The Dream

Franz Marc

1912 · Oil on canvas · Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

Size4:3 ratio

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The Dream

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About this work

Artist: Franz Marc (1880–1916)
Year: 1912
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 100.5 × 135.5 cm
Collection: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
Movement: Expressionism

A nude woman sits hunched on a green slope with her eyes closed, and around her stand a yellow house, two ochre lions, a pair of blue horses and a small red animal, set among hills of pink, green and yellow. The animals are calm, and the scene has the stillness of a sleeper's vision rather than a story. Marc painted it in 1912, when he was joining the dreamlike figure groups of Gauguin and the Symbolists to his own animal world and his symbolic palette of blue, yellow and red. The blue horses recur from other works of these years, such as Blue Horse I, and the picture is one of the few in which he set a human figure among his animals as an equal part of nature. It was acquired for the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection in 1978 and is in the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid.

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 seated figure among blue horses, ochre lions and a yellow house on pink and green hills, for a bedroom, living room or study at 32×24 in natural wood. A cream, blush or sage wall; it pairs with Blue Horse I.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Expressionism painting
Era: 20th century (1912)
Orientation: Landscape
Mood: grand
Rooms: living room, bedroom, study or library, dining room
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 32×24. 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 The Dream in the public domain?

Yes. Franz Marc (1880–1916) 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 Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza.

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 The Dream painted, and in what medium?

The Dream dates from 1912 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 100.5 × 135.5 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 The Dream we'd choose 32×24. It is a landscape print, wider than it is tall, at the painting's own proportions.

About this design

The Dream (Franz Marc) — The Dream · Franz Marc · 1912. 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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