The Dream

Franz Marc

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

Size2:3 ratio

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Complete the setHangs well with these two

This print

The Dream

Blue Horse I

Cows, Red, Green, Yellow

3 × $59 at 16 × 24 in, unframed = $177 → $159.30 as a set · 10% included · free shipping

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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 exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. 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 24×36 in natural wood. A cream, blush or sage wall; it pairs with Blue Horse I.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Exhibition poster of a Expressionism painting
Era: 20th century (1912)
Orientation: Portrait
Palette: cream & beige
Mood: grand
Rooms: living room, bedroom, study or library, dining room, hallway or entryway
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

• 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 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 exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

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 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 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, 24×36 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For The Dream we'd choose 24×36.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Franz Marc's The Dream — a seated figure, a lion and blue horses in a dreamlike landscape of yellow and green — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. Franz Marc: Animals in Colour, 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 natural wood. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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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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