Vincent van Gogh
Prisoners Exercising
From $100
The whole picture is one pale blue-green, swirl after swirl, with the hair and beard the only warm colour, and a dull copy flattens the swirls. Our Van Gogh self portrait 1889 print was graded beside the original so the blues stay cool and the brushwork 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 study, a home office or a hallway. The pale blues and greens look fresh with white, grey and soft blue, and a white or black frame suits it.
About the painting
Self-Portrait (1889) by Vincent van Gogh
Saint-Rémy, September 1889
In September 1889 Vincent van Gogh was a patient at the asylum of Saint-Rémy in Provence, working again after a spell of illness. He painted himself in a blue suit against a background of the same blue, moving in swirls.
“Look at it for some time”
He sent it to his brother Theo with a note: “you must look at it for some time – you’ll see, I hope, that my physiognomy has grown much calmer.” He said he had tried to make something simple.
A calmer face
He had another self-portrait from those weeks, made, he said, while he was ill, but this was the one he chose to send. Doctor Gachet, who looked after him the next year at Auvers, was fanatical about it. It belongs to the Musée d’Orsay in Paris.
Read the story
Vincent van Gogh sent this picture to his brother with one instruction: look at it for some time.
It's September 1889. Vincent is a patient at the asylum of Saint-Rémy, in Provence, and he has just come through a spell of illness.
Now he is working again, and he paints himself.
He wears a pale blue suit, and the background behind him is the same blue, moving in swirls all around him. The only warm colour is his red hair and beard.
He paints another self-portrait in those weeks too, but that one, he says, was an attempt from when he was ill.
This is the one he chooses to send to Theo in Paris.
You must look at it for some time, he writes. You'll see, I hope, that my physiognomy has grown much calmer, although the gaze may be vaguer than before.
He tells Theo he has tried to make something simple, and asks him to show it to old Pissarro.
The next year, Doctor Gachet, who looks after him in Auvers, is fanatical about it.
Today it belongs to the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.
So take his advice. Look at it for some time, and see if you can find the calm he was hoping for.
Self-Portrait. Vincent van Gogh, 1889.
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.
-
Vincent van Gogh
Portrait of Père Tanguy
From $80
-
Vincent van Gogh
Wheatfield with Crows
From $100
-
Vincent van Gogh
The Potato Eaters
From $100
-
Vincent van Gogh
Rain
From $100
-
Vincent van Gogh
Doctor Gachet’s Garden in Auvers
From $80
-
Vincent van Gogh
Shoes
From $100
-
Vincent van Gogh
The White Orchard
From $80
-
Vincent van Gogh
Postman Joseph Roulin
From $100
-
Vincent van Gogh
Green Wheat Field with Cypress
From $100
-
Vincent van Gogh
The Poet’s Garden
From $100
-
Vincent van Gogh
Cypresses
From $100
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.
