Kitchen Wall Art

Browse 229 public-domain artworks in the Kitchen Wall Art, available as canvas, rolled canvas, framed canvas and framed prints.

Upright and square pictures for kitchen walls: still lifes of fruit and flowers alongside natural history plates of plants and animals. Each one is a public domain artwork with a free preview, available as a canvas or a framed print.

What kind of art suits a kitchen? Subjects that belong there. A plate of pears, a sprig of herbs or a botanical study of a vegetable feels connected to the room without being a joke about it. Natural history plates, drawn for study, have clean backgrounds and clear outlines, which keeps them readable even where the wall is busy with shelves and hooks.

Why vertical and square? Kitchen walls are interrupted by cabinets, windows and extractor hoods, and what is left is often a narrow stretch of wall between two of them. An upright piece or a square one fits those gaps in a way a wide landscape cannot. A 16x20 inch (41x51 cm) or 20x20 inch (51x51 cm) picture suits the strip beside a window; a 24x36 inch (61x91 cm) fills a bare section beside the fridge.

How high should it hang? Eye level still applies, about 57 to 60 inches (145 to 152 cm) to the middle of the picture. In a working kitchen, keep art out of direct splash range of the hob and sink, and give it a few inches of air from heat sources. A wall opposite the worktop is usually the safest place.

Which print type? A stretched Canvas has no glass, so it carries no reflections from under-cabinet lights. A Framed Print looks tidier in a small kitchen where the picture is seen at close range, and its frame comes in Black, White, Natural, Gold, Walnut, Silver, Dark Grey or Light Grey. Framed Print goes up to 30x40 and 36x36 inches (76x102 and 91x91 cm).

A set of three or four small botanical plates in matching frames, spaced 2 to 3 inches (5 to 8 cm) apart, can look better than one large piece. If you choose a size that differs from the original proportions, the image is centred and cropped, and the product page shows how much. All are made to order, with sizes listed in inches and centimetres.

Other collections

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• Impressionist Masterpieces — 42,526 artworks
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• Abstract Expressions — 6,235 artworks
• Landscapes & Nature — 58,249 artworks
• Botanical Illustrations — 18,504 artworks