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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.
William-Adolphe Bouguereau painted one of his most famous artworks entitled La Cruche Cassée, also known as The Broken Pitcher in English, during the year 1891. It was in the same year that the artist confessed that his work was influenced by the art market and he ultimately changed direction in his career to “follow the public taste”. This statement caused many historians to criticize him, like the American Frank Jewett Mather in the early 1920s, as well as historians from his own time, like Richard Muther.
The way Bouguereau strictly followed traditional standards imposed by Classic Academies was what made art critics of the time praise him, as well as the Paris Salon in which he participated in the yearly exhibit. But there were a group of artists who went against his work and what the Academies stood for; the Impressionists. This group of avant-guard painters did not fit into the standards of “good art” of the prestigious Paris Salon, as their work was not based on Greek culture and art, forcing them to create their own exhibitions. Bouguereau achieved extremely realistic artworks by employing flawless methods of drawing and oil painting. His knowledge of human anatomy was extraordinary – especially his portrayals of hands and feet – and he mostly depicted beautiful goddesses, nymphs, shepherdesses, among others.
The Broken Pitcher is a portrait of a young woman sitting at the edge of a rusty hand pump water well. Her deep, dark eyes stare into the viewer’s, creating a connection to whoever is willing to engage in eye contact. Her blond hair is up in a messy bun, with beautifully painted loose baby hairs. Her clothing creates complementary color combinations; with a checkered yellow, orange, and red cloth wrapped around her shoulders, over a white, mid-sleeve shirt, as well as a dark green long skirt. Bouguereau naturally painted the way the fabric folds and falls on the model’s body. She holds her hands over her lap, twisting her arm in a very innocent manner. Next to her bare feet, a broken green and brown pitcher lays on the floor, which connotes the opposite – the loss of innocence, a religious and yet erotic symbolism used by past masters and inherited by Bouguereau. The surroundings depict an arid atmosphere with ochre and brown tonalities, as well as some green vegetation, while the far background shows violet-blue colors that fade into the mist.
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If you have any request to alter your reproduction of La Cruche Cassée (The Broken Pitcher), you must email us after placing your order and we'll have an artist contact you. If you have another image of La Cruche Cassée (The Broken Pitcher) 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.
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You may choose to purchase your painting framed, in which case, it will arrive "ready to hang". We offer more than 20 beautiful models, all hand finished and expertly assembled by our experienced framers.
Note that for safety reasons we can only frame up to a certain size. Once the maximum size is reached the framing option is automatically disabled.
If you are planning to frame your painting yourself, use an existing frame, or frame it locally, you may choose to order your painting with a stretching service, meaning that it will arrive mounted on wooden bars.
If you're considering not framing your painting at all, you may opt for a Gallery Wrap. The term Gallery Wrap refers to the way the canvas is stretched, which is by wrapping it around thick stretcher bars, about 1.5 inch thick, with the canvas being secured to the back rather than the sides of those bars.
All orders ship with UPS, FedEx or DHL and will arrive directly to your home or office. A tracking number will be emailed to you as soon as the order leaves our studio so you can track it online. All orders ship express and usually arrive within 4-5 days from the shipping date. Due to shipping restraints, many of our framed, stretched, and oversize paintings may take 6-21 days for arrival depending on the safest route determined by the postal service.
Unframed paintings are covered with a special protective film, are gently rolled and then placed inside a strong specially designed tube.
Stretched, Gallery Wrapped and Framed paintings are covered with protective bubble wrap, separated by foam board and then carefully put into the cardboard box.