinese artist Chen Yuandu –Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality

The Catholic Church is the universal church, and we enjoy seeing non-Western versions of it. This lovely and gentle Madonna and Child was done by Chinese artist Chen Yuandu (1902-1967). He was a pioneer of making Catholic art with traditional Chinese techniques. His goal was to help evangelize his country by the use of art.

He was also known as Chen Xu, or after his conversion and baptism in 1932, Luke Chen. He taught traditional Chinese painting at Fu Jen Catholic University's Department of Art, as well as non-Catholic colleges such as the Beijing Academy of Fine Arts. He became a martyr for the faith under the persecutions of the Red Guard during the Cultural Revolution. His work has been influential not just in China, but across Christendom. (sources: www.chinachristiandaily.com and Wikipedia.)

** 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.