Art collection

Night and winter

Snowy villages, frosty mornings, moonlit rivers and winter dusks, chosen to stay light enough to read a dashboard over.

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

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The 24 works

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

Sandvika, Norway (opens in a new tab) · Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926) · 1895 · Oil on canvas · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0A Norwegian village under deep snow, with houses touched with red, a small arched bridge and frosted birch trees below a blue wooded hill.
Valley of the Sédelle at Pont Charraud: White Frost (opens in a new tab) · Armand Guillaumin (French, 1841–1927) · c.1903–1911 · oil on fabric · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0A frosted valley in pale blues and pinks, with autumn trees in red and gold and two small figures walking along a path.
Evening Snow at Mimeguri, Eight Views of the Sumida River (Sumidagawa hakkei, Mimeguri bosetsu), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho no uchi)" (opens in a new tab) · Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858) · c. 1840/42 · Color woodblock print; aiban · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0A woodblock print of a snowy riverbank with pines, stone lanterns and a gate, a deep blue river and white hills beyond under falling snow.
Stacks of Wheat (Sunset, Snow Effect) (opens in a new tab) · Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926) · 1890–91 · Oil on canvas · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0Two snow-covered stacks of wheat in a field glowing violet and blue under an orange and pink sunset sky.
The Winter Sun (opens in a new tab) · George Gardner Symons (American, 1861–1930) · about 1909 · Oil on canvas · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0A winding river with ice floes between snowy banks, bare trees and a farmhouse in low golden winter sunlight.
Kanbara: Evening Snow (Kanbara, yoru no yuki), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido (opens in a new tab) · Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858) · c. 1833/34 · Color woodblock print; oban · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0A woodblock print of a village at night under heavy snow, with travellers holding hats and umbrellas walking up a white slope.
Ice-Bound Falls (opens in a new tab) · Ernest Lawson (American, 1873–1939) · 1919 · Oil on canvas · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0A waterfall tumbling through snow-covered rocks, with pink mill buildings on the bank and wooded blue hills behind.
Plovers Flying Across a River above Snow-Laden Reeds (Fuyu no Kawa), from the series "Worlds of Things (Momoyogusa)" (opens in a new tab) · Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese, 1866-1942, Usudo, Japanese, unknown) · 1909/10 · Color woodblock print · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0A stylised print of grey plovers flying over a teal river that curves between white banks of snow-laden reeds.
Murol in the Snow (opens in a new tab) · Victor Charreton (French, 1864–1936) · c. 1920 · oil on canvas · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0A French village street after snowfall, with tall pale houses, bare trees and a snowy hillside rising behind.
Snow on the Sumida River (opens in a new tab) · Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790-1848) · early 1830s · Color woodblock print; oban · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0A blue and white woodblock print of a riverside village and pine trees under snow, a small boat on the pale water below.
The Woods, Winter (opens in a new tab) · Henri Rivière (French, 1864–1951) · 1898 · color lithograph · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0A colour print of tall green-trunked beech trees in a snowy wood, with two people carrying bundles of firewood on the right.
Moonlight on the Yodo River (Yodogawa), from the series "Snow, Moon and Flowers (Setsugekka)" (opens in a new tab) · Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (Japanese, 1760–1849) · c. 1833 · Color woodblock print; oban · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0A woodblock print of boats on a broad river under a full moon, a castle with tiled roofs on the right and pale fields beyond.
A Winter Sky (opens in a new tab) · George Inness (American, 1825–1894) · 1866 · oil on canvas · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0A winter marsh at sunset, with a red sun low behind dark bushes, a band of glowing cloud and a river edged with snow.
First Snow and the Little House (opens in a new tab) · Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864–1946) · 1923 · Gelatin silver print · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0A photograph of a small white house deep in fresh snow, with a pole in front, frosted trees and a wooded hill behind.
A Distant View of Snow on the Sumida River in Edo (opens in a new tab) · Ikeda Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848) · early 1830s · color woodblock print · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0A woodblock print of a ferry crowded with passengers in straw hats crossing a deep blue river, with snowy pines and houses on the far bank.
Love of Winter (opens in a new tab) · George Wesley Bellows (American, 1882–1925) · 1914 · Oil on canvas · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0A crowd of skaters in bright winter coats on a frozen pond, with dark blue wooded hills and a snowy slope behind.
Winter Landscape with Skater (opens in a new tab) · Jan van Kessel (Dutch, 1641–1680) · 1662 · brush and black ink and grey wash over black chalk on cream laid paper; brown ink framing line · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0A pen and wash drawing of a Dutch village in winter, with bare trees, cottages, a church spire and a skater by a small arched bridge.
Moon over Musashino, from the series "Worlds of Things (Momoyogusa)" (opens in a new tab) · Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese, 1866-1942) · 1909/10 · Color woodblock print · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0A large silver moon rising behind tall white and black grasses against a soft grey sky.
Evening Snow Blending River and Sky, 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 · CC0An ink painting of a wide river in evening snow, with white hills and pines, sailboats on the grey water, travellers on horseback on the near bank and a poem inscribed above, in a patterned blue mount.
Fuji from Ommayagashi with Twilight over Ryogoku Bridge (Ommayagashi yori ryogokubashi sekiyo o miru), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)" (opens in a new tab) · Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (Japanese, 1760-1849, Publisher: Hibino Yohachi, Japanese, unknown) · c. 1830/33 · Color woodblock print; oban · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0A woodblock print of a ferry with passengers crossing a blue river at dusk, a long wooden bridge and the dark cone of Mount Fuji beyond.
Untitled (Winter Landscape) (opens in a new tab) · William B. Post (American, 1857–1925) · c. 1900 · platinum print · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0A photograph of a snowy path through a winter field, with bare trees and low hills under a pale grey sky.
Snow Storm in Vermont (opens in a new tab) · Mary Altha Nims (American, 1817–1907) · 1800s · pencil · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0A pencil drawing of a white snow-covered building with a small bell tower and a signpost in a snowstorm, with bare trees on a pale hillside.
Towing a Barge in the Snow, from the album The Silver World (opens in a new tab) · Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 (Japanese, c.1753-1806) · 1790 · Woodblock print; oban · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0A pale print of a barge being towed along a snowy riverbank, with willows heavy with snow and white hills behind.
Mid Snow and Ice (opens in a new tab) · Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864–1946) · 1894, printed 1920/39 · Gelatin silver print · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0A black and white photograph of snowy, glacier-covered mountains beneath a sky of small rippled clouds.

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