Famous Paintings of Rivers and Lakes (page 2)

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Man and Pool, Florida, John Singer Sargent, 1917, watercolor, gouache, and graphite on white wove paper

John Singer Sargent Man and Pool, Florida, 1917 The Met

Stream and Rocks, John Singer Sargent, ca. 1901–8, watercolor, gouache, and graphite on white wove paper

John Singer Sargent Stream and Rocks, ca. 1901–8 The Met

Sketch for View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm (The Oxbow), Thomas Cole, 1836, oil and pencil on composition board

Thomas Cole Sketch for View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm (The Oxbow), 1836 The Met

Mont Sainte-Victoire and the Viaduct of the Arc River Valley, Paul Cézanne, 1882–85, oil on canvas

Paul Cézanne Mont Sainte-Victoire and the Viaduct of the Arc River Valley, 1882–85 The Met

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

Claude Lorrain The Ford, possibly 1636 The Met

Pastoral Landscape: The Roman Campagna, Claude Lorrain, ca. 1639, oil on canvas

Claude Lorrain Pastoral Landscape: The Roman Campagna, ca. 1639 The Met

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

Camille Corot River with a Distant Tower, 1865 The Met

A Brook in a Clearing (possibly "Brook, Valley of Fontcouverte; Study"), Gustave Courbet, probably 1862, oil on canvas

Gustave Courbet A Brook in a Clearing (possibly "Brook, Valley of Fontcouverte; Study"), probably 1862 The Met

A Brook in the Forest, Gustave Courbet, ca. 1868–77, oil on canvas

Gustave Courbet A Brook in the Forest, ca. 1868–77 The Met

River and Rocks, Gustave Courbet, 1873–77, oil on canvas

Gustave Courbet River and Rocks, 1873–77 The Met

View of Ornans, Gustave Courbet, probably mid-1850s, oil on canvas

Gustave Courbet View of Ornans, probably mid-1850s 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

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

Warwick Castle, Canaletto, 1748, oil on canvas

Canaletto Warwick Castle, 1748 The Met

Allée of Chestnut Trees, Alfred Sisley, 1878, oil on canvas

Alfred Sisley Allée of Chestnut Trees, 1878 The Met

The Seine at Bougival, Alfred Sisley, 1876, oil on canvas

Alfred Sisley The Seine at Bougival, 1876 The Met

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

We hover over the bottle-green surface of a river as it rushes toward a horseshoe-shaped waterfall that curves away from us in this horizontal landscape painting.

Frederic Edwin Church Niagara, 1857 National Gallery of Art

We look across a lush landscape of olive-green forests lining a glimmering, silvery-blue lake with hills in the deep distance under a pale blue sky in this horizontal landscape painting.

Camille Corot The Moored Boatman: Souvenir of an Italian Lake, 1861 National Gallery of Art

Dense canopies enclose a forested interior along a stream in this horizontal landscape painting.

Gustave Courbet The Stream (Le Ruisseau du Puits-Noir; vallée de la Loue), 1855 National Gallery of Art

We look slightly down onto a port-side town along a canal, with a church across the water from us in this horizontal landscape painting. A bright blue sky with billowing white, pink, and gray clouds fills the top two-thirds of the painting.

Canaletto Entrance to the Grand Canal from the Molo, Venice, 1742/1744 National Gallery of Art

A waterway flanked by low banks curves away from us in front of a band of rolling hills in this loosely painted horizontal landscape. The water is created with wide strokes of white, ice blue, or the muted jewel tones of the hills.

Paul Gauguin Brittany Landscape, 1888 National Gallery of Art

We look across a strip of tall grass and flowers at a river that winds into the distance in this loosely painted, horizontal landscape.

Claude Monet Banks of the Seine, Vétheuil, 1880 National Gallery of Art

The rounded, feathery canopies of trees are mirrored in the placid surface of a river in this horizontal landscape painting. The scene is loosely painted with visible dashes and strokes. The largest tree is to our right of center.

