Famous Paintings of Boats and Harbors

Sailboats, fishing fleets and busy ports, with the light of the water around them.

136 paintings, with works by Eugène Boudin, Francesco Guardi, Claude Monet and Joseph Mallord William Turner. Most often they suit the bathroom, living room and home office.

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Painting of a beach on a cloudy day with several sailboats on the water, a few rowboats on the shore, and two groupings of people on the sand.

Claude Monet The Beach at Sainte-Adresse, 1867 Art Institute of Chicago

Painting of two fishermen in small wooden boat on rocky seas.

Winslow Homer The Herring Net, 1885 Art Institute of Chicago

Large marine landscape of boats on rough waves, storm clouds.

Joseph Mallord William Turner Fishing Boats with Hucksters Bargaining for Fish, 1837–38 Art Institute of Chicago

Ecuadorian landscape with people, palm trees, waterfall, and volcano in background.

Frederic Edwin Church View of Cotopaxi, 1857 Art Institute of Chicago

The Gulf Stream, Winslow Homer, 1899; reworked by 1906, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer The Gulf Stream, 1899; reworked by 1906 The Met

Whalers, Joseph Mallord William Turner, ca. 1845, oil on canvas

Joseph Mallord William Turner Whalers, ca. 1845 The Met

Boating, Édouard Manet, 1874, oil on canvas

Édouard Manet Boating, 1874 The Met

The Trojan Women Setting Fire to Their Fleet, Claude Lorrain, ca. 1643, oil on canvas

Claude Lorrain The Trojan Women Setting Fire to Their Fleet, ca. 1643 The Met

The Garden of Palazzo Contarini dal Zaffo, Francesco Guardi, Late 1770s, oil on canvas

Francesco Guardi The Garden of Palazzo Contarini dal Zaffo, Late 1770s Art Institute of Chicago

Fur Traders Descending the Missouri, George Caleb Bingham, 1845, oil on canvas

George Caleb Bingham Fur Traders Descending the Missouri, 1845 The Met

Long scroll ink painting depicting people with their animals and belongings crossing a river.

Unknown artist Yang Pu Moving His Family, Yuan dynasty (1279–1368) 元朝 Art Institute of Chicago

Painting in short strokes of pale blue, green, white, yellow, and pink, of a fisherman in one of two small boats on a river, a tree-lined bank and a bridge in the background.

Vincent van Gogh Fishing in Spring, the Pont de Clichy (Asnières), 1887 Art Institute of Chicago

Les Andelys, Côte d'Aval, Paul Signac, 1886, oil on canvas

Paul Signac Les Andelys, Côte d'Aval, 1886 Art Institute of Chicago

Painting of a cliff overlooking the sea. Two figures in long dresses, one with a parasol, stand on the cliff beneath blue sky.

Claude Monet Cliff Walk at Pourville, 1882 Art Institute of Chicago

Venice, Palazzo Dario, Claude Monet, 1908, oil on canvas

Claude Monet Venice, Palazzo Dario, 1908 Art Institute of Chicago

Armida Abandoned by Rinaldo, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1742–45, oil on canvas

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Armida Abandoned by Rinaldo, c. 1742–45 Art Institute of Chicago

The Seine at Port-Marly, Piles of Sand, Alfred Sisley, 1875, oil on canvas

Alfred Sisley The Seine at Port-Marly, Piles of Sand, 1875 Art Institute of Chicago

At seascape rendered in pastel tones. At right, boats line a pink shore underneath a tall cliff. At left, a single red sailboat floats in blue water.

Claude Monet Étretat: The Beach and the Falaise d'Amont, 1885 Art Institute of Chicago

Rocks at Port-Goulphar, Belle-Île, Claude Monet, 1886, oil on canvas

Claude Monet Rocks at Port-Goulphar, Belle-Île, 1886 Art Institute of Chicago

View of Genoa, Camille Corot, 1834, oil on paper, mounted on canvas

Camille Corot View of Genoa, 1834 Art Institute of Chicago

Landscape along the Seine with the Institut de France and the Pont des Arts, Alfred Sisley, c. 1875, oil on canvas

Alfred Sisley Landscape along the Seine with the Institut de France and the Pont des Arts, c. 1875 Art Institute of Chicago

The Loire, Alfred Sisley, 1896, oil on canvas

Alfred Sisley The Loire, 1896 Art Institute of Chicago

Sea View, Calm Weather (Vue de mer, temps calme), Édouard Manet, 1864, oil on canvas

Édouard Manet Sea View, Calm Weather (Vue de mer, temps calme), 1864 Art Institute of Chicago

Painting of woman in a striped dress seated on the bank of a river, beneath a full, leafy tree, a boat at the shore and a village visible across the river.

