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Founding
The Catholic Art Company was founded in 2017 to promote art from the various artistic eras of Western Civilization. They are centrally located in Kansas City, MO but fulfills Fine Art all around the world.

Purpose
Modern Art has taken over the world en masse, and the Catholic Art Company strives to bring back the knowledge and awareness of traditional styles of painting such as Medieval Art, Renaissance Art, Roccoco and Baroque, and even some disciplines from the 19th century.

The Catholic Art Company believes that all Traditional Western Art is necessarily Christian as it results from the sponsorship of the Christian Nobility of Europe, and the styles pre-Modern stem from those same disciplines. Their manifesto can be found at the bottom of their homepage

Art for the Common Man
Art, be it original or reproduction, is extraordinarily expensive for the everyday individual. Since this mission is critical to the founders, they have sought to maintain thin margins and hope that their products will be embraced by a large volume of people who are not normally able to have beautiful art in their homes.

Production
The Catholic Art Company retrieves art from all over, including American and European Archives and remasters it using Truetone monitors to color correct these images in preparation for printing to produce prints with the right amount of luminescence, contrast and color in the home. They also correct aberrations in the art that have occurred over time including major cracks and scratches to the original pieces without attempting creative license to the original intended purpose of the artist.

The Virtue of Reproductions
David Clayton of "New Liturgical Movement" wrote an article in 2018, entitled "Why Reproductions are Legitimate Art" in which he argues the virtue of reproductions such as those that The Catholic Art Company produces. His main points are as follows:
 * Reproductions do not necessarily affect the finances of an artist, rather it can improve them.
 * Oftentimes reproductions can make an improvement on the original visually and therefore can be more pleasing if it is done with artistic taste.
 * It is better to have a tasteful reproduction than a poor quality original piece of art.
 * Artists who blame Society or the Church for not commissioning their work, or suggests that those entities have a responsibility to purchase originals as a duty to artists, may not be "worth his mustard." Implying that those artists who employ skill and discipline in fine art, particularly Sacred Art will not be among those that complain.

The Catholic Art Company firmly agrees with Mr. Clayton on his premises and is the basis for the formation of their company.