Genre
Rivers & Lakes
Still and moving water gave landscape its mirror. A river bends a composition and doubles the sky in reflection; the painters of the Seine and the Thames learned that a stretch of water could hold more light than the land around it, and built whole pictures on that shine.
Key artists
Works
The Young Bather
The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak
The Valley of Wyoming
Washerwomen
The Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garenne
Isola Bella in Lago Maggiore
Fanciful Landscape
Indian Summer
Oarsmen at Chatou
High Point: Shandaken Mountains
Pastoral Landscape
Mount Corcoran
A Pastoral Scene
The Beeches
Fishing in Springtime
A Home in the Wilderness
La Grenouillère
View from the Quai d'Orsay
Pompton Plains, New Jersey
Bayside, New Rochelle, New York
Tivoli
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Landscape—Scene from "Thanatopsis"
The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull)
Heart of the Andes
Mountain Torrent
元 錢選 王羲之觀鵝圖 卷|Wang Xizhi watching geese
The Hunters in the Snow
Final study for "La Grande Jatte"
Nevada Falls, Yosemite
Morning, An Overcast Day, Rouen
Spanish Peaks, Southern Colorado, Late Afternoon
Landscape
View of the Town of Alkmaar
River with a Distant Tower
The Falls of Niagara
Sports on a Frozen River
The Pelkus Gate near Utrecht
Eurydice Bitten by the Snake
Landscape with a Church by a Torrent
Lierna
白衣観音図|White-robed Kannon
Cows Crossing a Ford
Low Waterfall in a Wooded Landscape with a Dead Beech Tree
Pitched It Sheer into the River . . . Where It Still Is Seen in the Summer
The Seine: Morning
Study, North Conway, New Hampshire
Delaware Water Gap
View of New York from New Jersey
Saint Christopher and the Infant Christ
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Vaprio d'Adda
High Bridge, New York
Banks of the Loing
The Banks of the Seine at Conflans
On the Hudson
Lake George, A Reminiscence
A Waterfall, Moonlight
The Seine at Bougival
Autumn Meadows
The Ford
Vétheuil in Summer
Pastoral Landscape: The Roman Campagna
Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania
Red Sunset on the Dnieper
明 佚名 仿趙孟頫 垂虹亭圖 卷|Pavilion of the Hovering Rainbow Bridge
The Seine at Vétheuil
Capriccio with St. Paul's and Old London Bridge
A River Glimpse
Landscape at Sunset
Mount Washington, New Hampshire
Hackensack Meadows
五代 傳董元 溪岸圖 軸|Riverbank
The Forest Stream
Arabs Crossing a Ford
清 吳歷 墨井草堂消夏圖 卷|Whiling Away the Summer at the Ink-Well Thatched Hut
A River Landscape
Houses on the Achterzaan
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Warwick Castle
A River in a Meadow
明/清 項聖謨 秋景圖 冊頁|Autumn Landscape, leaf from Album for Zhou Lianggong
Shooting the Rapids, Saguenay River
An Opalescent River
Lake George, 1872
Gray Weather, Grande Jatte
Hudson River Scene
Summer Day on Conesus Lake
After the Storm
清 王翬 太行山色圖 卷|The Colors of Mount Taihang
Yosemite Falls, from Glacier Point
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清 傳弘仁 寺橋山色圖 卷|River Scene in Winter
狩野常信筆 滝見業平図|Nunobiki Waterfall, Mount Yoshino, and Tatsuta River
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清 倣梅清 響山泛舟圖 軸|Boating beneath Echo Hill
River View with a Village Church
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Bay and Harbor of New York from Bedlow's Island
清 佚名 傳王文治 蘭亭修禊圖 軸|Spring Ablutions at the Orchid Pavilion
清 王原祁 江國垂綸圖 卷|Fishing in River Country at Blossom Time
Lake George, New York
清 徐揚等 乾隆南巡圖, 第四卷﹕黃淮交流|The Qianlong Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour, Scroll Four: The Confluence of the Huai and Yellow Rivers (Qianlong nanxun, juan si: Huang Huai jiaoliu)
The River
