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The Garden of the Rousseau Family

James Ensor

1885 · Oil on fabric · Cleveland Museum of Art

Size2:3 ratio

Will it fit? See it to scale above your sofa, bed or mantel

Frame

$59Unframed print · made to order

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Complete the setHangs well with these two

This print

The Garden of the Rousseau Family

The Family

In the Garden (Celia Thaxter in Her Garden)

3 × $59 at 16 × 24 in, unframed = $177 → $159.30 as a set · 10% included · free shipping

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About this work

Artist: James Ensor (1860–1949)
Year: 1885
Medium: Oil on fabric
Original size: 75.5 × 61 cm
Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art
Movement: Expressionism

A leafy garden opens under a blue sky heaped with white cloud: willows and fruit trees in green and silver, a rust-red hedge at the left, a lawn running back to a red-roofed house, and in front a wooden wheelbarrow loaded with a great blue-green cabbage. The paint is laid in small, flickering touches. Ensor painted it in 1885 at the second home of his friends Ernest and Mariette Rousseau in Watermael-Boitsfort, outside Brussels; Mariette was a biologist. The Rousseaus acquired it at the Les XX salon. It is in the Cleveland Museum of Art.

This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

Fresh greens, sky blue and touches of rust make a sunny garden picture for a kitchen, breakfast room or garden room. Pair it with Van Gogh's Olive Trees at 16×24 in a dark wood frame.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Expressionism painting
Era: 19th century (1885)
Orientation: Portrait
Mood: calm
Rooms: kitchen, living room, dining room
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.

Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — dark wood flatters the lighter palette; black sharpens it.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Restored in-house from the original painting — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; every size also available framed • Framed option: wood frame in black or dark wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

Shipping & returns

Printed after you order at the facility nearest you, then shipped. Standard delivery is free and takes 4–9 business days from order to door in the US, UK and EU (up to 10 elsewhere); Express takes 4–6 business days. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The image fills the print at the painting's own proportions; nothing is trimmed to fit a frame.

Is The Garden of the Rousseau Family in the public domain?

Yes. James Ensor (1860–1949) died more than 70 years ago and the work was made and first published more than 95 years ago, so the painting itself is public domain in the US and Europe. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Cleveland Museum of Art.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; every size is also offered framed in black or dark wood, with plexiglass and no mat. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was The Garden of the Rousseau Family painted, and in what medium?

The Garden of the Rousseau Family dates from 1885 and was made in oil on fabric; the original measures 75.5 × 61 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

Across a three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For The Garden of the Rousseau Family we'd choose 16×24.

About this design

The Garden of the Rousseau Family (James Ensor) — The Garden of the Rousseau Family · James Ensor · 1885. This is a fine-art reproduction of a public-domain masterwork, shown whole and uncropped on a gallery ground, printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Every size is offered unframed or framed in black or dark wood. Part of the Madten Fine Art Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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Gallery-grade archival giclée. Rich pigment inks on heavyweight fine-art paper (or gallery-wrapped canvas) — built to last, not a poster-shop print.

Arrives perfect or we reprint it — free. Every piece is made to order; if it shows up damaged or flawed we remake it, no return needed.

Free worldwide shipping. Made & shipped from the facility nearest you — most orders arrive in 4–9 business days.

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