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Art Institute of Chicago

2,141 works

Painting of a nude river god chasing a fleeing nude nymph along a wooded stream, with cattle and a red cloth in view.

Alpheus and Arethusa

Moses van Uyttenbroeck, 1626

Painting of a man in a straw hat fishing from a mossy riverbank beside a large tree, in warm brown tones.

Mississippi Fisherman

George Caleb Bingham, c. 1850

Painting of a river seen through framing trees and vines, with a small sailboat near the shore and hills in the distance.

Looking upon the River

Julie Hart Beers, 1880

Woman in grey dress sits on red blanket in a meadow with an infant and a toddler in white, blossoming trees behind.

Mother and Children

Pál Szinyei Merse, 1869

Painting of women and workers raking and loading hay in a green field beside haystacks, with trees and a cloudy sky behind.

Loading Hay

Mihály Munkácsy, c. 1886-87

Oil painting of a wooded landscape with a group of figures near a stream and a small temple in the distance.

Birth of Bacchus

Károly Markó Sr., 1826 (?)

Hanging scroll ink landscape of misty layered mountains with pine trees and rocky cliffs in the foreground.

Trees in the Clouds on Layered Mountains (Jûzan umbokuzu)

Nakabayashi Chikutō, 1853

Six-panel folding screen in ink wash showing stormy waves, rocks, pine trees, boats, and misty mountains in the distance.

Mount Fuji and the Miho Pine Forest

Soga Shōhaku, c. 1761-1762

Two monks in brown habits in a rocky hilly landscape, one seated with a white beard, one kneeling, beside a small chapel.

Two Monks in a Landscape

Italian or Spanish, c. 1645

Ink landscape hanging scroll with craggy mountains, pine trees, a small pavilion, and two travelers on a path.

Snowy Landscape

Wen Zhengming, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644);1470-1559

Loose painting of a steamboat with smoking funnels pulling a barge across choppy river water under a grey sky.

River Boat

Charles-François Daubigny, c. 1860

Painting of a peasant woman digging beside two thatched cottages under a cloudy sky, with poplar trees behind.

A Peasant Woman Digging in Front of Her Cottage

Vincent van Gogh, c. 1885

Indian painting of a woman in an orange skirt holding a letter beneath a tree, with red flowers and a green background.

Woman Grasping Tree Branch

Unknown artist, 18th/19th century

Six-panel folding screen of a misty river landscape with mountains, boats, pavilions, and gold clouds in ink and gold.

Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers

Yamaguchi Sekkei, Late 17th-early 18th century

Painting of an arched aqueduct over railway tracks, with pedestrians with parasols and a leafy tree in green summer light.

The Arcueil Aqueduct at Sceaux Railroad Crossing

Armand Guillaumin, 1874

Travellers with horses and a dog halt outside a rustic inn while villagers drink and smoke under a cloudy sky.

Travellers Halting at an Inn

Style of Isaac van Ostade, 1643

Monochrome classical landscape with three figures on a path under large trees, a river and hills beyond.

Classical Landscape with Two Women and a Man on a Path

Attributed to Francisque Millet, c. 1660-c. 1670

Grey-toned painting of a peasant on a loaded cart pulled by two horses, with thatched cottages behind them on a muddy road.

Peasants and Horses

Adolphe Schreyer, c. 1860

Grayscale painting of nude nymphs bathing by a pond beneath rocky cliffs and trees, with hills in the distance.

Nymphs Bathing

Attributed to Dirck van der Lisse, c. 1650

Misty Edo-period painting of boats, a wooden bridge, village houses and pine trees along a river.

Matsuchiyama on the Sumida River

Utagawa Hiroshige, Edo period, 1856

Dark forested ravine with a shallow river over boulders, steep rock cliffs on both sides and a patch of sky above.

The Valley of Les Puits-Noir

Gustave Courbet, 1868

Painting of a sunny riverside village with pale houses, trees, strolling figures, and a bright sky with clouds.

Watering Place at Marly

Alfred Sisley, 1875

Painting of cattle resting on a green alpine hillside with pink shrubs and a snow-capped mountain behind them.

Cattle at Rest on a Hillside in the Alps

Rosa Bonheur, 1885

Landscape painting of a procession passing a stone bridge below a rocky hill topped with a domed temple and town.

View of Delphi with a Procession

Claude Lorrain, 1673

Fan-shaped landscape painting with green mountains, a tiled pavilion among trees, and a boat on water.

Landscape

Attributed to Qiu Ying, Ming dynasty (1369-1644) or Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

Ink landscape on a fan-shaped leaf with misty mountains, pine trees, rocks and a red seal at the left.

Landscape in the Style of Ni Zan

Attributed to Dong Qichang, Ming dynasty (1368-1644) or Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

Painting of figures strolling beneath shade trees in a sunlit park, with city rooftops visible in the distance.

Boston Common

Unknown artist, 1850-63

Painted manuscript page of fishermen in boats hauling nets among fish and crocodiles on a river, with a woman in red on the b

The Demon Sambar Throws the Infant Pradyumna into the River, page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana manuscript

Unknown artist, c. 1775

Album leaf with vertical columns of black ink calligraphy and red seals, set within a patterned silk mount.

Album of Landscapes and Figures with Calligraphy by Chen Xiuyu

Chen Xiuyu, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 1896

Corot landscape with nude bathers in a pond beneath large dark trees, a pale building and a dusky sky at dusk.

Bathing Nymphs and Child

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1855-60