같은 해에 태어난 관리들의 친목 모임 조선|同庚契會圖 朝鮮|Gathering of government officials
Lake George
Landscape with Waterfall and Figures
Tennessee
明 佚名 舊傳刁光 叢簧集羽 卷|River Scene with Birds and Bamboo
Spring Landscape
Steamboats in the Port of Rouen
Sketch for View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm (The Oxbow)
清 佚名 清明上河圖 卷|Spring Festival on the River
Alexander the Great Rescued from the River Cydnus
The Building of Westminster Bridge
The Mountain Ford
北宋 傳趙令穰 江村秋曉圖 卷|南宋 舊傳 趙令穰 江村秋曉圖 卷|River Village in Autumn Dawn
Midas Washing at the Source of the Pactolus
Up the Hudson
Forest Scene
English Landscape Capriccio with a Column
Moonlight on Mount Lafayette, New Hampshire
Landscape
The Castle Ruin at Tharandt
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Ferry near Gorinchem
The Fishermen (Fantastic Scene)
모래밭에 내려앉는 기러기 조선|平沙落雁圖 朝鮮|Wild geese descending to sandbar
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Night Scene on the Volga
Low Tide, Riverside Yacht Club
The Hudson River Valley near Hudson, New York
南宋 佚名 泛舟柳塘圖 團扇|Boating by a Willow Bank
Barges at Pontoise
Landscape on a River
狩野探幽筆 神農・夏冬山水図|Summer Landscape
The Dance
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南宋 佚名 江邨圖 團扇|River Hamlet
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Waterfall at Mont-Dore
Lake Fucino and the Abruzzi Mountains
Village by a River
The Bronx River
Behind Dunes, Lake Ontario
鑑貞筆 瀟湘八景中の二景図|Two Views from the Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers
Mountain Scenery with Streams and Pavilions in the Style of Fan Kuan
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Niagara Falls
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View of New York from New Jersey
Song of the Waters
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Lake of Orta
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View of Yosemite Valley
The North Country
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元 盛著 秋江垂釣圖 團扇|Angling in the Autumn River
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The Houses of Parliament (Effect of Fog)
Île aux Orties near Vernon
Gathering Olives at Tivoli
Fishing Boats on a River
View of Ornans
River Landscape
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明 傳項元汴 秋江圖 卷|River Landscape
清 佚名 清明上河圖|Going Upriver on the Qingming Festival
On the Seine
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Norwegian Landscape with a Rainbow
En jagt af kongelige personer
View of the Park of Liselund Manor on the Island of Møn
Winter Scene in New Jersey
Feige Waterfall (Feigefossen), Lysterfjord, Norway
Waterfall at Terni
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Valley of the River Loire
清 蕭雲從 山水圖 冊|Landscapes
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Portejoie on the Seine
Deceased Being Towed in a Boat, Tomb of Rekhmire
Harlem River
The Banks of the Rance, Brittany
Burning of the Sidewheeler Henry Clay
中林竹洞筆 夏日山泉図|Mountain Stream on a Summer Day
Arques-la-Bataille
近代 吳石僊 春江煙雨 扇面|Misty Rain on the River in Spring
The Red Bridge
Baptism
南宋 馬遠 高士觀瀑圖 冊頁 絹本|Scholar viewing a waterfall
The Seine at Vernon
明/清 莊冏生 山水 扇面|River Landscape
Castle by a River
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Frequently asked questions
What is Rivers & Lakes?
Rivers & Lakes is a motif in painting. Still and moving water gave landscape its mirror.
How many Rivers & Lakes works does Artifact World Gallery have?
Artifact World Gallery holds 657 public-domain Rivers & Lakes works, all free to view and download.
Who are the key Rivers & Lakes artists?
Key Rivers & Lakes artists in the collection include Thomas Eakins, Jean Baptiste Camille Corot and Thomas Cole.