Georges Seurat
The Channel of Gravelines, Petit Fort Philippe
From $100
This painting is white, yellow, red and blue in thousands of dots, and a flat copy turns them to mush. Our Seurat Circus print was graded so the white horse stays bright, the yellows stay warm and the painted blue border stays crisp.
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 playroom. The yellows, whites and blues look bright with white, navy and pale wood, and a white or natural frame suits it.
About the painting
The Circus by Georges Seurat
Paris, 1890
The Cirque Fernando, soon renamed the Médrano after its famous clown, was close to Georges Seurat’s studio. This was his third painting of the circus, and his last painting of all.
In the ring
A rider stands on a galloping white horse, acrobats tumble, and a clown in the foreground has his back to us. Above, the audience sits in rows, the well-dressed at the front, the poorer at the back. In the front row, in a top hat, sits his friend, the painter Charles Angrand.
Unfinished
He showed it in March 1891, still unfinished, and died a few days later, aged thirty-one. In places you can still see the blue lines he drew to plan it. It hangs in the Musée d’Orsay in Paris.
Read the story
Georges Seurat never finished this painting. He died a few days after it was first shown.
In 1890 he is thirty, and his method is famous: tiny dots of pure colour, side by side, that mix in your eye instead of on the canvas.
Close to his studio stood the Cirque Fernando, soon renamed the Médrano after its famous clown.
He paints a rider standing on a galloping white horse, acrobats tumbling, and a clown in the foreground with his back to us.
Above, the audience sits in rows: the well-dressed at the front, the poorer people up at the back.
And in the front row, in a top hat, sits his friend, the painter Charles Angrand.
He uses white and the three primary colours, and paints a deep blue border all the way round.
In March 1891 he shows it, still unfinished. A few days later, on the twenty-ninth of March, he dies, aged just thirty-one.
In places you can still see the blue lines he drew to plan it.
Today it hangs in the Musée d'Orsay, in Paris.
Look at the rider on the white horse, and find his friend in the top hat.
The Circus. Georges Seurat, 1891.
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.
