Winter Barn 2 - Peace on Earth is a piece of digital artwork by Lianne Schneider which was uploaded on November 16th, 2013.
Winter Barn 2 - Peace on Earth
Peace on Earth - Christmas card - blank inside. This card is available without text on the front also - see Winter Barn.... more
Title
Winter Barn 2 - Peace on Earth
Artist
Lianne Schneider
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Painting/photographic Art
Description
Peace on Earth - Christmas card - blank inside. This card is available without text on the front also - see "Winter Barn."
The first Christmas cards were commissioned by Sir Henry Cole and illustrated by John Callcott Horsley in London on the 1st of May 1843. The central picture showed three generations of a family raising a toast to the card's recipient: on either side were scenes of charity, with food and clothing being given to the poor. Allegedly the image of the family drinking wine together proved controversial, but the idea was shrewd: Cole had helped introduce the Penny Post three years earlier. Two batches totaling 2,050 cards were printed and sold that year for a shilling each.
Early English cards rarely showed winter or religious themes, instead favoring flowers, fairies and other fanciful designs that reminded the recipient of the approach of spring. Humorous and sentimental images of children and animals were popular, as were increasingly elaborate shapes, decorations and materials. In 1875 At Christmas 1873, a firm, Prang and Mayer, producing lithographs began creating greeting cards for the popular market in England and began selling the Christmas card in America in 1874, thus became the first printer to offer cards in America. Therefore the owner, Louis Prang, is sometimes called the "father of the American Christmas card." The popularity of his cards led to cheap imitations that eventually drove him from the market. The advent of the postcard spelled the end for elaborate Victorian-style cards, but by the 1920s, cards with envelopes had returned. The extensive Laura Seddon Greeting Card Collection from the Manchester Metropolitan University gathers 32,000 Victorian and Edwardian greeting cards, printed by the major publishers of the day, including Britain's first commercially-produced Christmas card.
Composite from stock background by Shadowhouse Creations and original images, hand-painted digitally and then textured using a purchased texture from Flypaper textures.
My sincere thanks to the following groups and hosts who featured this work:
ALL SEASONS NATURE MOUNTAINS WOODLANDS - BOB AND NADINE
BEAUTY - JAMES
VISUAL VOICE - ANNIE
RAISED COUNTRY RAISED RIGHT - JOHN
WISCONSIN FLOWERS AND SCENERY - RANDY
COLLECTORS TREASURES - KRISTA
EXCELLENT SELF-TAUGHT ARTISTS - JOE
HARMONY AND HAPPINESS - ERNESTINE
BOOK COVERS 1 PER DAY - JO ANN
ART FROM THE PAST - JOUKO
BARNS BIG AND SMALL - DEBRA AND DAVE
GREETING CARDS - SHARON
MOTIVATION MEDITATION INSPIRATION - BARBARA
ARTISTS BEST FIVE ARTWORKS - TINA
3 A DAY GREETING CARDS - DARREN
COMFORTABLE ART - JIM
SIGNATURE STYLE ART - SHARON
BEAUTY CAPTURED - ELLA
WHY NOT GROUP - EVERETT
DAILY DOSE OF WISDOM - ETI
FAA FEATURED IMAGES - ROBERT
PHOTOGRAPHY AND TEXTURES - DARREN
ART WITH FLAIR - WILLIAM
ALL LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY - BOB AND NADINE
Copyright Lianne Schneider 2013
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Comments (60)
Kathi Mirto
This is so charming and peaceful and beautiful Lianne . . . I never really thought about the history of Christmas cards, though, and find it fascinating! It's another demonstration how even back then a business that once showed success can be driven out of the market by a competitor! FL
Lianne Schneider
Sandra, Bob and Nadine and Greta - I'm so honored that you've selected this image to feature in your wonderful groups - MEMORIES AND NOSTALGIA, ARTISTS NEWS and SENSATIONAL ANIMALS. My deepest thanks to each of you.
Greta Corens
SENSATIONAL ANIMALS is now featuring your Animal Holiday Greetings image. CONGRATULATIONS! You are invited to visit the group and promote this image on the discussion thread. Your collectors need to know all they can about you! Bravo for this marvelous art. L/F
Greta Corens
Wonderful nostalgic scene of purity. A WINNER! You are invited to post this beautiful Holidays painting to the group "The Magic of Flowers" that will feature Holiday Greeting cards. L/F
Lianne Schneider
Heartfelt thanks to each of you who have come by. I hope I've visited you in recent days too to say a personal thank you.
Latha Gokuldas Panicker
Beautiful greeting card,Lianne !!! Thinking about the song" Last Christmas........" (F/L)
Jordan Blackstone
Congratulations! Your work is being Featured in CARDS FOR ALL OCCASIONS! Awesome work!