Famous Winter and Snow Paintings

Snowy villages, frozen rivers and skaters in the low winter light.

29 paintings, with works by Camille Pissarro, Claude Monet, John Henry Twachtman and Gustave Courbet. Most often they suit the living room, bedroom and guest room.

29 paintings

Painting of a crowd of well-dressed light-skinned people in an open, snowy field surrounded by large rolling hills.

George Bellows Love of Winter, 1914 Art Institute of Chicago

Winter landscape painting with rocky stream lined by orange leafed trees.

John Henry Twachtman Icebound, c. 1889 Art Institute of Chicago

The Forest in Winter at Sunset, Théodore Rousseau, ca. 1846–67, oil on canvas

Théodore Rousseau The Forest in Winter at Sunset, ca. 1846–67 The Met

Valley of Aosta: Snowstorm, Avalanche, and Thunderstorm, Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1836–37, oil on canvas

Joseph Mallord William Turner Valley of Aosta: Snowstorm, Avalanche, and Thunderstorm, 1836–37 Art Institute of Chicago

A snowy landscape in cool tones featuring a prominent, snow-dusted haystack in reddish brown in front of a row of red-brown trees and low, blue mountains, all beheath a pink-gray strip of sky.

Claude Monet Stack of Wheat, 1890–91 Art Institute of Chicago

A lone wheat stack, in shadow, rests on a snow-covered field that is rendered in shades of white, blue, yellow, and purple. A house can be seen in the distance on the right against the blue hills beyond.

Claude Monet Stack of Wheat (Snow Effect, Overcast Day), 1890–91 Art Institute of Chicago

Rabbit Warren at Pontoise, Snow, Camille Pissarro, 1879, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro Rabbit Warren at Pontoise, Snow, 1879 Art Institute of Chicago

An Alpine Scene, Gustave Courbet, 1874, oil on canvas

Gustave Courbet An Alpine Scene, 1874 Art Institute of Chicago

The Banks of the Marne in Winter, Camille Pissarro, 1866, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro The Banks of the Marne in Winter, 1866 Art Institute of Chicago

Two haystacks, dusted with snow, in a hazy, snow-covered field at sunset. The snow is highlighted in purple tones, the sky a yellow and orange gradient.

Claude Monet Stacks of Wheat (Sunset, Snow Effect), 1890–91 Art Institute of Chicago

Light-colored snowscape with visible brushstrokes featuring a bridge in front of red and white barns and farmhouses, surrounded by trees.

Claude Monet Sandvika, Norway, 1895 Art Institute of Chicago

The Deer, Gustave Courbet, ca. 1865, oil on canvas

Gustave Courbet The Deer, ca. 1865 The Met

The Boulevard Montmartre on a Winter Morning, Camille Pissarro, 1897, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro The Boulevard Montmartre on a Winter Morning, 1897 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 Winter Afternoon, Camille Pissarro, 1899, oil on canvas

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

Rue Eugène Moussoir at Moret: Winter, Alfred Sisley, 1891, oil on canvas

Alfred Sisley Rue Eugène Moussoir at Moret: Winter, 1891 The Met

An ice- and powder-blue sky swirled with faint peach takes up the top two-thirds of this landscape painting.

Alfred Sisley First Snow at Veneux-Nadon, 1878 National Gallery of Art

Snow at Louveciennes, Camille Pissarro, c. 1870, oil on panel

Camille Pissarro Snow at Louveciennes, c. 1870 Art Institute of Chicago

The Monastery of San Pedro (Our Lady of the Snows), Frederic Edwin Church, 1879, oil on canvas

Frederic Edwin Church The Monastery of San Pedro (Our Lady of the Snows), 1879 Cleveland Museum of Art

Winter Scene, Francisco de Goya, c. 1786, oil on canvas

Francisco de Goya Winter Scene, c. 1786 Art Institute of Chicago

Niagara Falls in Winter, Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1868, oil on canvas

Jasper Francis Cropsey Niagara Falls in Winter, 1868 Art Institute of Chicago

Valley of the Sédelle at Pont Charraud: White Frost, Armand Guillaumin, c.1903–1911, oil on fabric

Armand Guillaumin Valley of the Sédelle at Pont Charraud: White Frost, c.1903–1911 Cleveland Museum of Art

A stream meanders back through snowbanks in this wooded landscape, which is created entirely with cool, pale tones of white, gray, blue, lilac, and golden beige in this nearly square painting.

John Henry Twachtman Winter Harmony, c. 1890/1900 National Gallery of Art

We look slightly down onto a panorama with dozens of pale-skinned men, women, and children skating and standing on a frozen river in this horizontal landscape painting.

Hendrick Avercamp A Scene on the Ice, c. 1625 National Gallery of Art

A Winter Sky, George Inness, 1866, oil on canvas

George Inness A Winter Sky, 1866 Cleveland Museum of Art

A snowy street with a horse and carriage is flanked to each side by tall buildings in this vertical painting. The overcast scene is loosely painted with visible brushstrokes throughout, so some details are difficult to make out.

Robert Henri Snow in New York, 1902 National Gallery of Art

Two creamy-white, long-haired dogs facing our right in a snowy field fill this horizontal painting. The scene is painted with visible, textured strokes in shades of white and ice blue. The dogs have floppy ears and long muzzles.

Franz Marc Siberian Dogs in the Snow, 1909/1910 National Gallery of Art

Wild Boars in the Snow, Rosa Bonheur, c. 1872–77, oil on wood panel

Rosa Bonheur Wild Boars in the Snow, c. 1872–77 Cleveland Museum of Art

This image depicts a snow-covered landscape with a high horizon line meeting a line of evergreen trees under a sky with blue and grayish clouds. The sky and treetops are textured with lively brushstrokes.

George Catlin La Salle Crossing Lake Michigan on the Ice. December 8, 1681, 1847/1848 National Gallery of Art

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