Musée No:325.184

Musée No:325.184

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Nude Study

Artist: James Wells Champney
Date:1890

James Wells Champney (1843 –1903) was an American genre artist and illustrator noted for his portraits, oriental scenes and American landscapes. Born in Boston, his mother died when he was quite young and he was raised by relatives. At the age of 16 years he began his career as an apprentice wood engraver. At the outbreak of Civil War he left the apprenticeship and enlisted. He was at Gettysburg. In 1866 he travelled to Europe where he studied under the genre painter, Edouard Frère in Ecouen. In 1873 he eloped with Elizabeth Williams, his former student of drawing, to save her from an arranged marriage., and for three years the couple travelled through Europe. Their marriage was a very happy one and they regularly worked together, Elizabeth contributed to articles and magazines and authored several series of travel books, with her husband providing the illustrations. His illustrations were very popular and were used by other notable authors. Back in America in 1879 the Champneys purchased a second home on New York's fashionable Fifth Avenue, where James established a studio. In 1880 the couple won a contract to illustrate a series of articles for Century Magazine and travelled to North Africa, Spain and Portugal and Morocco. Champney's paintings include landscape and genre subjects as well as Orientalist scenes. After his travels in Europe, he concentrated almost exclusively on pastels and became known for his portraits, especially those of young girls. He also lectured on and was an advocate for photography. He often signed his work as "Champs" to distinguish himself from other artists with the same surname. James died on 1 May 1903 in a tragic accident he fell down an elevator lift shaft in New York.

Borders & Mounts

None of our prints come with separate mounts. Some have a printed border which replaces the need for a mount, and some are borderless pieces. In either case the edge to edge size of the prints is 'A' sized as stated. If you should want a mount around your print, then you just need to buy a mount for the 'A' size you choose and then a frame to go with that.

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Print Quality

Our approach to printing is built on the ability to faithfully reproduce artworks using the finest inks and papers available today. A world away from mass produced posters we take pride in producing beautiful, affordable, fine art prints in-house, for discerning interior lovers everywhere.

Giclée Printing - In order to achieve this consistent, outstanding quality we produce every archival pigment print (alternatively know as giclée) to order using the same ink, paper and printing techniques used by museums all over the world. (Giclée is pronounced gee-clay with a soft G) Our archival giclée prints are loved for their vibrant tonal range and the handmade feel of their beautiful textured papers. The quality of a giclée print is far superior to all other forms of printing and when done authentically it is the closest reproduction printing method possible for matching to an original artwork.

Acid Free Paper - Each piece of Musée Art is printed to order on 312 GSM Paper. GSM is a measurement of the thickness of the paper. It is based on calculating the amount a sheet of paper would weigh, in grams, if it was exactly one square metre in size. Paper with a higher GSM will generally be thicker and therefore more difficult to crease or tear. Museum grade acid free papers are made from 100% cotton pulp rather than wood-based products. High quality cotton fibre paper is known to last hundreds of years without appreciable fading, discolouration, or deterioration due to the fact no chemicals are used in its production. Unlike wood based, mass produced alternatives,which will deteriorate, fade and change colour over time.

Inks - Archival pigment printing (giclée) uses inks which have longevity rates calculated at over 100 years. This printing technique must utilise eight or more different ink colours which are colour profiled to match the archival paper to achieve a perfectly colour accurate reproduction of the original piece of art. 

Mount Board - All Musée museum quality prints are professionally mounted on 2.4mm acid free art board ready to free stand or frame. Mounted prints also help to preserve the qualty of the edges and keep the prints perfectly flat with no risk of cockling. Cockling is the process by which a print starts to ripple due to changing levels of ambient moisture which are naturally present in the air in all our homes. Also, when you decide to either change your Musée artwork in your frames or swap them out for a new find, a Musée mounted print will stay flat and safe whilst in storage.

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312 gsm Paper

All muséee prints are reproduced on the finest quality 312 gsm museum archival acid free paper.

Mount Board

All Musée prints are mounted on acid free 2.4 mm mount board ready for
framing or free standing display.

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Cotton Rag

100% natural cotton based paper has a beautiful fine textured finish.