Edgar Melville Ward, 1898 - The Coppersmith - fine art print

What you should know this more than 120 year-old painting

This artwork was painted by the artist Edgar Melville Ward. The beyond 120 years old original had the following size of 23 7/8 x 21 in (60,5 x 53,3 cm). Oil on canvas was applied by the artist as the technique for the artpiece. This work of art forms part of the art collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which is one of the world's largest and finest art museums, which includes more than two million works of art spanning five thousand years of world culture, from prehistory to the present and from every part of the globe.. With courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Several Gentlemen, 1900 (public domain license). Additionally, the work of art has the following creditline: Gift of Several Gentlemen, 1900. Moreover, alignment of the digital reproduction is portrait and has an image ratio of 1 : 1.2, which means that the length is 20% shorter than the width.

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• Canvas: The printed canvas, which shall not be confused with a canvas painting, is a digital replica printed from an industrial printing machine. In addition to that, a canvas print makes a homelike and appealing ambience. A canvas print of this artpiece will let you turn your personal fine art print into a large work of art. How do I hang a canvas on the wall? Canvas prints are relatively low in weight, which implies that it is easy and straightforward to hang your Canvas print without any wall-mounts. Canvas prints are suitable for any kind of wall.
• Aluminium dibond print (metal): These are metal prints on aluminium dibond material with a true effect of depth. Its non-reflective surface make a fashionable look. The bright and white sections of the artpiece shimmer with a silky gloss but without glare. The colors of the print are luminous and vivid in the highest definition, fine details of the print are crisp and clear. The direct UV print on aluminium is one of the most demanded entry-level products and is an extremely stylish way to showcase artworks, because it puts 100% of the viewer’s focus on the replica of the artwork.
• Poster print on canvas material: Our poster is a printed canvas with a nice surface structure, that resembles the original masterpiece. Please note, that depending on the absolute size of the poster print we add a white margin 2-6cm round about the print motif in order to facilitate the framing with your custom frame.
• Acrylic glass print (with real glass coating): An acrylic glass print, which is sometimes denoted as a print on plexiglass, will convert your selected original artwork into magnificient décor. Our acrylic glass protects your selected fine art print against light and heat for decades.

Important note: We try everything to depict the products as exact as possible and to demonstrate them visually. At the same time, the tone of the print products and the printing may vary to a certain extent from the presentation on your device's screen. Depending on the screen settings and the quality of the surface, colors may not be printed as realistically as the digital version on this website. Since the art prints are processed and printed by hand, there may also be minor variations in the exact position and the size of the motif.

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The Ohio-born Ward studied at the National Academy of Design in New York from 1865 to 1870 and at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris from 1872 to 1878. A consummate academic, he began teaching at the National Academy in 1882 and directed the school from 1889 to 1909. His paintings, which often depict tradesmen and craftsmen, demonstrate his meticulous academic style. "The Coppersmith" reflects late nineteenth-century nostalgia for the past and for beautiful handicrafts in an increasingly industrialized age. Here, Ward ennobles a metalworker by presenting him as a dignified artist in his studio.