Art Themes

To help you choose the perfect art print for your home or business, we’ve put together a selection of art themes that will make finding the right print easy.

Discover striking sunsets, coastlines and clouds to be surrounded by the natural world. For a conversation piece, choose from our weird and wonderful wall art selection, or simply pick a peaceful landscape from our wide range of prints. With themes for music and film aficionados, and even a selection of our favourites, there’s something to suit all tastes and decors.

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    • Abstract art
      Composition V, Spring, 1994, oil & acrylic on canvas by Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (1912–2004). © Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust, Image credit: Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust
    • Age
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    • Alchemy
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    • Anatomy
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    • Animals
      Black and White Puppy Lying on a Bed, oil on canvas by James McBey (1883–1959). © Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums, Image credit:Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
    • Architecture
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    • Aristocracy
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    • Art Deco
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    • Autumn
      Autumn Leaves, 1856, oil on canvas by John Everett Millais (1829–1896)., Image credit:Manchester Art Gallery
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    • Bicycles
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    • Birds
      Swans, oil on panel by Joseph E. Crawhall (1861–1913)., Image credit:Fife Cultural Trust, on behalf of Fife Council
    • Boats
      Boats, Venice, oil on board by Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell (1883–1937)., Image credit:Fife Cultural Trust, on behalf of Fife Council
    • Botanical
      A Bunch of Flowers, the Initial Letters of Which Are Shown to Spell 'Dorotea',watercolour on paper (?) by V. F..,image credit:Wellcome Collection
    • Bridges
      Bridge House, Ambleside, 1945, oil on cardboard by Kurt Schwitters (1887–1948)., Image credit:The Armitt Museum and Library
    • Buildings
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    • Calming Art
      Resting Time, 1949, oil on canvas by Paul Gregg (1876–1949)., Image credit:American Museum & Gardens
    • Cars
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    • Cats
      Three Cats Singing, 1925–1939, gouache on paper (?) by Louis Wain (1860–1939)., Image credit:Wellcome Collection
    • Cattle
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    • Celebrities
      David Bowie, 1966, resin print by David Wedgbury (1937–1998). © National Portrait Gallery, London, Image credit: National Portrait Gallery, London
    • Children
      'Lily, Carnation, Lily, Rose', oil on canvas by Reginald Grenville Eves (1876–1941)., Image credit:The Munnings Art Museum
    • Christianity & biblical
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    • Christmas
      Winter Time, oil on canvas by Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (1889–1946)., Image credit:Royal Academy of Music
    • Churches
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    • Cities
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    • Clothing
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    • Clouds
      Study of Cumulus Clouds, oil on canvas by John Constable (1776–1837)., Image credit:Rochdale Arts & Heritage Service
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    • Daily life
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    • Dance
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    • Dogs
      Black and White Puppy Lying on a Bed, oil on canvas by James McBey (1883–1959). © Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums, Image credit:Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
    • Dreams
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    • Factories
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    • Fairs & circuses
      Sheffield Fair, oil on canvas by John Simmons (1871–1944)., Image credit:Sheffield Museums
    • Family life
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    • Fantastical creatures
      'Sun Worship', a Design for a Drop Cloth for the Chelsea Arts Ball, oil on canvas by Alfred James Munnings (1878–1959). © The Munnings Art Museum, Image credit:The Munnings Art Museum
    • Fashion
      Girl with a Fur Cape, 1911, oil on canvas by William Strang (1859–1921)., Image credit:Fife Cultural Trust, on behalf of Fife Council
    • Fear
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    • Figurative
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    • Film
      Sinbad Fights the Skeleton, 1957, charcoal & pencil on illustration board by Ray Harryhausen (1920–2013). © The Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation, Image credit: The Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation
    • Fish
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    • Fishing
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    • Flowers
      Flowers in a Vase,1919,oil on canvas by Roger Eliot Fry (1866–1934).,image credit:Kirklees Museums and Galleries
    • Food & drink
      Still Life, Vegetables, 1928 or before, oil on canvas by Louise Pickard (1865–1928)., Image credit:Ferens Art Gallery
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    • Impressionism
      Conversation,1912,oil on canvas by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919).,image credit:Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales
    • Industry
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    • Interiors
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    • International artists
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    • Irish artists
      The Three Dancers,1945,oil & tempera on canvas on board by John Luke (1906–1975). ©the artist's estate,image credit:National Museums NI
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    • Maps
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    • Medicine
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    • Men
      The Critics, 1927, oil on board by Henry Scott Tuke (1858–1929)., Image credit:Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    • Mines
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    • Modern art
      Haystacks,1933,oil on canvas by Duncan Grant (1885–1978). ©Estate of Duncan Grant. All rights reserved, DACS 2023,image credit:Ferens Art Gallery
    • Monarchy
      Queen Elizabeth II, 1985–1986, acrylic on cotton duck by Michael Leonard (1933–2023). © National Portrait Gallery, London, Image credit:National Portrait Gallery, London
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    • Old masters
      The Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, c.1740, oil on canvas by Canaletto (1697–1768)., Image credit: Manchester Art Gallery
    • Our favourites
      Does the Subject Matter?, 1953–1956, oil on canvas by Alfred James Munnings (1878–1959). © The Munnings Art Museum, Image credit:The Munnings Art Museum
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    • Parks & gardens
      Summer Garden, watercolour on paper by John Guttridge Sykes (1866–1941)., Image credit:Penlee House Gallery & Museum
    • People
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    • Performing arts
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    • Philosophy
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    • Planes
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    • Plants
      Honeysuckle and Sweetpeas, c.1945–1946, oil on board by Winifred Nicholson (1893–1981). © Trustees of Winifred Nicholson, Image credit: Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
    • Politics
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    • Pop art
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    • Portrait
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    • Post-Impressionism
      The Montagne Sainte-Victoire with Large Pine,c.1887,oil on canvas by Paul Cézanne (1839–1906).,image credit:The Courtauld
    • Power & politics
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    • Pre-Raphaelites
      The Bower Meadow, 1850–1872, oil on canvas by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882)., Image credit:Manchester Art Gallery
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    • Ships
      St Ives harbour: White sailing ship, c.1934–1938, oil & pencil on card by Alfred Wallis (1855–1942)., Image credit:The Pier Arts Centre
    • Sickness
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    • Sky
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    • Spring
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    • Stages of life
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    • Still life
      Blue and White Teapot,1917,oil on canvas by Samuel John Peploe (1871–1935).,image credit:Fife Cultural Trust, on behalf of Fife Council
    • Summer
      Brighton Sands, oil on canvas by Arthur James Wetherall Burgess (1879–1957). © the artist's estate, Image credit:Derby Museums
    • Sunsets
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    • Surrealism
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    • Villages
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    • Vintage
      Jubilee Bathing Pool,1935,colour lithograph on paper by unknown artist.,image credit:Penlee House Gallery & Museum
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    • Weird & wonderful
      Girl Selling Flowers, 1946, oil on board by Desmond Morris (b.1928). © Desmond Morris, Image credit: Museum & Art Swindon
    • Welsh artists
      Girl in Profile,late 1910s,oil on canvas by Gwen John (1876–1939).,image credit:Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales
    • Wild animals
      Elephant Charging, 1986, acrylic on canvas by Dez Quarréll (b.1955). © Dez Quarréll, Image credit:Mythstories
    • Winter
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    • Women artists
      Goodbye Johnny (30th July 2000), 2000, acrylic on paper by Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (1912–2004). © Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust, Image credit:Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums