Deer in the Forest I
1913 · Oil on canvas · The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
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About this work
- Artist
- Franz Marc (1880–1916)
- Year
- 1913
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 100.6 × 104.7 cm
- Collection
- The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
- Movement
- Expressionism
Several deer in warm ochre and tan rest and graze at the foot of pale, ghostly tree trunks, while above them looping white and red lines, a dark green shape and a pink bird swirl through a deep blue and red space. The animals are calm and compact; the forest around them is all movement. Marc painted it in 1913, the year he helped Herwarth Walden organise the First German Autumn Salon in Berlin, and it has the dreamlike, almost visionary quality of his late animal pictures. Deer, for their gentleness and alertness, were among his favourite creatures, and he returned to them in a second version the following year, now in Karlsruhe. The painting is in The Phillips Collection in Washington, DC.
This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Ochre deer resting under pale trunks amid looping white and red lines on deep blue, for a bedroom, nursery or reading nook at 24×36 in natural wood. A navy, cream or sage wall; it pairs with Deer in the Forest II.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Expressionism painting
- Era
- 20th century (1913)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- dark green, cream & beige
- Mood
- classic, sophisticated
- Rooms
- bedroom, nursery, living room, dining room, dorm 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. 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
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About this design
The Madten promise
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
