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How Eco-friendly is Your Art Print?

How Eco-friendly is Your Art Print?

We believe that home comforts and beautiful interiors shouldn’t cost us the Earth, and at Cynefn, they don’t. You can shop in confidence knowing t...

Promoting Female & Minority Artists

Three decades after The Guerilla Girls, a feminist art collective, famously asked “Do Women Have To Be Naked To Get Into The Met.Museum?” a study o...

Artist Spotlight: Mary Cassatt

Mary Cassatt was an American painter who was born in Pennsylvania, although she spent most of her life living in France where she befriended Degas ...

Artist Spotlight: Ethel Reed

Ethel Reed (1874 - 1912) was an internationally recognised graphic illustrator whose work received critical acclaim across America and Europe in t...

Sina Van Houten

Sina van Houten (otherwise known as Sientje Mesdag-van Houten) was the wife of Hendrik Willem Mesdag, the Dutch marine painter of the Hague School...

Artist Spotlight: Rachel Ruysch

Rachel Ruysch (1664-1750) was a Dutch still-life painter from the Netherlands. She speacialised in botanical paintings, inventing her own style an...

Artist Spotlight: Mary Altha Nims

Mary Altha Nims, or Mrs Nims was an American artist born in 1817 in Vermont. Little is known about her life but she was a skilled Theorem (sometime...

Hilma af Klint Abstract Art Prints Cynefn

Artist Spotlight: Hilma af Klint

Hilma af Klint was a Swedish artist and spiritualist who produced the first abstract paintings.

Artist Spotlight : Julie De Graag

Julie de Graag was a female Dutch artist who painted flowers, animal studies and portraits, but mainly made graphic work, such as woodcuts.

Lockdown Art Club: Create Your Own Piece of Abstract Art

As children we're encouraged to try new things and explore our creative side, but as we get older it can become a daunting prospect

Building Your Gallery Wall

A gallery wall is a timeless feature any home and one which you can adapt to your own personal style. It can be a costly venture and take a while t...

Mucha

Alphonse Mucha (1860 - 1939) was a Czech painter, illustrator and graphic artist, living in Paris during the Art Nouveau period. He produced advert...

Art For Social Change

In times of crisis, we have long turned to the arts to educate, inspire and inform. During times of unrest and uncertainty, art becomes more than i...