Two Sisters (On the Terrace), 1881 by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Canvas Print - 1815-RPA

Location: Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA
Original Size: 100.5 × 81 cm

Own a museum-grade giclée Canvas Print of Two Sisters (On the Terrace) by Renoir (1881). It is printed with archival pigments on 400 g/m² canvas and hand-varnished with a UV-protective layer. Set your exact proportional size—anything up to 51.2 × 41.2 in, with optional framing. Free worldwide shipping for rolled artworks. Unframed prints ship within 48 h, framed prints in 7-8 days. Guaranteed 100-year color durability.

Two Sisters (On the Terrace), 1881 | Renoir | Giclée Canvas Print
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Giclée Canvas Print | $75.27 USD

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Most people search for “canvas print” or “wall art” - but what they’re really looking for is a giclée print: a museum-grade reproduction of the original masterpiece, printed with archival pigment inks on fine art canvas.

Giclée (pronounced 'zhee-clay') is a French term meaning 'to spray,' referring to how ink is precisely sprayed onto canvas or paper, creating incredibly detailed fine art prints. It’s the gold standard in museum-quality printing, loved by artists, galleries, and museums worldwide.

Your artwork will be printed on premium canvas using vibrant archival inks, faithfully capturing every brushstroke and subtle nuance of Renoir's original. To ensure lasting beauty, each print is finished with a protective UV varnish. Far superior to ordinary posters, your canvas print will look and feel like a real painting, retaining its vivid colors and pristine details for more than 100 years.

About Giclée Fine Art Printing

Here's a simple trick: use painter’s tape to mark the print size directly on your wall, and step back to see how it feels. Generally, larger sizes around 36 in wide work beautifully in living rooms or open spaces. Medium sizes around 24 in fit nicely in bedrooms, hallways, or offices. Hanging it above a sofa? Choose a print that's roughly two-thirds the width of your couch. Still unsure? Start with our popular 21.7 × 17.4 in size—it fits comfortably in most spaces!

For a more artistic approach: choosing a size closer to the original artwork ensures you experience the artist’s intended visual impact and authenticity. Of course, since most of us don't live in spacious baroque palaces, your available space and personal taste should ultimately guide your decision.

In many cases, yes! If you need a specific size to fit a particular space or frame, feel free to reach out—we're happy to see what’s possible. Because each print is made to order, we can often accommodate custom dimensions as long as they respect the proportions of the original painting.Just send us an email at info@topartprint.com with the title of the artwork and the size you're looking for. We’ll get back to you quickly with options and pricing.

Good to know: when you choose the size of your artwork, the Print Size shown in the Your Selection box refers to the actual image area—that’s the part you’ll see once the canvas is stretched or framed.

The Total Size includes an additional 1.2 in white border on each side, added specifically for stretching.
So yes—this white border is added on top of your selected print size. You get the full artwork at the dimensions you picked, plus extra canvas to make stretching smooth and professional.

For example, if you select a 21.7 × 17.4 in print, the full canvas you receive will measure 24.0 × 19.8 in—giving your framer plenty of room to create a clean, gallery-quality stretch.

Both options are wonderful choices! Going unframed gives you maximum flexibility—you can take your print to a local framing shop for personalized options and expert advice tailored to your décor. This is especially great if you have specific design ideas or want to match existing frames in your home.

However, keep in mind that a print truly comes to life when properly framed. Art professionals often say: 'The frame contributes 30% of the artwork’s overall impact.' A well-chosen frame elevates and completes your print.

If you choose our framing option, your print will arrive professionally framed and ready to hang right out of the box. We focus exclusively on traditional framing methods, ensuring every artwork receives the respectful presentation it deserves—this is why we don't offer gallery wrap options.

Important shipping note: Due to courier restrictions, we can ship framed prints up to 28 in on the longest side. Larger prints will arrive safely rolled in a tube, ready for you to frame locally.

For more detailed information, please see our complete guide to fine art framing methods.

We've carefully selected this premium canvas because it brings out the absolute best in Renoir's work. Made from natural cotton with a 400 g/m² weight, it has just the right texture to capture every brushstroke and detail of the original painting.

What makes our canvas special? The satin-gloss finish. Think of how paintings look in museums with that beautiful varnish—that's exactly the effect we're going for. This glossy surface makes colors pop with incredible vibrancy while giving deep, rich blacks that matte canvases simply can't achieve. The result? Your print has that authentic 'real painting' look with extraordinary depth and life.

Plus, our canvas is acid-free and pH-neutral, so it'll stay beautiful for generations. We believe Two Sisters (On the Terrace) deserves nothing less than this museum-quality treatment.

Every print is made just for you—no mass production here! Once you place your order, we begin creating your Two Sisters (On the Terrace) print with care and precision.

Unframed prints are crafted in 2–4 business days.
Framed prints take 7–8 business days to build and finish.

Shipping options:
Standard Delivery (Free): Up to two unframed prints per order, provided that the short side does not exceed 59 cm (approx. 23 inches), with delivery in 10–14 working days.
Express Shipping: Delivered in 2–4 working days; costs vary by weight, volume, and destination. After adding the artwork to your cart, use the Shipping estimates tool there for exact pricing.

