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See how artists and scientists view the natural world through more than 100 images from the Museum's collection in the Images of Nature gallery. Historic prints, watercolours and paintings spanning 350 years are displayed alongside modern images created by scientists, imaging specialists, photographers and micro-CT scanners.
- Fan Kuan, Travelers Among Mountains and Streams, Northern Song Dynasty, C. 1000
- Gio Xi, Early Spring, Signed and dated 1072
- Giorgione, The Tempest, C. 1505
- Pieter Bruegel The Elder, The Hunters in The Snow, 1565
- Annibale Carracci,Fishing, Before 1596
- El Greco, View of Toledo, C. 1596–1600
- Claude Lorrain, Pastoral Landscape, C. 1639
- Nicolas Poussin, Spring (The Earthly Paradise), 1660–1664
- Caspar David Friedrich, Wanderer Above The Sea of Fog, C. 1817
- John Constable, The Hay Wain, 1821
Created on a seven-foot-long hanging scroll, Fan Kuan's work Travelers Among Mountains and Streams is one of the most influential examples of early Chinese landscape paintingand representative of the Northern Song school. It features a three-plan perspective of near, middle, and far that is typical of art from this time. Although there are human fi...
Originally from the Henan province, Chinese artist Guo Xi was another influential landscape painter. Early Springis one of his most renowned paintings, which exhibits the artist's aptitude for incorporating multiple perspectives within one composition.
Giorgione was one of the pioneering artists of the Venetian School of painting and The Tempest remains one of his most beloved and ambiguous works of art. In the right foreground, it features an anonymous woman breastfeeding her baby and a soldier carrying a long staff standing on the left. Here, the verdant landscape is not merely decorative, but ...
Pieter Bruegel the Elder was one of the leading artists of the Northern Renaissance. His painting The Hunters in the Snowwas part of a series dedicated to portraying different times of the year. This work depicted a scene in the winter, in which a pair of hunters lead their dogs through the snowy landscape. While the figures are tucked into the lef...
Baroque artist Annibale Carracci was a well-rounded Italian painter who is often compared to his rebellious contemporary, Caravaggio. The large landscape Fishing, which was meant to be displayed with another piece entitled Hunting, was given as gifts to the king of France by Carracci's patron Camillo Pamphili. These works display a deep interest in...
Grounded between the Late Renaissance and the emerging Mannerist art movement is the coveted work of El Greco. His uniquely radical style left a lasting impact on the course of art history. Most notably among his oeuvre is his painting View of Toledo, which is one of two surviving landscapes by the Greek artist. It features a striking blue-black sk...
Baroque painter Claude Lorrain is known for his idyllic portrayals of allegorical scenes rooted in either the Bible or in classical mythology. Pastoral Landscape is a work that aptly conveys this interest, featuring a soft-focused portrayal of the countryside with livestock, a shepherd, and classical architecture on the distant horizon.
Working from Rome, French-born painter Nicolas Poussin created exquisite paintings typical of the classical Baroque style. The Springis part of a series depicting the four seasons and features a lush wooded landscape, in which Adam and Eve are sitting on the grass.
A key work from German Romantic artist Caspar David Friedrich, Wanderer Above the Sea of Fogconveys the awe-inspiring and sublime characteristics of nature. Through the thick fog, jagged cliffs and rocky mountains topped with trees emerge in the distance. While a figure is featured in the center of the canvas, his back is to the viewer, redirecting...
British painter John Constable rejected the highly idealized landscapes of the period and instead favored realistic depictions of the natural world. In his 1821 painting The Hay Wain, Constable depicts Flatford Mill, an area of land owned by his father, Golding Constable. Constable said of the landscape, “I associate ‘my careless boyhood’ with all ...
- Water Lilies – Claude Monet. Claude Money devoted a large portion of his career as an artist to painting various scenes of his own flower garden, which he took great pride in and maintained.
- Tiger in a Tropical Storm (Surprised!) – Henri Rousseau. Henri Rousseau began his art career on the outside of the circle of popular artists and critics in his day.
- Irises – Van Gogh. Vincent Van Gogh was one of the few artists who had the ability to draw out every bit of significance from the different colors and hues of natural objects.
- The Oxbow (The Connecticut River Near Northampton) – Thomas Cole. Thomas Cole painted what many consider to be one of the most famous landscape paintings in history in 1836.
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- Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Landscape with the Flight into Egypt, 1563. Pieter Brueghel the Elder’s, Landscape with the Flight into Egypt, 1563 typifies sublime landscape painting of the Northern Renaissance, combining breath-taking scenery with religious narrative.
- Philip James De Loutherbourg, An Avalanche in the Alps, 1803. The British-based, French-born Philip James De Loutherbourg painted An Avalanche in the Alps in 1803, at a time when the picturesque yet dangerous French Alps were an increasingly popular embodiment of the sublime landscape.
- Joseph Mallord William Turner, Snow Storm: Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps, 1812. J.M.W. Turner’s Snow Storm: Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps, 1812, typifies the agonizing beauty of the Romanticism era, with monstrous, arching storm clouds that soar over small people below.
- Caspar David Friedrich, Wanderer Above Sea Fog, 1817. One of the most iconic and sublime landscape paintings of all time, German painter Caspar David Friedrich’s, Wanderer Above Sea Fog, 1817, encapsulates the dreamy idealistic spirit of European Romanticism.
- "Starry Night" by Vincent van Gogh (1889) Vincent van Gogh's "Starry Night" is an iconic landscape that captures the artist's swirling imagination and emotional intensity.
- "Water Lilies" by Claude Monet (Series, 1897-1926) Claude Monet's series of "Water Lilies" paintings are a testament to the artist's fascination with the play of light and color on the surface of water.
- "Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog" by Caspar David Friedrich (1818) Caspar David Friedrich's "Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog" is a Romantic masterpiece that encapsulates the awe-inspiring beauty and sublime power of nature.
- "The Starry Night Over the Rhône" by Vincent van Gogh (1888) "The Starry Night Over the Rhône" is another masterpiece by Vincent van Gogh, where he captures the shimmering reflections of stars on the surface of the Rhône River in Arles, France.
Sep 13, 2024 · The Artling presents 10 contemporary artists who use a range of media, from photography to graphite pencil, to capture the essence of nature and express their connection with the environment!
Apr 11, 2024 · Coinciding with “Wild: Women Abstractionists on Nature,” our list highlights 10 artists exploring the allure of our earthly environment through abstract forms.
