The Bewitched Mill
1913 · Oil on canvas · The Art Institute of Chicago
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About this work
- Artist
- Franz Marc (1880–1916)
- Year
- 1913
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 130.2 × 90.8 cm
- Collection
- The Art Institute of Chicago
- Movement
- Expressionism
A red mill wheel turns at the left beside a tall white waterfall that pours down the centre of the canvas in streaming ribbons, and around it rise blue houses, green and red trees and small creatures, including one drinking at the foot of the falls. Colour is broken into prismatic planes that make the water seem to shimmer. Marc painted it in 1913, the year of his most ambitious animal and landscape pictures, when the influence of Robert Delaunay's Orphism was at its strongest in his work. The mill and waterfall turn a simple rural motif into an enchanted scene. Arthur Jerome Eddy of Chicago bought it from the artist in 1914, and after his death his widow and son gave it to the Art Institute of Chicago in 1931.
This full-bleed edition prints the work edge to edge from a high-resolution scan of the original, very slightly cropped (a few percent at most) to fit the sheet. The gallery edition shows the whole work, uncropped. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A red mill wheel beside a streaming white waterfall among blue houses and green trees, for a child's room, bathroom or hallway at 24×36 in natural wood. A white, pale blue or sage wall; it pairs with Kandinsky's Improvisation Gorge.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Expressionism painting
- Era
- 20th century (1913)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- bathroom, hallway or entryway, kids room, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×36. 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. Printed edge to edge: a slim black or natural wood frame right to the image, or let the canvas wrap do the framing. Also available gallery-wrapped on canvas, ready to hang with no frame.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
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An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
