Famous Garden Paintings

Flowerbeds, parks, orchards and terraces: the painted garden in every season.

62 paintings, with works by Camille Pissarro, Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh and Georges Seurat. Most often they suit the guest room, living room and bedroom.

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Impressionist painting of two girls on balcony, bright flower hat, knitting basket.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Two Sisters (On the Terrace), 1881 Art Institute of Chicago

Painting of four women with blue shawls walking near red fence.

Paul Gauguin Arlésiennes (Mistral), 1888 Art Institute of Chicago

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

Small painting of woman in pink and black sitting on park bench.

William Merritt Chase A City Park, c. 1887 Art Institute of Chicago

Merry Company on a Terrace, Jan Steen, ca. 1670, oil on canvas

Jan Steen Merry Company on a Terrace, ca. 1670 The Met

The Dutton Family in the Drawing Room of Sherborne Park, Gloucestershire, Johann Zoffany, c. 1772, oil on canvas

Johann Zoffany The Dutton Family in the Drawing Room of Sherborne Park, Gloucestershire, c. 1772 Cleveland Museum of Art

Garden View, Brooklyn, Fidelia Bridges, ca. 1867, watercolor and gouache, with traces of graphite underdrawing, on tan hot-pressed wove paper

Fidelia Bridges Garden View, Brooklyn, ca. 1867 The Met

Joan of Arc, Jules Bastien-Lepage, 1879, oil on canvas

Jules Bastien-Lepage Joan of Arc, 1879 The Met

The Crystal Palace, Camille Pissarro, 1871, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro The Crystal Palace, 1871 Art Institute of Chicago

Lush tall grasses with small white flowers foreground a grove of bushy trees of varying types and heights, their leaves ranging from deep green to golden.

Vincent van Gogh The Poet's Garden, 1888 Art Institute of Chicago

Rinaldo and Armida in Her Garden, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1742–45, oil on canvas

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Rinaldo and Armida in Her Garden, c. 1742–45 Art Institute of Chicago

Among potted flowers and lush foliage, a tiny child in a white dress plays with a hoop. A woman peers at the child from an ivy-covered building at right.

Claude Monet The Artist's House at Argenteuil, 1873 Art Institute of Chicago

Terrace and Observation Deck at the Moulin de Blute-Fin, Montmartre, Vincent van Gogh, Early 1887, oil on canvas, mounted on pressboard

Vincent van Gogh Terrace and Observation Deck at the Moulin de Blute-Fin, Montmartre, Early 1887 Art Institute of Chicago

Painting of a small pond dense with pink water lilies, their roots visible through the water, a railed footbridge arching over the pond and lush, dark green folliage surrounding it.

Claude Monet Water Lily Pond, 1900 Art Institute of Chicago

Water Lily Pond, Claude Monet, 1917–19, oil on canvas

Claude Monet Water Lily Pond, 1917–19 Art Institute of Chicago

Cremorne Gardens, No. 2, James McNeill Whistler, ca. 1870–80, oil on canvas

James McNeill Whistler Cremorne Gardens, No. 2, ca. 1870–80 The Met

Madame Cézanne (Hortense Fiquet, 1850–1922) in the Conservatory, Paul Cézanne, 1891, oil on canvas

Paul Cézanne Madame Cézanne (Hortense Fiquet, 1850–1922) in the Conservatory, 1891 The Met

The Pool at Jas de Bouffan, Paul Cézanne, ca. 1885–86, oil on canvas

Paul Cézanne The Pool at Jas de Bouffan, ca. 1885–86 The Met

George Sand's Garden at Nohant, Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1842–43, oil on canvas

Eugène Delacroix George Sand's Garden at Nohant, ca. 1842–43 The Met

A Shaded Avenue, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1775, oil on wood

Jean-Honoré Fragonard A Shaded Avenue, ca. 1775 The Met

The Flowering Orchard, Vincent van Gogh, 1888, oil on canvas

Vincent van Gogh The Flowering Orchard, 1888 The Met

The Monet Family in Their Garden at Argenteuil, Édouard Manet, 1874, oil on canvas

Édouard Manet The Monet Family in Their Garden at Argenteuil, 1874 The Met

The Public Garden at Pontoise, Camille Pissarro, 1874, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro The Public Garden at Pontoise, 1874 The Met

A Washerwoman at Eragny, Camille Pissarro, 1893, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro A Washerwoman at Eragny, 1893 The Met

Poplars, Eragny, Camille Pissarro, 1895, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro Poplars, Eragny, 1895 The Met

