Genre
Snow & Winter
Snow rewrites a landscape in white and forces the painter to find colour in apparent absence. Bruegel's hunters trudging home through the cold opened the winter scene as a subject, and after him the frozen canal, the bare tree, and the grey sky became a test of how to paint the chill of a season.
Key artists
Works
The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak
Canadian Rockies (Lake Louise)
Heart of the Andes
The Fletcher Mansion, New York City
The Boulevard Montmartre on a Winter Morning
Trappers
Alpine Mastiffs Reanimating a Distressed Traveler
Allegory of Winter
Italianate Landscape with Pines
雪兎図|Painting the Eyes on a Snow Rabbit
The Valley of the Nervia
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Central Park, Winter
明 傳蔣嵩 冬景山水圖 卷|Winter landscape
Winter at Portland
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The Painter in the Village
An Opalescent River
元 姚彥卿 (廷美) 雪山行旅圖 軸|요언경, 눈 덮인 산 속 나그네 중국 원|Traveling through Snow-Covered Mountains
The Deer
Winter in Union Square
Drawing the Eel
清 王翬 倣李成雪霽圖 軸|Snow Clearing: Landscape after Li Cheng
The Garden of the Tuileries on a Winter Afternoon
雪中山水図|Winter Landscape
Winter in the Scheveningse bosjes.
清 葉欣 聼雪圖 冊頁|Snowscape, leaf from Album for Zhou Lianggong
January: Cernay, near Rambouillet
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清 袁耀 雪棧行旅圖 軸|Inn and Travelers in Snowy Mountains
Snow, Winter in Vitebsk
明 佚名 倣唐寅 溪山雪徑 扇|Winter Landscape
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清 （傳）王翬 雪景山水圖 軸|Snowscape
清 龔賢 冬景山水圖 軸|Wintry mountains
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南宋 佚名 雪景待渡圖 團扇|Waiting for the Ferry
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狩野探幽筆 神農・夏冬山水図|Winter Landscape
明? 佚名 舊傳燕文貴 雪橋送別 扇|Bridge in Snow
A Reconnaissance
Red School House (Country Scene)
Snow Scene
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The Green Car
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雪竹図|Bamboo and Rock in Snow
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明/清 楊昇(僞款) 關山小雪圖 冊頁|Light Snow on the Mountain Pass
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Silent Dawn
Haystacks (Effect of Snow and Sun)
Winter
明 戴進 雪歸圖 軸|Returning home through the snow
Snow Scene
The Forest in Winter at Sunset
南宋 傳李迪 幽禽寒林圖 冊頁|Two Birds on a Wintry Tree
Rue Eugène Moussoir at Moret: Winter
Winter Scene with the Sun Setting Behind Trees
Vinteraften ved Susåen
A Sealand Village. Winter
Winter Scene in Moonlight
The Duel After the Masquerade
Snowy Landscape
Breaking a Plum Branch on a Snowy Night; Bamboo in Snow
明 徐敬 嵗寒清白圖 軸|The Pure Whiteness of Winter
明 劉世儒 雪梅圖 軸|Plum in snow
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Winter at Nørrebro
Bamboo in Snow
Thaw in a Beech Forest
Winter at Nordstrand
Vinterlandskab fra Frederiksdal med skøjteløbere
Hohlweg im Winter
Winter Landscape with Two Windmills
Sleighing Scene
Winter Landscape near Vordingborg, Denmark
Snow in Flanders
From the Old Kristiania
The Gevangenpoort, The Hague
A View of Dordrecht in Winter
People and Timber Transport in a Kragerø Street
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Rabbit Warren at Pontoise, Snow
Meebrug in Brugge onder de sneeuw
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Sleigh Ride in the Country
Morning Sunlight on the Snow, Éragny-sur-Epte
Thaw
Fra Folehaven. Et stengærde ved et skovbryn
Jay
雪月花 隅田|Snow on the Sumida River (Sumida), from the series, Snow, Moon, and Flowers (Setsugekka)
Battle of Hoff, February 6, 1807
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琉球八景 龍洞松濤|Pines and Waves at Ryūtō (Ryūtō shōtō), from the series Eight Views of the Ryūkyū Islands (Ryūkyū hakkei)
