Sports and Giclee Art

Who says that giclee art only applies to rare Renaissance and other classical paintings? Nowadays, paintings associated to sports have swarmed the printing and imaging industry. Sports fans want to grab their own copy of an immortalised image of their favourite sports team or sports icon doing their final and winning moves. Because of this growing demand, the reproduction of sports paintings and images through inkjet printing became popular.

The most saleable of all sports-related giclee painting are the ones portraying sports icons making their names both presently and from the past. Sports enthusiasts and fans buy these artworks to honour the world's greatest athletes as well as those who have made a big difference in the world of sports in general. Icons like retired American professional basketball player Michael Jordan, English football star David Beckham and American professional road racing cyclist Lance Armstrong are among those who have their own giclee images sold in the market.

Another type of sport giclee art that appeals many people is the replicas of vintage sports posters commemorating sports events happening in the past. Examples of these are rare advertisements of car racing and the Olympics dating back to the early 1900s. These works are mostly sold as collectors' items and are only reproduced at a limit—just to add value to the reproduced art pieces.

The popularity of sports-related giclee art has reached new levels and it does not show any sign of stopping. The most interesting thing about it is its reproduction perfection that even the knowledgeable buyer can be convinced that the replica is the real one.

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