The Garden of the Tuileries on a Winter Afternoon, Camille Pissarro, 1899, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro The Garden of the Tuileries on a Winter Afternoon, 1899 The Met

The Garden of the Tuileries on a Spring Morning, Camille Pissarro, 1899, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro The Garden of the Tuileries on a Spring Morning, 1899 The Met

The Garden of the Tuileries on a Winter Afternoon, Camille Pissarro, 1899, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro The Garden of the Tuileries on a Winter Afternoon, 1899 The Met

The Gardener, Georges Seurat, 1882–83, oil on wood

Georges Seurat The Gardener, 1882–83 The Met

View of Marly-le-Roi from Coeur-Volant, Alfred Sisley, 1876, oil on canvas

Alfred Sisley View of Marly-le-Roi from Coeur-Volant, 1876 The Met

Woman in the Garden of Monsieur Forest, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1889–91, oil on canvas

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Woman in the Garden of Monsieur Forest, 1889–91 The Met

Versailles, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1900–1905, oil on canvas

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Versailles, 1900–1905 The Met

Chrysanthemums in the Garden at Petit-Gennevilliers, Gustave Caillebotte, 1893, oil on canvas

Gustave Caillebotte Chrysanthemums in the Garden at Petit-Gennevilliers, 1893 The Met

We look out onto a landscape with low, grassy hills to the left, a lake to the right, and a brick building in the center distance below a sky filled with towering white clouds in this horizontal painting.

John Constable Wivenhoe Park, Essex, 1816 National Gallery of Art

Painted in golden tones of butter and harvest yellow, tawny brown, and olive green, this horizontal landscape painting has a low wall stretching diagonally from the lower right corner off to our left, dividing a river to our right from a…

Joseph Mallord William Turner Mortlake Terrace, 1827 National Gallery of Art

Three women stand on or next to a ladder picking olives in an orchard in this horizontal landscape painting. The women, trees, ground, and sky are all painted with long, parallel brushstrokes that curve and swirl over the canvas.

Vincent van Gogh The Olive Orchard, 1889 National Gallery of Art

A tree with emerald-green leaves and laden with white blossoms grows in a dirt field, and is silhouetted against a vibrant blue sky in this horizontal landscape painting. The scene is loosely painted with visible dabs and strokes.

Camille Pissarro Orchard in Bloom, Louveciennes, 1872 National Gallery of Art

A woman bends double to tend a garden that stretches before us in front of two houses in this horizontal landscape painting.

Camille Pissarro The Artist's Garden at Eragny, 1898 National Gallery of Art

A bank of flowering bushes, possibly roses, fills most of an enclosed garden in front of a white house in this horizontal landscape painting.

Claude Monet The Artist's Garden in Argenteuil (A Corner of the Garden with Dahlias), 1873 National Gallery of Art

A pale turquoise footbridge arching over a pond lined with tall grasses and filled with petal-pink and butter-yellow waterlilies spans this horizontal landscape painting. The scene is loosely painted with touches of vibrant color.

Claude Monet The Japanese Footbridge, 1899 National Gallery of Art

The painting features a large gray watering can in the bottom right corner, set against a lush garden background. Bushes on the right side are speckled with dots of pink, yellow, blue, orange, and purple, suggesting flowers.

Georges Seurat The Watering Can - Garden at Le Raincy, c. 1883 National Gallery of Art

A pale-skinned young man with a carrot-red beard and hair faces us, straddling a green chair in a sunny outdoor setting in this vertical painting. The scene is loosely painted so his features are indistinct.

Édouard Manet George Moore in the Artist's Garden, c. 1879 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a woman standing, facing the right, her head slightly angled downward. She has pale skin and dark hair and is wearing a long, pale, blue-gray dress with wide sleeves adorned with black stripes.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Woman in a Park, 1866 National Gallery of Art

Woman in a Garden, Berthe Morisot, 1882–83, oil on canvas

Berthe Morisot Woman in a Garden, 1882–83 Art Institute of Chicago

Heavy daubs of pigment form a crowded scene of roughly defined, finely dressed individuals in a brightly color park along a riverbank.

Georges Seurat Oil Sketch for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884", 1884 Art Institute of Chicago

Boboli Garden, Florence, John Singer Sargent, ca. 1906–7, watercolor, gouache, and graphite on white wove paper, mounted on board

John Singer Sargent Boboli Garden, Florence, ca. 1906–7 The Met

Garden Scene, Jean-François Millet, 1854, oil on canvas

Jean-François Millet Garden Scene, 1854 The Met

The Agony in the Garden, Raphael, ca. 1504, oil on wood

Raphael The Agony in the Garden, ca. 1504 The Met

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