Ski Wall Art

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The best part of a ski day is often the end of it: boots off, cheeks still cold, the lodge windows lit up across the snow. Ski art keeps that feeling on the wall all year. This collection gathers ski wall art for the cabin, the condo near the mountain and the city apartment of someone who counts the days to the first chair: retro ski posters, a palette-knife slope painting and snowy mountain canvases. Our own framed prints run from 5x7 to 28x40 inches.

It is for the person whose year runs on snow reports. You might be decorating a ski house with a mudroom full of boots, finishing a basement bar with an apres ski theme, or shopping for the skier in the family who already owns every piece of gear. Ski posters and ski paintings work in all three places, because they carry the mountain without needing a view of one.

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Ski Posters, Ski Paintings and How to Choose

Ski art splits into two looks. The first is the retro ski poster: flat blue skies, bold shapes and a single figure carving down the hill, in the spirit of the mid-century travel posters that resorts once printed to sell the Alps. Our versions are new designs in that vintage style, not original posters or reprints of them, and none of them names a resort, so the piece fits wherever you ski. The second look is painterly: a snowy slope built up in thick palette-knife strokes, with tiny skiers and a chairlift you only spot up close.

Pick the poster for a clean, graphic wall in a modern condo or a bar area. Pick the painting for a calmer, textured feel in a living room or bedroom. Both use the same palette of cobalt sky, white snow and dark pine, so a poster and a painting hang well side by side. For a full gallery wall, add one of the partner snow canvases on this page, or a quiet mountain piece from our landscape wall art collection.

Our Own Ski Designs

Three designs on this page are ours, made by the Sparkycare team. The apres ski poster shows a snowy lodge at dusk with every window glowing amber and two skiers walking home along the path. The vintage ski poster shows a skier in red carving fresh snow below twin peaks, with a small chalet in the pines. The ski slope painting shows tiny skiers weaving down a white palette-knife slope under a chairlift. Each is printed with fade-resistant, archival-quality inks on premium matte paper and set in a solid pine frame with a shatterproof plexiglass front, in four frame colors and 11 sizes, or as an unframed print if you have a frame already. Each framed piece arrives ready to hang with a Certificate of Authenticity, our 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee and our Lifetime Quality Guarantee, and free shipping is available. More of our framed work is in framed wall art. The other pieces on this page come from independent partner studios; each product page shows how it ships and its return window.

What Size Ski Art Works Where?

Above a lodge-style fireplace or a sofa, go big: a 24x36 or 28x40 inch piece reads from across the room and holds its own against stone and timber. Leave 6 to 10 inches between the top of the sofa back and the bottom of the frame.

In a mudroom or entry, where people stop to pull off boots, an 18x24 inch poster sits at eye level without crowding the hooks. Hang the center about 57 inches from the floor.

In a bunk room or bedroom of a ski house, a pair of 16x20 inch prints above the beds keeps the theme without shouting. A bar or kitchen nook suits an 11x14 inch piece, or a set of three small posters in a row.

Ski Art as a Gift

Skiers are hard to shop for, because the boots, skis and goggles are personal and fitted. A framed ski poster sidesteps all of that. It goes up the day it is opened and reminds them of the mountain on the days they cannot get there. It suits a birthday in ski season, a housewarming at a new mountain place, or Christmas morning for the one who hits the slopes every January. For more ideas, read our guide to gifts for skiers.

Common Questions About Ski Art

What is ski art?

Ski art is wall art about skiing: retro ski posters, paintings of slopes and lodges, and photographs of mountains in snow. The best-known style comes from the travel posters resorts printed from the 1930s to the 1960s, with bold color and a single skier. Today most ski art is new work made in that style for homes and cabins.

Are these original vintage ski posters?

No. The ski posters in this collection are new designs made in a vintage style, not original posters from the period. Originals are collector pieces sold by specialist dealers and auction houses. A new framed print gives you the same retro look in the size and frame color you want, ready to hang.

What size ski poster should I hang above a fireplace?

Aim for art about two-thirds the width of the mantel. On a standard 48 to 60 inch mantel, a 24x36 inch piece works well, and a 28x40 inch piece suits a tall stone chimney. Leave 4 to 8 inches between the mantel and the bottom of the frame.

Does ski art only work in a ski cabin?

No. Ski art works anywhere a skier lives, from a city apartment to a beach house. A retro ski poster adds color to a modern room, and a painterly slope suits a calm bedroom. Many people hang it to count down to the season, then leave it up all year.

Should I buy ski art framed or unframed?

Buy framed if you want it on the wall the day it arrives: our framed prints come in solid pine with a shatterproof plexiglass front and the hanging hardware attached. Buy unframed if you already own a frame. Our own designs come both ways, in 11 sizes from 5x7 to 28x40 inches.

Keep Exploring

Want snowy scenes for the holidays too? See our Christmas wall art. Prefer old-world graphics beyond the slopes? Browse vintage wall art. For art that changes with the calendar, the holiday and seasonal art collection covers the whole year.