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Repair Works

Original price was: $599.00.Current price is: $299.00.

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Repair Works by Floris Arntzenius, rebuilt as a hand-painted replica on canvas that keeps the tonal restraint and quiet structure of the original.

Frame
Unframed - Rolled in Tube Stretched +$250.00 Silver White frame +$370.00 Black frame +$370.00 Gold frame +$380.00 Silver frame +$380.00 Gold Black frame +$380.00 Unframed – Rolled in Tube
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Description

Viewers returning to Repair Works over the years tend to notice how quietly it holds attention. It is not a dramatic scene, and it was never meant to be; the interest lies in how the painting of Floris Arntzenius organizes a working street or waterway into something worth pausing over, a habit of looking that has followed the picture since it left the studio.

About Repair Works

The subject is unpretentious: figures engaged in the labour of repair, set within a composition that distributes weight carefully across the canvas so that no single passage overwhelms another. Arntzenius, working within the loose, tonally driven idiom of Dutch Impressionism, builds the scene through short, responsive strokes rather than tight outline. Light falls unevenly, catching a roofline or a tool in hand and leaving other areas to recede into muted grey and brown, a palette typical of his urban and harbour subjects from the period.

What sustains the painting on a second and third viewing is the relationship between structure and atmosphere. The figures and their activity anchor the eye, while the surrounding brushwork, looser and more suggestive, gives the impression of damp air and shifting light without describing either literally. It is this balance, tight where it needs to be and open everywhere else, that keeps the composition from settling into mere illustration.

The hand-painted reproduction

ByMuseum artists produce this piece as an oil painting reproduction, painted by hand rather than printed, matching the tonal range and the particular grey-brown palette that define the original. The brushwork is rebuilt stroke by stroke on canvas, so the surface carries genuine texture and the layered depth of oil colour, and the same restraint that governs the original composition is respected rather than smoothed over. Some collectors prefer the term hand-painted replica for work of this kind, and either description points to the same object: a painted canvas, not a print, made to sit close to the source rather than approximate it. What is carried across is not just the image but the manner of its making, the same slow accumulation of colour that gives the original its quiet authority.

  • Hand-painted oil on canvas, made individually by a trained artist
  • Available in multiple sizes to suit your wall
  • Gallery-ready presentation, ready to hang on arrival
  • Certificate of authenticity included with every order
  • 90 day returns, full refund or free replacement, no restocking fee
PRODUCT INFORMATION

Each ByMuseum artwork is a hand-painted oil painting reproduction created by trained artists on high-quality cotton canvas. Every piece is reviewed, finished, and packed according to the framing option you select.

Empty walls flatten a room. A classical artwork restores structure and visual hierarchy. One painting defines the space, anchors furniture, and establishes identity.

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Worldwide shipping included. Each painting is produced to order and safely packed for international transport.

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Authentic hand-painted reproduction

Real brushwork, layered oil paint, and durable pigments on museum-quality canvas.

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If the result does not meet expectations, return it for a full refund.

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Unframed — Rolled in Tube

Your artwork is painted on premium cotton canvas, then shipped safely rolled in a rigid tube with extra blank canvas border — ready for stretching or framing locally.

Framed — Ready to Hang

Select a handcrafted frame and we’ll deliver your painting fully assembled, protected, and ready to hang.

For safe shipping, framing is available up to a maximum size. Larger sizes will automatically disable the frame option.

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Stretched Canvas

Choose “Stretched” to receive your canvas mounted on wooden stretcher bars — perfect if you’ll frame it later or display it as-is.

Gallery Wrap

Gallery Wrap is a deeper, 1.5" style stretcher. The canvas wraps around the sides and is stapled on the back for a clean, modern, frameless look.

Insured Express Delivery

We ship with UPS, FedEx, or DHL straight to your door. You’ll receive a tracking number as soon as your order leaves our studio. Typical delivery is 5 to 7 days after dispatch; large, framed, or stretched pieces may take longer depending on the safest shipping route.

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Unframed canvases are protected with a film, carefully rolled, and secured inside a rigid shipping tube.

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Repair Works by Floris Arntzenius - hand-painted oil reproduction
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