Georges Seurat
The Channel of Gravelines, Petit Fort Philippe
From $100
This painting is warm browns, oranges and blues in tiny dots, and a muddy copy loses the glow of the lamps. Our Seurat Le Chahut print was graded so the lamps glow, the dancers’ skirts stay bright and the painted border stays sharp.
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
16x20 inch, 24x30 inch. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.
On your wall
Its upright shape suits a living room, a hallway or a bar area. The oranges, browns and blues look lively with cream, navy and walnut, and a black or natural frame suits it.
About the painting
Le Chahut by Georges Seurat
Paris, 1889
Chahut means noise or uproar, and it was another name for the can-can, the high-kicking dance of the Paris cabarets. Georges Seurat painted it in 1889 and 1890, at the Moulin Rouge.
Noise in dots
He built the wildest dance in Paris out of the calmest method in painting. Two women and two men kick their legs up in perfect parallel, a double-bass player has his back to us, and a man at the side gives a sly look. He painted a deeper blue border all round, rising to an arch at the top.
Shocking and new
Critics attacked it when it was shown in 1890. Later painters, from the Fauves to the Cubists, learned from it. It belongs to the Kröller-Müller Museum in the Netherlands.
Read the story
Chahut means noise, uproar. It was another name for the can-can.
By 1889, Georges Seurat is known for the calmest, most careful method in painting: thousands of tiny dots of colour.
And he turns it on the wildest dance in Paris, the high-kicking can-can of the cabarets.
Two women and two men kick their legs up, all at exactly the same angle, like a row of matching lines.
In front, a double-bass player has his back to us. Ornate lamps glow above, and at the side a man in the audience gives a sly look.
Seurat had studied a mathematician's theories about the feelings that lines and colours give.
Around the edge he paints a deeper blue border, rising to a little arch at the top.
When it was shown in 1890, critics attacked it. But younger painters, from the Fauves to the Cubists, learned from it.
Today it belongs to the Kröller-Müller Museum, in the Netherlands.
Look at the legs kicking in a row, and the lamps above.
Le Chahut. Georges Seurat, 1890.
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.
