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Snow is never just white in Monet’s hands, and a flat copy loses all its blues and pinks. Our Monet Sandvika Norway print was graded against the Art Institute of Chicago’s own photograph, so the snow keeps its colour and the winter light stays soft.
Canvas, framed or paper
Stretched canvas. Printed on cotton canvas and stretched taut over a frame. The edges are mirror-wrapped, so the picture continues around the sides and none of it is lost to the fold.
Framed canvas. The same canvas, set in a black, white, natural wood or dark wood frame 0.83 in deep. The frame gives the work a finished edge and a little more presence on the wall.
Framed print. Printed on fine art matte paper and framed in solid pine, behind shatterproof plexiglass, in black, white, natural wood or dark wood. It arrives ready to hang. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame.
Fine art print. Printed on 310gsm fine art matte paper, for framing your own way. It travels rolled and protected. From 18x24 inch.
Sizes
20x16 inch, 30x24 inch. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.
On your wall
Its quiet whites and blues suit a bedroom, a winter hallway or a calm living room. They look lovely with grey, white and pale wood, and a white or black frame suits the snow.
About the painting
Sandvika, Norway by Claude Monet
Norway, 1895
In 1895 Monet travelled to Norway to visit his stepson Jacques Hoschedé, who lived in Christiania, now Oslo. It was perhaps the hardest painting trip of his life, in deep cold and snow.
A village in the snow
At first he struggled to find anything to paint, but he made twenty-nine Norwegian pictures in two months. At least six show Sandvika, a village near Christiania, and its little iron bridge, which may have reminded him of his Japanese bridge at Giverny.
A gift for a friend
In 1899 he gave this painting to a sale held for the family of his old friend Alfred Sisley. It came to the Art Institute of Chicago from 1961.
Read the story
Claude Monet was fifty-four when he went to paint in the snow of Norway. It was perhaps the hardest trip of his life.
In 1895, he travels north to visit his stepson, Jacques Hoschedé, who lives in Christiania, the city we now call Oslo.
It's winter, and bitterly cold. At first he can't find anything to paint, and he's frustrated.
Then he finds it. In two months, he paints twenty-nine Norwegian pictures.
At least six of them show Sandvika, a little village near the city. Snow lies on the roofs and on the riverbanks, and a small iron bridge arches over the water.
The bridge may have reminded him of home, and of the Japanese bridge over his lily pond at Giverny.
Four years later, his old friend, the painter Alfred Sisley, died. Monet gave this painting to a sale held to help Sisley's family.
Today it belongs to the Art Institute of Chicago.
Look at the little bridge in the snow, and think of the garden far away in France.
Sandvika, Norway. Claude Monet, 1895.
How each piece is brought to life
Faithful to the original, and made to be felt on your wall.
Graded against the original
We compare every work with the original as we grade it, keeping the artist’s colours true while bringing back their depth and glow. Every mark stays the artist’s own.
Printed for you
Printed to order on cotton canvas or fine art paper, then framed if you chose a frame, in 1 to 3 business days.
On your wall
It arrives 5 to 12 business days later, tracked and free anywhere in the US. Framed pieces come ready to hang.
Questions
Is this the original painting?
No. The original hangs in a museum. What you receive is a fine art reproduction, remastered from the original and printed for you, with every mark where the artist left it.
Will the colour look flat?
This is where most reproductions disappoint, and it is where we spend the most time. Each work is graded side by side with the original: faithful to the artist’s colours, with the depth and warmth brought back, so it moves you on the wall the way it was meant to. Canvas reads a touch softer than a backlit screen, and every screen shows colour a little differently.
Will the edges be cropped?
Each size is a standard frame size, so we fit the painting by trimming a little from its edges. We never stretch or squash it, and we check every size by eye so no face, figure or signature is cut. On canvas the edges are mirror-wrapped, which keeps the whole picture on the front.
Which size is right for my wall?
Aim for about two-thirds the width of the furniture beneath it. Over a sofa or a sideboard, one of the two largest sizes will hold the wall. The size guide lists every size in inches and centimetres, with the kind of wall each one suits.
How long does it take?
Your piece is printed in 1–3 business days, then spends 5–12 business days in transit, tracked all the way. Delivery is free anywhere in the US. We are unable to deliver to PO boxes.
What if it arrives damaged?
Send us a photograph and we will remake it and send it again. There is nothing to return.
Can I return it?
Yes, within 30 days of delivery. Our returns policy has the details.
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Printed to order
Graded against the original, then printed for you on cotton canvas or fine art paper in 1–3 business days.
The whole painting
Every mark is the artist’s own, and canvas edges are mirror-wrapped so the whole picture stays on the front.
Free US shipping
On every order, tracked, 5–12 business days in transit.
30-day returns
Returns and exchanges within 30 days of delivery.