Note for framed prints: Because they’re bulkier and higher-value, framed artworks ship only via express tracked service and do not qualify for free standard delivery.

Packaging:
Unframed prints: Safely rolled in postal tubes.
Framed prints: Packed in reinforced boxes with corner protectors and bubble wrap.

You’ll receive a tracking number as soon as your order leaves our studio—so you can follow every step of its journey!

It’s super easy! Your giclée print is designed to last over 100 years when properly displayed. We’ve already applied a UV-protective varnish, so there’s no need for any extra treatments on your part.

Just follow these simple tips:
  • Hang your print away from direct sunlight and high humidity
  • Dust gently with a soft, dry cloth if needed
  • Avoid touching the printed surface directly
  • Keep the room temperature relatively stable
That’s it! With these basic precautions, your Renoir print will retain its vibrant colors and pristine condition for generations to come.

We want you to truly love your art. Since each piece is custom-made just for you, we kindly recommend double-checking the size and details before placing your order. But if something’s not right—especially in terms of quality—we’re here to help and will make it right.

We offer a 30-day return policy and accept returns for items damaged during shipping. Our return process is simple and straightforward:
Step 1 – Let us know: Send an email to info@topartprint.com with your order number and a brief explanation of the issue.
Step 2 – Send it back: We’ll reply with clear instructions for returning the print. Please return it in its original packaging and in good condition. You cover return shipping (unless we sent a damaged/incorrect item). After inspection, we'll send a replacement or refund the product price.
Please note: shipping costs are non-refundable.

For framed artworks: Since framed prints are handcrafted specifically for your order, returns are accepted only at our discretion and require a valid reason. But don’t worry—our support team is friendly, responsive, and ready to assist.

About the Painting

A basket of yarn sits at the lower left, its tangled skeins of crimson, cobalt, and green almost too perfectly echoing an Impressionist palette. One might imagine Renoir smiling at his own joke – this little still life within the painting holds the raw pigments he then scattered, softened, and transformed across the entire canvas.

Two figures anchor the composition with surprising solidity. The older girl – not quite a woman, not quite a child – sits slightly off-center in a deep navy jacket, a bold red hat crowning her fair hair. Her gaze drifts past us, unfocused, contemplative, carrying that particular French quality of being present and elsewhere at once. Beside her, lower in the frame and pressing close, a younger girl looks straight out with round blue eyes and flushed cheeks. Her flower-laden hat is a riot of daisies, roses, and ribbon. She feels like an interruption, someone who tumbled into the scene a half-second before Renoir set to work.

Despite its title, Two Sisters (On the Terrace) depicts two models who were not related at all. Renoir's dealer chose the name, and it stuck – partly because the warmth between them is so convincing. The painting debuted at the seventh Impressionist exhibition in 1882, alongside works like Acrobats at the Cirque Fernando, and it has lost none of its immediacy in the intervening century and a half.

Behind the iron railing, Chatou opens up in a haze of spring foliage and river light. Sailboats ghost across the Seine. Trees dissolve into flecks of viridian, white, and pale blue. Renoir treats this backdrop almost as theatrical scenery – loosely brushed, atmospheric, deliberately indistinct – so that the figures in front feel all the more tangible. The contrast is striking: flesh tones are smoothly modeled, the navy flannel rendered with rich, dense strokes, while the landscape behind shimmers and breathes like a separate world.

Color does enormous emotional work here. That red hat is the painting's heartbeat, pulling the eye upward and holding its own against the cooler blues and greens that dominate the rest of the surface. Renoir understood complementary contrasts intuitively; the warm red against the cool foliage generates a visual energy that never becomes harsh. Touches of orange in the basket, scattered florals on the child's hat, and the small bouquet pinned to the older girl's jacket create secondary rhythms across the canvas.

Light falls evenly, filtered through trees, with no sharp shadows. This is plein-air illumination at its gentlest – the kind of soft, diffused warmth you feel on your skin in late April, when the sun is bright but the air still holds a trace of coolness. Renoir was working outdoors at Chatou through much of spring 1881, and the painting carries that particular freshness.

What lingers is the mood. Not drama, not narrative tension, but something quieter – the simple pleasure of a fine day, youth, flowers, a river glinting through the trees. Renoir once had an interviewer note that he loved "everything that is joyous, brilliant, and consoling in life." Few paintings at the Art Institute of Chicago embody that impulse more completely. Where Monet might have dissolved these figures into light, Renoir insists on their physical presence, their warmth, their weight in the world. Perhaps that is why we return to it: not for what it means, but for how it feels – like standing in a garden where nothing is wrong and nothing needs to be.

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Alexander K  Verified Icon Verified Buyer
15th April 2024 7:06pm
Very beautyful painting, excellent reproduction. Frame of high quality material, very well crafted. Carefully packaged, so it arrived without any damage. Delivery well within the predicted time frame. Actually the picture was a birthday present for my wife and it was a great success.
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Josh  Verified Icon Verified Buyer
7th December 2022 3:01pm
The print rendered beautifully and frame mount was perfect!
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Janis  Verified Icon Verified Buyer
24th January 2021 3:56pm
Hi Michael, I received the framed print yesterday and I love it. Thank you so much.
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