Retro Art Prints

For a living room, we'd go with mid century modern art prints or retro travel poster prints in warm tones like mustard, teal, and burnt orange. A single framed 70x100cm print centred above a standard sofa creates instant impact without the fuss of a gallery wall. Our frames are solid FSC-certified wood, so you get that polished, weighty finish that cheap poster frames just can't deliver. If your room leans neutral, a bold 1950s style art print with graphic typography is a brilliant way to add personality without repainting.

Not quite. Vintage prints are reproductions of genuinely old artwork or advertisements, while retro art prints are newly created pieces that channel the look and feel of a past era, whether that's 50s Americana, 70s psychedelia, or 80s neon. On Fab you'll find both: vintage-style wall art prints inspired by classic advertising and travel posters, plus contemporary designs with a retro colour palette. The practical upshot for your walls is the same: rich, nostalgic character printed on museum-grade paper with inks that won't fade for hundreds of years.

Retro kitchen wall art is one of the easiest wins in the whole house. Pick two or three smaller prints (30x40cm or 40x50cm) in coordinating colours and hang them in a tight vertical or horizontal row on the wall opposite your worktop. Vintage advertising prints with food or drink themes feel right at home here. Our prints use UV-protective acrylic glaze rather than glass, so they resist fading even on a sun-facing kitchen wall, and they won't shatter if something gets knocked about.

The simplest approach that always works: pick prints from the same era or colour family, stick to one frame finish (we think black or natural oak suits retro prints best), and use consistent spacing of about 5-7cm between each frame. For a retro gallery wall above a sideboard, three prints in a horizontal line at the same height looks far more intentional than a scattered salon hang. Our framed prints arrive ready to hang with fixtures already attached, so you can go straight from unboxing to wall without hunting for brackets.

You'll see a broad sweep here: 1950s style art prints with bold flat colour and Googie-inspired shapes, 70s retro wall art with earthy tones and groovy geometry, mid century modern art prints that lean clean and architectural, plus retro travel poster prints and vintage advertising prints with hand-lettered typography. If you're drawn to a specific decade, use our filters to narrow things down. Each print is produced using museum-grade giclée printing on thick matte paper, so the colour depth and detail hold up beautifully whether the design is graphic and simple or richly illustrated.