Winter Landscape from Kragerø
Winter Night in a Forest
風流江戸八景 真乳山の暮雪|Evening Snow on Matsuchi Hilll, from the series Eight Fashionable Views of Edo (Furyu Edo hakkei)
雪松に鶴|Cranes on Branch of Snow-covered Pine
Winter in Kragerø
Snow at Louveciennes
Sandvika, Norway
The Snow Storm
Rural funeral
The Monte Rosa
Wet Snow, Auvergne
The Road to Versailles, Louveciennes, Snow
Llanbadarn Fawr Church and 'Black Lion' Inn
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The Rooks Have Returned
Two Foxes
Snow Scene
Early Snow in Louveciennes
The Yellow Log
New Snow in the Avenue
『雪中梅荘群児遊戯 図』|Children Playing in the Snow under Plum Trees in Bloom (Secchū baisō gunji yūgi zu)
Winter. Elgersburg
Winter (The Vicarage Garden under Snow)
Route to Versailles, Louveciennes
La Maison de la Piette, Montfoucault, effet de neige
Sheepdog rescuing ram from snowdrift
Snowy Landscape at South Norwood
Winter in Kragerø
Winter Night
New Snow
Stag in snowy landscape
Corner of the House and Bullfinches on the Tree. Winter
Copenhagen: Roofs Under the Snow
The snow, evening
Winter landscape with a snow covered tree group
Snowy landscape at Eragny with an apple tree
名所江戸百景 浅草金龍山|Kinryūsan Temple at Asakusa, from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo"
Snow Effect in Louveciennes
Home at Montclair
Hyman's Tobacco Store
Winter in Flanders
Épisode de la campagne de Russie
東海道五十三次之内 蒲原 夜の雪|Evening Snow at Kanbara, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō"
東海道五十三次之内 蒲原 夜の雪|A Snowy Evening at Kambara Station
The Patrician's Dream
Louveciennes in the Snow
Neige fondante à Fontainebleau (Melting Snow, Fontainebleau)
Napoleon Crossing the Alps
Snow in Argenteuil
Winter Twilight in Ukraine.
The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in the Snow
Calea Rahovei
Peisaj - iarna
Măturător (Măturătoare)
Iarna – Peisaj
Peisaj urban - iarna
Centrul Tulcei Iarna
Iarna în Cișmigiu
Iarnă
Iarna la Tulcea
Iarna pe faleză
Compoziție cu doi soldați iarna (Dezertorul)
Peisaj de iarnă
Iarna
Iarna
Iarna
Iarnă
București
Iarna în mahala
Peisaj de pădure iarna (Alee într-un parc văzută iarna)
Iarnă
Hanul Steriadi (Han din vechiul București)
Femeie în costum de epocă
Iarnă
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Sanie cu boi
Rufe la uscat
Casa veche
Iarna
Vaci iarna
Peisaj bucureștean
Peisaj în brunuri
Peisaj de iarnă
față: Strada Progresului iarna
Atagoshita Yabu-Kōji|東都名所 芝赤羽根之雪|Winter Landscape
東都名所 神田明神境内雪晴之図|“Clear Weather after Snow in the Precincts of the Kanda Myōjin Shrine” (Kanda Myōjin keidai yukibare no zu), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tōto meisho)
Iarna la Afumați
Peisaj (Buc)ureștean
Mokuboji Yukimi (Uekiya)|江戸高名会亭尽 木母寺雪見 植木屋|Uekiya Restaurant at Mokuboji
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六十余州名所図会 壱岐 志作|Winter View of Shimasaku in the Province of Iki
東海道五十三次之内 亀山 雪晴|Kameyama, Yuki Hare
東都名所 外桜田弁慶桜の井|Soto Sakurada, Benkei Bori, Sakura-no-i
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Iarna
Iarna cu amintiri
Iarna (în cartierul Grădina Icoanei)
歌川豊国画 雪こかし|Courtesans and Attendants Making a Giant Snowball
歌川広重画 「京都名所之内 祇園社雪中」|The Gion Shrine in Snow, from the series Famous Views of Kyoto (Kyōto meisho no uchi)
Frequently asked questions
What is Snow & Winter?
Snow & Winter is a motif in painting. Snow rewrites a landscape in white and forces the painter to find colour in apparent absence.
How many Snow & Winter works does Artifact World Gallery have?
Artifact World Gallery holds 198 public-domain Snow & Winter works, all free to view and download.
Who are the key Snow & Winter artists?
Key Snow & Winter artists in the collection include Gustave Courbet, Jacques-Louis David and Albert Bierstadt.