Arques-la-Bataille
1885 · Oil on canvas · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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About this work
- Artist
- John Henry Twachtman (1853–1902)
- Year
- 1885
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 46.4 × 65.7 cm
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Movement
- Tonalism
A still river runs through a flat, misty valley near Dieppe in Normandy, with reeds and grasses in the foreground and a grey-green hill beyond, all reduced to a few soft bands of colour. Twachtman painted it in 1885 while studying in Paris, and its silvery, almost Japanese simplicity shows Whistler's influence. It is one of the largest pictures he made and is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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 quiet silver-green riverscape for a bedroom, study or living room, framed in thin black or dark wood. It suits sage, grey or warm white walls and is a calming single picture.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Tonalism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1885)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- living room, bedroom, study or library, 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
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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.



























