Description
City at Night – amber lights in grey rain
Painting on canvas lights a night city almost entirely in grey, black and white and lets small amber and orange windows come on among the towers — modern painting where every colour in the picture arrives through a window.
Technique and texture
The whole architecture is built with the blade: each facade is a few straight flat strokes, and the windows are single square impressions of white and amber. The sky is swept in broad diagonal passes of grey and black. In the foreground the strokes are pulled vertically downward, which is what makes the asphalt read as wet.
The motif
Dark towers stand at the left and the right and frame the scene. A group of tall buildings fills the middle, among them a narrow spire that reaches highest of all. Lamp standards wind between the houses carrying white lights. The lower third is open street, and the light spreads across it in long gold and orange bars.
Setting and placement
A wide, dark picture will carry a large wall in a living room, an office or a meeting room. The palette is close to monochrome and therefore agrees with almost any existing furniture, while the amber windows supply the warmth.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, flat blade facades, square window impressions, broad diagonal sky, vertically pulled reflections
- Palette: grey, black, white, amber, orange
- Ideal for: living rooms, offices, meeting rooms
- Character: monochrome, urban, lit
Choose the size that suits your wall.
Size, hanging, delivery
City at Night is painted in 19 landscape sizes, from 60 x 30 to 340 x 175 cm. Over a 200 cm sofa the two-thirds rule points to 130 x 67 or 140 x 72 cm, over a bed 160–180 cm wide to 110 x 57 or 120 x 60 cm, a long hallway takes 150 x 75 cm, and a large living or meeting room wall 200 x 100 or 220 x 115 cm. Mark YES in the Stretcher menu and the grey and black canvas with its amber windows arrives on a wooden stretcher, ready to hang. No frame is included: you can pick one in the Frame menu, which starts at Without frame, though the night towers run to the edge without it. Delivery takes 15–45 days.
The first photograph shows City at Night head-on on a wooden studio easel, and the second photograph views it from an angle, showing the thick blade relief of the facades. This painting is hand-painted, its amber windows and wet street not printed.
Questions about this painting
Which size of City at Night goes above a sofa?
Above a 200 cm sofa choose 130 x 67 cm, or 140 x 72 cm for a longer sofa; the wide night panorama then fills two thirds of its width.
Does City at Night arrive ready to hang?
Yes. With YES chosen in the Stretcher menu, the grey and black canvas with amber windows is stretched on a wooden stretcher and can go straight on the wall.
Can I order City at Night in a size that is not listed?
If none of the 19 sizes between 60 x 30 and 340 x 175 cm suits you, ask us about a painting made to order.
