New! The Mealtime Prayer – Fritz von Uhde – Catholic Gift – Archival Quality

When we pray to Jesus, we are inviting Him to be with us. This picture illustrates that, with this family welcoming Jesus to their table as they say grace over the meal. This beautiful, humble painting will fit on any Christian wall, dining room or kitchen, to help remind us Who is with us when we gather in His name.

Fritz von Uhde (1848–1911) was a German painter, born into a wealthy family. He studied art for one year before joining the Saxon army in 1867. He was an officer and fought in several battles before leaving the army 11 years later in 1878. He resumed his study of art—the old Dutch masters being his favorites—and went on to became a widely popular painter.

He said this about his art, "Many of the French artists wished to find the light in Nature. I wished to find the light within the figure that I was presenting. In Christ I grasped the embodiment of the outward and the inward light."

In the 1880s he began painting biblical subjects, and he completed a total of 78 religious works over his lifetime. We hope to list many of his beautiful paintings. They are really amazing. His style was naturalistic and impressionistic at the same time. He was married and had three daughters. He sailed off to his rest in 1911. This painting was done in 1885. 51.1 x 64.9 inches. Oil on canvas. (source: artbible.info)

** 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

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“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.