Claude Monet The Seine at Giverny, 1897 National Gallery of Art

A wide river cuts through a loosely painted, sunlit landscape in this almost square painting.

Alfred Sisley The Banks of the Oise, 1877/1878 National Gallery of Art

A row of structures and a massive weeping willow tree line the clay-orange riverbank opposite us in this horizontal landscape painting. The scene is painted loosely with long, visible brushstrokes.

Paul Cézanne Banks of the Seine at Médan, c. 1885/1890 National Gallery of Art

A sand-colored riverbank stretches in front of us to meet an arched bridge that spans a pale blue river to our right in this horizontal landscape painting. The scene is loosely painted so many details are indistinct.

Camille Corot Bridge on the Saône River at Mâcon, 1834 National Gallery of Art

We look across the water at two sailing ships with cream-white sails and dark rigging floating in a shimmering, ice-blue river against a distant shore lined with trees, hills, and buildings in this nearly square landscape painting.

Claude Monet Ships Riding on the Seine at Rouen, 1872/1873 National Gallery of Art

Jewel-toned blue, red, yellow, green, and pearl white brushstrokes swirl and stretch in this loosely painted horizontal landscape painting.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir The Blue River, c. 1890/1900 National Gallery of Art

This painting depicts a green landscape under a blue sky. Trees fill the grassy landscape, and a small blue stream winds across the grass on the left side, reflecting light.

Gustave Courbet La Bretonnerie in the Department of Indre, 1856 National Gallery of Art

A wide creek winds between a tree-lined bank to our left and hazy mountains to our right in this horizontal landscape painting. The riverbank curves deeply like a backward capital letter B.

Camille Pissarro A Creek in St. Thomas (Virgin Islands), 1856 National Gallery of Art

From a little above a dirt road, we look past a grove of trees to a broad plain and a lake at the foot of towering, hazy mountains in this horizontal landscape painting.

Albert Bierstadt Lake Lucerne, 1858 National Gallery of Art

A Pond in Picardy, Camille Corot, ca. 1867, oil on canvas

Camille Corot A Pond in Picardy, ca. 1867 The Met

We look slightly down at a woman with pale skin and two men with ruddy complexions sitting at a table near a railing overlooking a boat-clogged waterway in this horizontal painting.

James McNeill Whistler Wapping, 1860-1864 National Gallery of Art

The Fishermen (Fantastic Scene), Paul Cézanne, ca. 1875, oil on canvas

Paul Cézanne The Fishermen (Fantastic Scene), ca. 1875 The Met

We look across churning waves at four sailing ships and a wooden rowboat with four men aboard in this horizontal painting. Dark, iron-gray and tawny-brown clouds approaching from the right fill the top two-thirds of the composition.

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Junction of the Thames and the Medway, 1807 National Gallery of Art

Lormes: Goat-Girl Sitting Beside a Stream in a Forest, Camille Corot, 1842, oil on fabric

Camille Corot Lormes: Goat-Girl Sitting Beside a Stream in a Forest, 1842 Cleveland Museum of Art

A pair of arched cave openings yawn in a steep, rocky cliff face that fills this horizontal painting.

Gustave Courbet La Grotte de la Loue, 1864 National Gallery of Art

The Source of the Loue, Gustave Courbet, 1864, oil on canvas

Gustave Courbet The Source of the Loue, 1864 The Met

The Pond at the Entrance of the Woods, Camille Corot, c. 1860–75, oil on fabric

Camille Corot The Pond at the Entrance of the Woods, c. 1860–75 Cleveland Museum of Art

Venetian Passageway, John Singer Sargent, ca. 1905, watercolor, gouache, and graphite on white wove paper

John Singer Sargent Venetian Passageway, ca. 1905 The Met

Landscape with Cottages, John Constable, 1809–10, oil on canvas

John Constable Landscape with Cottages, 1809–10 Art Institute of Chicago

View of the Seine, Georges Seurat, 1882–83, oil on wood

Georges Seurat View of the Seine, 1882–83 The Met

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