Art and Design

Inside: A collection of stunnig art nouveau pochoir prints of insects by the French artist E. A. Seguy. E. A. Seguy was a French artist and designer who gained widespread …

Inside: A collection of traditional Japanese patterns and surface pattern designs and their meanings. All are in the Public Domain and free to print. The history of Japanese patterns and …

Inside: A collection of 46 beautifully illustrated old calligraphy letters by Joris Hoefnagel from the classic book “Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta.“ If you’ve seen the Joris Hoefnagels insect paintings on the …

Inside: Watercolour paintings of the flamboyant Chinoiserie interior designs at the Brighton Royal Pavilion by Frederick Crace and others. One of my favourite weekend breaks is to pop down on …

This is a collection of vintage Christmas illustrations from the Art Nouveau era, even though a couple are from just before that period, and one snuck into the art deco …

Inside: A wonderful collection of vintage snowflake prints and drawings in the Public Domain and free to download and print. Nothing used to create as much excitement in our house …

Inside: A collection of Holiday and Christmas decorative prints from the American Type Founders Specimen catalogue Book 1923. I’ve always been fascinated with letterpress printing and used to own a …

Inside: A collection of beautiful original natural lichen dye colour drawings from a vintage natural history book. Free to print and in the Public Domain. When everyday life gets a …

Inside: All you need to know for printing on watercolor paper at home with an inkjet printer My sister couldn’t believe I printed the rainbow fish hanging in my kitchen …

Inside:  A free printable collection of art nouveau postcards by the artist Gisbert Combaz These vibrant postcards are a great example of a modern form of Art Nouveau. The artist, …

Many of the artworks on Pictureboxbluereflect my own personal tastes and lean towards an oriental theme.  There are already a lot of vintage Japanese themed images on the site and …

This is a wonderful collection of free-to-print Alphonse Mucha advertisement posters. These beautiful prints add to the site’s growing collection of art nouveau illustrations. Other images include Maurice Pillard Verneuil’s …

This is a collection of pochoir prints of antique butterflies from Emile-Allain Séguy’s book “Papillons”, published in 1925. Emile-Allain Séguy (1877-1951) was a French decorative artist. He was well known …

Inside: A collection of all Japanese vintage posts on Pictureboxblue in one place. From maps to botanicals, art and travel posters and photos. A trip to Japan is definitely on …

These beautiful art nouveau animal designs are from the book “L’animal dans la Décoration” by Maurice Pillard Verneuil. The book was published in 1897. Maurice Pillard Verneuil was a French …

This is a collection of wonderful vintage Japanese Watanabe Seitei prints. The paintings are all from the 19th Century Japanese Art review magazine Bijutsu Sekai. The magazine at the time …

This collection of Christopher Dresser design prints is from an old textbook on decorative design art. The books full title is “The art of decorative design: with an appendix, giving …

Recently, I came across several old art and design books, many of which have wonderful plates of vintage color and pattern charts. The collection complements the vintage color wheels and …

This is a wonderful collection of Polychromatic Ornament prints by Albert Racinet, all in the Public Domain. They are from his 1877 book “Polychromatic ornament. One hundred plates in gold, …

William Morris’s designs and patterns have had a recent resurgence in popularity.  This is not surprising with the current popular Cottagecore aesthetic and maximalist interior trend. If you are wondering …