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Van Gogh built this night out of colour rather than darkness, and a careless reproduction loses it: the awning turns mustard and the sky goes grey. We graded ours side by side with the original, true to his colours but with the glow of the lamplight brought back, so the night feels as warm on your wall as he painted it. Choose the Café Terrace at Night framed print, ready to hang, or the canvas with mirror-wrapped edges.
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
It brings warmth to a dining room or a kitchen wall, and at 24x30 or 32x40 inch it holds that wall on its own. The 16x20 suits a hallway or a reading corner. Its blues and golds sit beautifully with navy, ochre and warm wood. Black or dark wood frames deepen the night; natural wood picks up the awning.
About the painting
Café Terrace at Night by Vincent van Gogh
A café in Arles, September 1888
It was September 1888. Van Gogh set up his easel in a small square in Arles, in the south of France, and painted this café at night. He did not want a dark, gloomy night. So he painted it right there, under the lamps, because colours look different after the sun goes down. The Café Terrace at Night painting has no black in it at all.
Van Gogh’s yellow
Your eye goes straight to the yellow awning. The gas lamp makes the whole terrace glow, and the warm light spills across the stones toward you. Above it he painted the sky and the houses a deep blue, so the yellow would shine even brighter.
Post-Impressionism
He took liberties with the buildings. But he put the stars exactly where they were. Scientists later matched them to the sky on the night of 16 or 17 September 1888. That is Post-Impressionism: painting what you feel, not only what you see. Hang it, and you are one of the people at those tables, on a warm September night in Arles.
Read the story
Vincent van Gogh painted one of the most famous nights in the world, and he used no black at all.
September 1888, in Arles: he walks into the square with an easel on his back.
He's thirty-five. His little brother sends him money so he can eat and buy paint, because no one is buying his paintings.
That week his brother sends three hundred francs, and Vincent spends it on beds and twelve chairs, for friends who haven't come yet.
Painters work by daylight. Night, everyone says, is just darkness, just black.
But Vincent sets up his easel on the warm stones, under the lamps, and he looks.
The lamp pours gold over the awning, and he paints it yellow, then orange, then yellow again, brighter.
Then he looks up, and the sky isn't black at all. It's a deep blue, with violet and green in it.
The gold makes the blue deeper, and the blue makes the gold burn brighter.
He fills the sky with stars like little flowers of light.
That same week he writes to his sister that the night is even richer in colour than the day.
He will never be famous in his lifetime; less than two years later, he is gone.
But his stars are still there, each where it really was; astronomers matched them to the sky of mid-September.
Look closely. There's an empty chair at that café, and it's waiting for you.
Café Terrace at Night. Vincent van Gogh, 1888.
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.
