Impressionism · 19th century
Hand-painted reproduction after
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
The Engaged Couple (Sisley and His Wife)
These sizes keep the painting’s true proportions. Want a different shape? Email us and we’ll adapt it.
Framing never costs more than the painting. Compare rolled, stretched and framed
- Hand-painted
- Photo before it ships
- Free shipping
- 90-day returns
Reviews
What people say when it arrives
After you order
What happens next
The painting
The Engaged Couple (Sisley and His Wife)
Renoir painted his friend the painter Alfred Sisley and Sisley's partner Marie Lescouezec around 1868, standing arm in arm, he leaning towards her, she in a striped red and yellow skirt. It is in the Wallraf-Richartz Museum in Cologne.We paint it by hand in oil after you order. You see a photo of the finished canvas and say yes before it is sent.
About the original
- Painted in
- 1868
- Original size
- 105 × 75 cm (41.3 × 29.5 in)
- Where it hangs
- Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne
Detail
Specification
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Painting size | |
| Framed size | |
| Frame | |
| Orientation | |
| Dominant colour | |
| Arrives | Rolled, ready for local framing |
| Packed | Rolled in a protective tube |
| Turnaround | 3 to 4 weeks, then delivery |
The hand behind it
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Renoir started at thirteen painting flowers onto porcelain in a Paris workshop, which is where the sweetness in his colour comes from. The trade collapsed when machines took over, and he went to art school instead. The 1870s are the well-known Renoir: dappled light through leaves, dancing, lunch running long. Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette and Luncheon of the Boating Party both come from this stretch, and both are crowded with friends he actually knew. Then he stopped. A trip to Italy in 1881 left him convinced Impressionism had taught him nothing about drawing, and for several years he painted in a hard, cool, deliberately linear manner that most people disliked at the time and still do. Rheumatoid arthritis crippled his hands after 1900. He moved south to Cagnes, worked with the brush wedged into his fist, and kept painting nudes and landscapes until 1919. The late canvases are looser and hotter in colour than anything he made when he was well.
All paintings by this artistLooking after it
Care and hanging
Before you buy
Questions
How is the finish priced?
The price you see is the painting at the size you chose, in the finish you chose, and it updates as you change either. Rolled arrives in a protective tube, ready for local framing. Stretched arrives on wooden bars, ready to hang. Framed arrives in its frame, ready to hang. Stretched and framed go up to 60 × 90 cm (24 × 36 in); larger paintings travel rolled.
How long does it take?
Painting begins after you order and takes 3 to 4 weeks, including drying and the photo you approve. Delivery then takes 4 to 10 working days to most countries. More on delivery times.
Will it look exactly like the original?
It is painted by a person, so no. Brushwork varies between copies, which is the difference between a painting and a poster.
What if I do not like it?
Ninety days from delivery, full refund.
Can I get The Engaged Couple (Sisley and His Wife) in a different size or shape?
Yes. The Engaged Couple (Sisley and His Wife) is painted to the size you want, in the original’s proportions, or adapted to another shape on request. Stretched and framed go up to 60 x 90 cm (24 x 36 in). The original measures 105 x 75 cm (41.3 x 29.5 in).
Every order
