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Museum quality
Museum quality oil paintings, painted by hand.
Museum quality is not a label on a box. It is a standard every canvas has to meet before it leaves our studio: real oil, real canvas, a painter’s hand on every stroke, and a final check against the original.
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Painted by hand in oil
21,000+
Masterpieces we paint
90 days
To repaint it or refund it
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The standard
What museum quality means at ByMuseum
Six things every painting has to get right. If one of them is missing, the canvas does not leave the studio.
01
Real oil paint
Every painting is made with oil paint on primed artist canvas. No prints, no printed base under a few brushstrokes, no AI.
02
A painter’s own drawing
The composition is drawn on the canvas by hand. Nothing is traced or projected, so the work starts as a painting, not a copy.
03
Built in layers
Oil goes on layer over layer, and each one is left to set before the next. That is where the depth and the raised texture come from.
04
Faithful to the original
Our painters study the original from museum references first: its palette, its light and the direction of each brush mark.
05
Checked before it ships
A second person checks every finished canvas against the original. If it does not hold up, it does not ship.
06
Ready for your wall
It arrives rolled in a protective tube, gallery wrapped on wooden bars, or framed in one of our five hand-finished frames.
Look closer
The ridges are paint.
These close-ups come from photos of finished ByMuseum canvases, taken in our studio before they shipped. Every raised edge is a brushstroke. A print is flat; here you can see the paint catch the light.
Print or painting
How a hand-painted canvas compares
Many “oil paintings” sold online are canvas prints, or prints with a few strokes added on top. Here is what changes when every stroke is painted.
Canvas print
“Hand-embellished” print
ByMuseum oil painting
How it is made
Printed by a machine
Printed, then touched up with a few strokes
Painted by hand in oil, layer by layer
The surface
Flat ink
Flat print under a little raised gel
Real brushstrokes across the whole canvas
Up close
Dots of ink
Print dots show between the strokes
Paint you can see and feel
Each copy
Identical to every other
Nearly identical
One of a kind
Time to make
Minutes
Hours
2 to 3 weeks of painting
Real canvases
Judge it against the original
Photos of finished canvases next to the paintings they were made from, taken in our studio before shipping.
The Great Wave off Kanagawa
by Katsushika Hokusai
The original
Our canvas
Café Terrace at Night
by Vincent Van Gogh
The original
Our canvas
Finishing
Choose how it arrives
The painting is the same in every option. What changes is how it reaches your wall.
Rolled in a tube. The canvas travels rolled in a reinforced tube, ready for your own framer.
Gallery wrapped. Stretched over wooden bars with the painting carried around the edges, ready to hang as it is.
Framed. Five hand-finished frames, from classic gold to modern black, shipped in a rigid padded box.
Gold
Gold & black
Silver
Black
Silver white
Made to order
Oil cannot be rushed. We do not try.
Each painting is started when you order it, and each layer has to set before the next goes on. Here is what that means for you.
2–3 weeks
Painting by hand, depending on size and detail
3–4 weeks
From your order to your door, with tracking
90 days
To ask for a repaint or a full refund
Questions
Museum quality, explained
What does museum quality mean for an oil painting?
For us it means a painting made with the same materials and methods as the original: oil paint on canvas, applied by hand in layers, and checked against the original before it ships. It is a standard of making, not a print finish.
Is it real oil paint or a print?
Real oil paint, applied by hand on canvas. We do not sell prints, and no part of the image is printed.
Will it look exactly like the original?
It follows the original’s composition, colour and brushwork closely, but it is painted, not copied by a machine. Small differences are the mark of a human hand. Our samples page shows finished canvases next to the originals so you can judge for yourself.
How long will an oil painting last?
Oil paintings can last for centuries when they are cared for. Hang yours away from direct sunlight, heat and damp, and dust it gently with a soft, dry brush.
How is it shipped?
Unframed paintings travel rolled in a reinforced tube; framed pieces travel in a rigid box with foam padding. Shipping is free and tracked. Import duties may apply, depending on your country.
What if I am not happy with it?
You have 90 days from delivery. We will repaint it or refund you, with no restocking fee.
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