Claude Monet
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This painting is greens, golds and deep red-brown, and a cheap copy muddies the greens. Our Claude Monet Weeping Willow print was graded from a high-resolution master so the long strokes stay clear.
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, 40x32 inch. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.
On your wall
Its wide shape suits a living room, a bedroom or a hallway. The greens and golds look lovely with white, sand and natural oak, and a natural oak or black frame suits it.
About the painting
Weeping Willow by Claude Monet
Giverny, 1918
In spring 1918 Claude Monet began painting the weeping willow by his water garden. From Giverny he could hear the guns of the war around Paris.
Mourning
A son and a stepson were at the front. The willow is a symbol of mourning, and by 1919 he had painted ten of these trees.
Fort Worth
The Japanese collector Kojiro Matsukata owned it by 1924. The Kimbell Art Museum bought it in 1996.
Read the story
A dark willow trunk rises in the middle, and long branches of green and gold pour down around it.
In 1914 Claude Monet lost his son Jean. The same year the First World War began.
His son Michel and his stepson Jean-Pierre Hoschedé were sent to the front. Giverny was so close to Paris that Monet could hear the guns and the air raids.
In the spring of 1918 he began to paint the weeping willow beside his water garden. By 1919 he had painted ten.
In France, as in many places, the weeping willow is a symbol of mourning. The series seems to be his answer to the tragedy of the war.
On the twelfth of November 1918, the day after the Armistice, he wrote offering paintings of his water lilies to France.
By 1924 the Japanese collector Kojiro Matsukata owned this willow. In 1996 the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth bought it.
Look at the dark trunk, and then at the falling branches.
Weeping Willow. Claude Monet, 1918 to 1919.
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.
