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Summer (Benson, 1909)

Frank W. Benson

1909 · Oil on canvas · RISD Museum, Providence

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About this work

Artist
Frank W. Benson (1862–1951)
Year
1909
Medium
Oil on canvas
Original size
91.8 × 113 cm
Collection
RISD Museum, Providence
Movement
American Impressionism

Four young women in white rest on a grassy hilltop above the sea, one standing and shading her eyes against the wind, the others sitting in the grass, with a wooded island across the blue water and clouds racing overhead. Benson painted it in 1909 at North Haven in Maine, where his wife and daughters were his models every summer, and it is one of the freshest of his hilltop pictures. The Rhode Island School of Design Museum bought it in 1913.

This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

A wide, breezy coastal picture in blue, white and golden grass for a living room, above a sofa or in a sunny hallway in a thin black or dark wood frame. It pairs well with Homer's sea pictures and suits a white or pale blue wall.

Style, size & framing detail
Style
Exhibition poster of a American Impressionism painting
Era
20th century (1909)
Orientation
Portrait
Palette
cream & beige
Mood
classic
Rooms
living room, hallway or entryway, dining room, dorm room
Good gift for
housewarming, art lovers

Size. 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. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.

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

Details & materials
• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • 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 exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.
Is Summer in the public domain?
Yes. Frank W. Benson (1862–1951) 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 RISD Museum.
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 Summer painted, and in what medium?
Summer dates from 1909 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 91.8 × 113 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.
About this design
A museum-exhibition poster of Frank W. Benson's Summer — four young women in white rest on a grassy hilltop above the sea, one standing and shading her eyes against the wind, the others sitting in the grass, with a wooded island across the blue water and clouds racing overhead — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. The Boston School, styled as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — 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 Exhibition Posters 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.
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