Claude Monet On the Bank of the Seine, Bennecourt, 1868 Art Institute of Chicago

The Departure of the Boats, Étretat, Claude Monet, 1885, oil on canvas

Claude Monet The Departure of the Boats, Étretat, 1885 Art Institute of Chicago

Lunch at the Restaurant Fournaise (The Rowers' Lunch), Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1875, oil on canvas

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Lunch at the Restaurant Fournaise (The Rowers' Lunch), 1875 Art Institute of Chicago

Landscape, Camille Corot, 1865/70, oil on canvas

Camille Corot Landscape, 1865/70 Art Institute of Chicago

Surrounded by lush, bright foliage, man and a young girl at close range lean against a fence near a lake. The man is smoking, and both wear straw hats.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Near the Lake, 1879–80 Art Institute of Chicago

Searchlight on Harbor Entrance, Santiago de Cuba, Winslow Homer, 1902, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer Searchlight on Harbor Entrance, Santiago de Cuba, 1902 The Met

Shooting the Rapids, Saguenay River, Winslow Homer, 1905–10, oil on canvas with chalk

Winslow Homer Shooting the Rapids, Saguenay River, 1905–10 The Met

Boys in a Dory, Winslow Homer, 1873, watercolor washes and gouache over graphite underdrawing on medium rough textured white wove paper

Winslow Homer Boys in a Dory, 1873 The Met

The Ford, Claude Lorrain, possibly 1636, oil on canvas

Claude Lorrain The Ford, possibly 1636 The Met

Boatman among the Reeds, Camille Corot, ca. 1865, oil on canvas

Camille Corot Boatman among the Reeds, ca. 1865 The Met

River with a Distant Tower, Camille Corot, 1865, oil on canvas

Camille Corot River with a Distant Tower, 1865 The Met

The Calm Sea, Gustave Courbet, 1869, oil on canvas

Gustave Courbet The Calm Sea, 1869 The Met

The Fishing Boat, Gustave Courbet, 1865, oil on canvas

Gustave Courbet The Fishing Boat, 1865 The Met

Christ Asleep during the Tempest, Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1853, oil on canvas

Eugène Delacroix Christ Asleep during the Tempest, ca. 1853 The Met

Barges at Pontoise, Camille Pissarro, 1876, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro Barges at Pontoise, 1876 The Met

Morning, An Overcast Day, Rouen, Camille Pissarro, 1896, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro Morning, An Overcast Day, Rouen, 1896 The Met

Steamboats in the Port of Rouen, Camille Pissarro, 1896, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro Steamboats in the Port of Rouen, 1896 The Met

The Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garenne, Alfred Sisley, 1872, oil on canvas

Alfred Sisley The Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garenne, 1872 The Met

Saltash with the Water Ferry, Cornwall, Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1811, oil on canvas

Joseph Mallord William Turner Saltash with the Water Ferry, Cornwall, 1811 The Met

Gray Weather, Grande Jatte, Georges Seurat, ca. 1886–88, oil on canvas

Georges Seurat Gray Weather, Grande Jatte, ca. 1886–88 The Met

The Grand Canal, Venice, Looking South toward the Rialto Bridge, Canaletto, 1730s, oil on canvas

Canaletto The Grand Canal, Venice, Looking South toward the Rialto Bridge, 1730s The Met

The Grand Canal, Venice, Looking Southeast, with the Campo della Carità to the Right, Canaletto, 1730s, oil on canvas

Canaletto The Grand Canal, Venice, Looking Southeast, with the Campo della Carità to the Right, 1730s The Met

Figures on the Beach, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1890, oil on canvas

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Figures on the Beach, 1890 The Met

Sea and Cliffs, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, ca. 1885, oil on canvas

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Sea and Cliffs, ca. 1885 The Met

Butter-yellow clouds and water, a periwinkle-blue sky, and pale plum-purple buildings blend in hazy, indistinct bands across this horizontal landscape painting.

Joseph Mallord William Turner Approach to Venice, 1844 National Gallery of Art

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