Where can I find high-quality desktop wallpaper-suitable images of modern art?

April 9, 2007 11:26 AM

Where can I find high-quality desktop wallpaper-suitable images of modern art? I'm mostly thinking of work from the last decade, but even the last 50 years would be good. Also: free would be nice.
posted by paul_smatatoes to media & arts (4 comments total)

Well, when I Googled "van gogh" and clicked on Images, I got lots and lots of good pics for a screensaver. If you have names of the artists you like, that should fit the bill.
posted by Doohickie at 1:11 PM on April 9, 2007

Flickr is often a good start for wallpaperable images. Some photographers only show "all sizes" to logged in users, so you might want to create a free account if you haven't already got one. (copyright issues aside of course)
posted by lodev at 1:50 PM on April 9, 2007

If you are in school (or know people who are), try logging into the art history department's website. At my school their slide collection is now all-digital, so any slides that have been made for art history lectures by professors are also availible as a high res download to any students who want them.
posted by bradbane at 2:43 PM on April 9, 2007

The artchive has links to images of art on the web. It's organized by artist. I think it used to be better (less ads and stuff). You can also try the artcyclopedia.
posted by bluefly at 3:44 PM on April 9, 2007 [1 favorite]