Murnau, Landscape with Tower

Wassily Kandinsky

1908 · Oil on cardboard · Centre Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris

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About this work

Artist: Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944)
Year: 1908
Medium: Oil on cardboard
Original size: 74 × 98.5 cm
Collection: Centre Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris
Movement: Expressionism

A dark, tree-covered hill fills the centre under a deep blue sky, with a church tower rising at the left and a few pale clouds scattered above; across the foreground runs a road in hot red and yellow. The colours are flat, unblended and far from natural, and the forms are simplified into patches. Kandinsky painted it on cardboard in 1908 in Murnau, a market town in the Bavarian foothills where he and Gabriele Münter worked that summer alongside Alexej von Jawlensky and Marianne von Werefkin. The Murnau pictures, with their saturated colour and dark outlines, mark the point at which Kandinsky left behind his earlier Russian fairy-tale scenes and began to free colour from description, the step that led to the abstraction of 1910 to 1913. Nina Kandinsky gave the painting to the Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris in 1976.

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

A dark green hill and church tower under a deep blue sky with a blazing red road, for a living room, study or hallway at 24×18 in natural wood. A cream, sage or deep blue wall; it pairs with Jawlensky's Murnau.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Expressionism painting
Era: 20th century (1908)
Orientation: Landscape
Mood: calm
Rooms: living room, hallway or entryway, study or library, dining room
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 24×18. Prints at 16×12, 24×18, 32×24 in — 16×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×18 above a console or sideboard; 32×24 as the statement piece above a sofa or headboard.

Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — natural 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: 16×12, 24×18, 32×24 in; every size also available framed • Framed option: wood frame in black or natural 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 Murnau, Landscape with Tower in the public domain?

Yes. Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Centre Pompidou.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 16×12, 24×18 and 32×24 inches; every size is also offered framed in black or natural wood, with plexiglass and no mat. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Murnau, Landscape with Tower painted, and in what medium?

Murnau, Landscape with Tower dates from 1908 and was made in oil on cardboard; the original measures 74 × 98.5 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

Across a three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 32×24 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 24×18 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For Murnau, Landscape with Tower we'd choose 24×18. It is a landscape print, wider than it is tall, at the painting's own proportions.

About this design

Murnau, Landscape with Tower (Wassily Kandinsky) — Murnau, Landscape with Tower · Wassily Kandinsky · 1908. 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 natural wood. Part of the Madten Fine Art Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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