Henri Matisse
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This painting is flat colour held together by strong blacks, and a cheap copy turns the blacks grey. Our Henri Matisse Fruit Bowl and Nutcracker print was graded beside the museum’s own file so the blacks stay deep and the colours stay clean.
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, 32x40 inch. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.
On your wall
Its tall shape suits a kitchen, a dining room or a study. The blacks and soft colours look modern with white, charcoal and pale wood, and a black frame suits it.
About the painting
Still Life with Fruit Bowl and Nutcracker by Henri Matisse
The war years
Henri Matisse painted this around 1916, during the First World War, when he worked at home outside Paris in flat areas of colour and bold black. The Piano Lesson is from the same year.
Black as a colour
On his visits to Morocco in 1912 and 1913 he had begun to use black not as shadow but as a colour in its own right. Here it holds the fruit bowl, the plates and the nutcracker together.
Copenhagen
The art historian Alfred H. Barr wrote about it in his great book on Matisse in 1951. It came to the National Gallery of Denmark in 1928, in the collection the Danish engineer Johannes Rump gave the nation.
Read the story
A fruit bowl, a stack of plates, a green apple and a nutcracker. Simple things, on a dark table.
Henri Matisse painted this around 1916, in the middle of the First World War, at his home just outside Paris.
In those years his paintings grew severe: flat areas of colour, held together with bold black. The Piano Lesson, one of his great pictures, comes from the same year.
He had learned something on his visits to Morocco, in 1912 and 1913. In Tangier he began to use black not as shadow, but as a colour in its own right.
You can see it here. The black around the bowl isn't darkness. It's what makes the white plates shine, and the apple glow.
The patterned rim of the bowl gives just a flicker of decoration.
The art historian Alfred Barr wrote about it in his great book on Matisse, in 1951.
It came to Copenhagen in 1928, in the collection the Danish engineer Johannes Rump gave to the National Gallery of Denmark.
Look at the black first, and then at how bright the white plates become.
Still Life with Fruit Bowl and Nutcracker. Henri Matisse, around 1916.
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.
