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This field is violet clods under a chrome yellow sky, and a dull copy turns both to brown. Our Van Gogh the sower print was graded beside the original so the sun blazes and the violet earth keeps its colour.
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
20x16 inch, 30x24 inch, 40x32 inch. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.
On your wall
Its landscape shape suits a living room, a hallway or a dining room. The yellows and violets look bold with navy, ochre and natural oak, and a natural or black frame suits it.
About the painting
The Sower (Sower at Sunset) by Vincent van Gogh
Arles, June 1888
In June 1888 Vincent van Gogh was in the south of France for the first time, and the colour overwhelmed him. “My God, if only I’d known this country at 25, instead of coming here at 35,” he wrote to Émile Bernard. “In those days I was enthusiastic about grey.”
Millet’s sower
The sower was a subject from Millet, the painter of peasants he had loved since Holland. Here it is under a southern sun: “Large field with clods of ploughed earth, mostly downright violet,” ripe wheat behind, and a sky “almost as bright as the sun itself.”
The first attempt
“The sower’s smock is blue,” he wrote, “and his trousers white.” He called it the first attempt in a new kind of colour, and The Night Café a continuation of it. The painting belongs to the Kröller-Müller Museum.
Read the story
Vincent van Gogh had dreamed about this sower for years, but he'd never seen him under a sun like this.
It's June 1888, in Arles. Vincent has been in the south of France for four months, and the colour has overwhelmed him.
My God, he writes to his friend Émile Bernard, if only I'd known this country at twenty-five, instead of coming here at thirty-five. In those days I was enthusiastic about grey.
I was always dreaming about Millet, he adds, the French painter of peasants he has loved since his days in Holland.
Millet painted a famous sower. Now Vincent paints his own.
Large field with clods of ploughed earth, he writes, mostly downright violet. A field of ripe wheat behind. The sky almost as bright as the sun itself.
The sower's smock is blue, and his trousers white.
Later he calls this picture the first attempt at a new kind of painting, colour that expresses feeling.
Today it belongs to the Kröller-Müller Museum in the Netherlands.
Look at that huge yellow sun, and see Millet's old sower walking into the south.
The Sower. 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.
