diff --git a/beetsplug/fetchart.py b/beetsplug/fetchart.py
index 6b9fa375e..408b947ca 100644
--- a/beetsplug/fetchart.py
+++ b/beetsplug/fetchart.py
@@ -164,9 +164,14 @@ def _logged_get(log, *args, **kwargs):
         message = 'getting URL'
 
     req = requests.Request('GET', *args, **req_kwargs)
+
     with requests.Session() as s:
         s.headers = {'User-Agent': 'beets'}
         prepped = s.prepare_request(req)
+        settings = s.merge_environment_settings(
+        	prepped.url, {}, None, None, None
+        )
+        send_kwargs.update(settings)
         log.debug('{}: {}', message, prepped.url)
         return s.send(prepped, **send_kwargs)
 
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index fe3a8e8af..4c91b422c 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ New features:
 
 Fixes:
 
+* :doc:`/plugins/fetchart`: Fixed a bug that caused fetchart to not take 
+  environment variables such as proxy servers into account when making requests
+  :bug:`3450`
 * :doc:`/plugins/inline`: In function-style field definitions that refer to
   flexible attributes, values could stick around from one function invocation
   to the next. This meant that, when displaying a list of objects, later