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Art Institute of Chicago

2,141 works

Monet painting of a misty Seine branch with dark foliage at upper left fading into pale lilac and blue haze.

Branch of the Seine near Giverny (Mist)

Claude Monet, 1897

Seurat study of bathers on a grassy riverbank and in a river, with sailboats, trees and a distant bridge under a blue sky.

Final Study for "Bathers at Asnières"

Georges Seurat, 1883

Painting of cows wading in a pond at sunset, with silvery trees along the far shore under a glowing sky.

Cows in a Pond at Sunset

Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1860

Pebble beach with a blue rowboat, brown-sailed boats on turquoise water, and a seaside town under cloudy skies.

The Beach at Sainte-Adresse

Claude Monet, 1867

Painting of an autumn brook with golden trees, thistles, two seated figures on the bank, and grazing cattle on hills.

Autumn River Scene, The Brook

David Bates, 1889

Painting of a rocky New England coast with blue sea, small sailboats, grassy headland and a pale sky.

Near Newport

John Frederick Kensett, 1869

Painting of a reddish haystack in a snowy field with distant village houses and a hazy winter sky.

Stack of Wheat (Snow Effect, Overcast Day)

Claude Monet, 1890-91

Painting of Niagara Falls in winter, with icy cliffs, snowy rocks, rising mist and a pale sunlit sky over dark river water.

Niagara Falls in Winter

Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1868

Two nude women on a rocky shore by the sea, one seated on sand and one standing on a boulder under a blue sky.

The Bathers

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1884

Painting of twisted trees framing a sunlit coastal town above a blue sea, by Claude Monet, 1884.

Bordighera

Claude Monet, 1884

Sunlit rural landscape with a stone farmhouse, blossoming trees and a winding dirt road through spring fields.

Spring in France

Robert Vonnoh, 1890

Armored soldiers stand before an ancient tomb with carved reliefs and palm trees, with tents and mountains under a stormy sky

Alexander at the Tomb of Cyrus the Great

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, 1796

Sunset landscape with a stone arched bridge over a pond, a white mansion on a hill, and a walker with dogs.

Point Breeze, the Estate of Joseph Napoleon Bonaparte at Bordentown, New Jersey

Attributed to Charles Lawrence, 1817-20

Painting of rocky cliffs and sea channels at Belle-Île under a cloudy sky, with broken brushwork in blue, green and rust.

Rocks at Port-Goulphar, Belle-Île

Claude Monet, 1886

Oval rococo painting of a young couple sharing grapes beside sheep, goats, and a boy in a shaded forest clearing.

Are They Thinking about the Grape? (Pensent-ils au raisin?)

François Boucher, 1747

Woman in white dress and blue hat seated on a stone wall beside a blooming peach tree, with a bluebird and green field.

Peach Blossoms

Winslow Homer, 1878

Hazy painting of a stone arched bridge over a river, with smokestacks and city buildings fading into gray fog.

Waterloo Bridge, Gray Weather

Claude Monet, 1900

Painting of boats on a blue river beside large sand piles, with leafless trees and a cottage under a cloudy sky.

The Seine at Port-Marly, Piles of Sand

Alfred Sisley, 1875

Pointillist beach scene with three boys on pale sand, rust-colored rocks, blue sea, pine branch, and distant island.

Beach at Cabasson (Baigne-Cul)

Henri-Edmond Cross, 1891-92

Tiepolo painting of a bearded magus with a shield beside a red-cloaked warrior, with armed men and a boat in a seaside landsc

Rinaldo and the Magus of Ascalon

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1742-45

Impressionist painting of a calm inlet with rocky shores, white and pink flowering shrubs, and a distant sea under a pale sky

The Little Pond, Appledore

Childe Hassam, 1890

Winter scene of many people in bright coats on a snowy field, with a woman in yellow at center and wooded hills behind.

Love of Winter

George Bellows, 1914

Painting of a frosted wheat stack in a snowy field, with bare trees and blue hills under a pale sky.

Stack of Wheat

Claude Monet, 1890-91

Pointillist painting of a river with a moored barge, a village with a church spire, and patchwork fields on a hill.

Les Andelys, Côte d'Aval

Paul Signac, 1886

Painting of Hercules with a bow facing a many-headed serpent at right, with fallen figures and a sunset over the sea.

Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra

Gustave Moreau, 1875-76

Painting of Étretat beach with chalk cliffs, moored boats on pink sand, red sails on turquoise sea, and pale clouds.

Étretat: The Beach and the Falaise d'Amont

Claude Monet, 1885

Painting of rolling hills under white clouds, with tall pale tree trunks framing the foreground and small white houses in the

The Last of New England - The Beginning of New Mexico

Marsden Hartley, 1918-19

Painting of a wooded landscape with a dirt path, a distant mountain, cloudy sky, and a seated figure at right.

Solitude

Joshua Shaw, 1818

Winter landscape with bare poplars, a green field, a farmhouse and wooded hill under a cloudy sky.

The Banks of the Marne in Winter

Camille Pissarro, 1866

Painting of a ruined brick tower and crumbling walls beside a pond under a dark, stormy sky with wooded hills.

Landscape with the Ruins of the Castle of Egmond

Jacob van Ruisdael, 1650-55