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1st Art Gallery offers the option to receive your painting ready to hang or rolled in a tube.
Currently, for safety, we're able to ship framed paintings only up to a certain size. Once the maximum size is reached, the framing option is automatically disabled.
However, if you are interested in stretching or framing a painting larger than 24x36 inches (60x90 cm), please contact one of our customer success associates or let us know in your order notes. We will send you a catalog of our large framing styles and pricing options.
Unframed rolled canvas orders will arrive rolled inside a protective tube with an extra 1.5" white canvas on all sides so you can easily frame it locally.


Wassily Kandinsky's 1913 Composition VII marks a seminal shift in the artist's oeurvre away from abstract reproductions of landscape scenes and towards abstraction. Painting his first Improvisation in 1909 he then began his first Composition in 1910, assigning numbers to the works to highlight their impersonal, free-form style inspired as they were by musical terminology. The artist's metaphorical use of music, the first art form to express the extremity of early-twentieth century modernity, was inspired by Wagner's Ring cycle and the great Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg. Fascinated by the temporal art of music, Kandinsky aimed to translate to painting the interpretative freedom allocated to the listener, liberating art from a literal, descriptive or representative dimension. Clearly not the first to note the affinity between painting and music, Kandinsky was surely a pioneer in transposing the radical language of modern music onto the canvas. Believing in what has become known as the Gesamtkunstwerk, or the total work of art, Composition VII was a small step towards achieving what the artist felt was a spiritual unity achieved through paint.
Kandinsky's symphonic Composition series began even before he became acquainted with Schönberg's work. As the composer had done, Kandinsky went in search of a free-form chromatic scale that would allow the rich structuring of abstract reproductions, free to interpret at the viewer's pleasure. The striking visual clarity of Composition VII provides not only optical stimulation but also intellectual curiosity. Although seemingly abstract, the painting is built with something akin to dissonance: each one on top of the other, creating purely independent yet interlinked levels of color and shape. The lasting impression that emerges from the artist's symphonic reproductions is of colored sounds within a visual structure. His Compositions are therefore works to be experienced simultaneously, in time and in space, just like that most evasive art form; music.
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Real Oil Paints, Real Brushes, Real Artists, Real Art. The Certificate of Authenticity which arrives with every painting provides an assurance and verifies the authenticity of the hand painted fine art reproduction you purchased. Each oil painting is created by hand using only the finest canvas and oil paints available.
Important Notes About Your Painting:
If you have any request to alter your reproduction of Composition VII, you must email us after placing your order and we'll have an artist contact you. If you have another image of Composition VII that you would like the artist to work from, please include it as an attachment. Otherwise, we will reproduce the above image for you exactly as it is.
- Ordered without a frame, it will be delivered in protective tube within 21-28 business days.
- When ordering the painting framed - allow additional 5-7 days for delivery. The painting will arrive ready to hang.
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- No printing or digital imaging techniques are used.
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Free shipping is included in the price of the painting. Once the painting is ready and dry enough to ship, we will roll it and ship it in a sturdy cardboard tube.
We always ship express via courier to ensure your order reaches you as soon as possible - normally within three business days. The total delivery time from the moment you place your order until the package is delivered to your door is normally between three to four weeks.

If, in the unlikely event you were dissatisfied with the painting after reviewing it in person, it can be returned for a full refund for up to 365 days after delivery.
When you receive the painting; you are free to return it for more revisions or else for a full refund minus our actual shipping cost -- which is, on average, $35 per painting.

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Depending on the degree of damage to the warranted painting, it will either be repaired or replaced. This warranty service is provided free of charge.
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