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Calm landscapes

Quiet fields, rivers, coasts, gardens and skies from three centuries of painting, chosen to sit gently behind a family dashboard all day.

Calm landscapes: the collection's first works, side by side
The collection's first works, side by side. On a screen each work shows whole, with its placard.

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Version 1.0.0 · 16 works · landscape · 4.8 MB to download, 4.7 MB on your Denframe

Works from Art Institute of Chicago and The Cleveland Museum of Art · public domain (CC0)

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The 16 works

In the order the collection plays them, each with what it shows. Every title links to the work's page at its museum.

  • After a Summer Shower (opens in a new tab) · George Inness (American, 1825–1894) · 1894 · Oil on canvas · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0A green summer meadow with scattered trees and a distant barn under a clearing sky, a pale rainbow arching down on the right.
  • Low Tide at Pourville, near Dieppe, 1882 (opens in a new tab) · Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926) · 1882 · oil on fabric · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0A pale blue sea at low tide shimmering in sunlight, with a green headland and white cliffs in the distance.
  • Boats at Rest (opens in a new tab) · Arthur Wesley Dow (American, 1857–1922) · c. 1895 · Oil on canvas · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0Two rowing boats, one blue and one green, resting on the grassy bank of a calm tidal creek with houses beyond.
  • An October Day in the White Mountains (opens in a new tab) · John Frederick Kensett (American, 1816–1872) · 1854 · oil on canvas · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0A wide valley of autumn trees in red and gold stretching toward distant blue mountains under a soft sky.
  • River Landscape with a View of Naarden (opens in a new tab) · Salomon van Ruysdael (Dutch, about 1602–1670) · 1642 · Oil on panel · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0A broad, still river with fishermen in small boats, sailing boats and a distant church tower beneath a large cloudy sky.
  • Wild Geese Descending on a Sandbar, from Eight Views of Xiao-Xiang (opens in a new tab) · Tani Bunchō (Japanese, 1763–1841) · 1788 · album leaf remounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color on paper · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0A pale ink painting of misty sandbanks and reeds with a line of geese descending, and calligraphy at the top right.
  • Gardener's House at Antibes (opens in a new tab) · Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926) · 1888 · oil on canvas · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0A small house with a red roof half hidden behind pale, blossoming trees under a light spring sky.
  • The Hillsides of Méry-sur-Oise, Opposite Auvers (opens in a new tab) · Charles François Daubigny (French, 1817–1878) · 1873 · oil on wood panel · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0A calm river at dusk with a fisherman in a boat and ducks on the water, tall trees on the left and a pale pink sky.
  • The Poet's Garden (opens in a new tab) · Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890) · 1888 · Oil on canvas · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0A grassy park lawn with rounded shrubs and a weeping tree under a yellow-green sky.
  • Snow at Louveciennes (opens in a new tab) · Camille Pissarro (French, 1830–1903) · c. 1870 · Oil on panel · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0A quiet snow-covered garden with bare winter trees, low walls and a distant house, one figure walking under a pale grey-blue sky.
  • Capri (opens in a new tab) · William Stanley Haseltine (American, 1835–1900) · 1869 · oil on canvas · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0A tall rock rising from a calm sea in soft pink evening light, with a sailing ship far off and a small rowing boat.
  • The Seine at Bas-Meudon (opens in a new tab) · Johan Barthold Jongkind (Dutch, 1819–1891) · 1865 · oil on fabric · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0A riverside road with houses and a horse-drawn cart beside a calm river, under a blue sky with white clouds.
  • Landscape near Granby, Connecticut (opens in a new tab) · Hendrik Dirk Kruseman van Elten (American, born The Netherlands, 1829–1904) · 1870s · oil on canvas · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0A calm river winding between autumn trees, with two people in a rowing boat, under a blue sky full of white clouds.
  • Boats at Berck-sur-Mer (opens in a new tab) · Édouard Manet (French, 1832–1883) · 1873 · oil on fabric · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0A green sea flecked with small waves, dotted with dark-sailed fishing boats out to the horizon under a pale grey sky.
  • View of Lake Pepin, Minnesota (opens in a new tab) · Robert S. Duncanson (American, 1821–1872) · 1862 · oil on canvas · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0A wide river valley with a pale lake between low reddish hills and broad fields below a blue sky with clouds.
  • Street in Moret (opens in a new tab) · Alfred Sisley (British, active in France, 1839–1899) · c. 1890 · Oil on canvas · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0A sunny town street with a few walkers, white houses with blue-grey roofs and a pink brick wall beneath a pale blue sky.

Credits and review status

Every work is in the public domain under its museum's own CC0 release, resized for screens by Denframe. Each work's title, creator and museum also travel inside the file and show on its placard.

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