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Canvas Size Guide

How Our Size Codes Work

Every standard size starts from the canvas’s short edge: 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 100 or 150 cm. The other edge is calculated from the proportions of that particular painting, so the same choice gives different rectangles: a 40 cm short edge becomes 40 × 46 cm on Houses of Parliament, London, 40 × 50 cm on Apples and Grapes, and 40 × 55 cm on The Beach at Sainte-Adresse. Product pages state centimetres and inches together. The image is never cropped, stretched or padded to force it into a standard rectangle.

The Original Size Option

Where the museum holding the painting has published the canvas’s physical dimensions, the product page offers an additional Original size choice. It is not a preset: it is the measurement of the painting itself. Take it when you want the reproduction to occupy the same space on your wall that the original occupies in its gallery. Because it is made to order at non-standard dimensions, its price follows the exact surface area and the next production tier able to accommodate it. This option appears on the works whose originals are documented, not on every painting in the catalogue.

Monet’s Canvases Are Not All the Same Shape

Monet worked across unusually varied proportions, and this matters more here than on a catalogue of uniform prints. Roughly half the paintings on this site are appreciably elongated, and roughly half sit close to a classic landscape rectangle. The elongated works; the water-lily panels, the long views along the Seine, the poplar rows; need a wall with run: above a sofa, a sideboard or a bed. The works nearer to square, and the compact still lifes, are far more forgiving and will sit comfortably on a narrow section of wall where a wide canvas would look cramped. The series paintings are worth a thought of their own: Monet painted Rouen Cathedral, the grainstacks and the poplars as sequences, and two or three sizes of the same subject hung together read as one work rather than three.

Choosing a Size for Your Wall

A reliable rule is to let the artwork occupy roughly two-thirds to three-quarters of the width of the furniture beneath it, and to hang it so the centre of the image sits close to eye level.

  • Above a sofa: 90 to 120 cm (about 35 to 47 in) on the long edge suits most sofas. A single large canvas reads calmer here than several small ones.

  • Bedroom: 70 to 100 cm (about 28 to 39 in) on the long edge above a headboard. The pond and garden subjects, with their soft greens and lilacs, suit a room meant to be restful.

  • Dining room: 80 to 100 cm (about 31 to 39 in) on a wall seen from a seated position, close enough that the surface of a hand-painted oil can actually be read.

  • Hallway: hallways are seen close up, so 40 to 60 cm (about 16 to 24 in) holds its own, and two or three related works can carry a long corridor.

  • Office or study: 50 to 80 cm (about 20 to 31 in) above a desk or shelving, without dominating a working space.

For quick conversion, 1 cm is about 0.39 in: 60 cm is roughly 23.6 in, 90 cm about 35.4 in, and 120 cm about 47.2 in.

Why Some Presentations Become Unavailable at Large Sizes

All standard sizes preserve the original’s proportions, but the largest canvases may only be offered rolled. Stretched and framed presentations are switched off when the packed volumetric weight falls outside our current shipping table, and the product page updates as soon as you choose a size. We would rather withdraw a format than promise a ready-to-hang canvas we cannot ship safely at a price we have validated. The Framing Guide explains what each presentation involves.

Still Unsure?

Cut a sheet of paper, or run painter’s tape, to the dimensions you are considering and leave it on the wall for a day. It remains the fastest way to judge scale in your own room and your own light, and it costs nothing. If you would still like a second opinion, write to us with the painting and the width of the wall.