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Cleveland Museum of Art

487 works

Watercolor stage design of a cave opening with a bamboo pavilion, ornate shrine, tropical plants, and a sea view beyond.

Design for Stage Set for the Second Act of Elisca or L'Habitante de Madagascar

Jean Thomas Thibault, 1798

Dusky mountain landscape with a craggy peak under a stormy pink-tinged sky, rocky ground, and sheep in the valley.

Cwm Trifaen

Alfred William Hunt, c. 1857

Watercolor of a thorny branch with pink rose blossoms, buds, and green leaves on a pale background.

Rosa Collina Monsoniana

Pierre-Joseph Redouté, 1817-24

Botanical watercolor of two yellow black-eyed Susan flowers with dark centers, green leaves, and dissected floral parts.

Black-eyed Susan

Pancrace Bessa, 1828-1835

Pen and watercolor drawing of a woman in a white gown standing on a path among trees under a cloudy sky.

Susanne (The Artist's Daughter at the Age of Twenty-One)

Daniel Chodowiecki, 1782

Watercolor of a wooded stream with a large boulder, framed by trees and a distant meadow under a pale sky.

Landscape with Wooded Stream and Boulder

William Allen Wall, c. 1880s

Watercolor of a Venetian canal with a gondola, mooring poles, a pink arched building and shimmering water reflections.

Venetian Canals

Maurice Prendergast, c. 1898

Stormy sea waves crash against dark rocky cliffs under a grey sky, painted in watercolor and gouache.

Storm on the Island of Yeu

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1916

Watercolor landscape of a warm-toned terrain with shrubs, a bay, distant mountains and a sky of blue and golden clouds.

Epidauros

Carl Rottmann, c. 1843

Watercolor and pen drawing of a calm sea, rocky cliff and pebbled shore at Le Havre, with distant ships under a pale sky.

Le Havre

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1862

Watercolor of Jerusalem's walls with a domed mosque and minarets, olive trees in front, and two figures on a path.

St. Stephen's Gate, Jerusalem

Richard Leitch, c. 1860

Pale watercolor and pencil view of Loch Lomond with wooded islands, blue water and distant hills under a light sky.

Isles of Loch Lomond

David Young Cameron, c. 1885-1938

Watercolor design for a Gothic chapel window with pointed arch, ornate tracery, and small figures in landscape panels below.

Chapel Window

John La Farge, c. 1850-1910

Painting of a bohemian waxwing with a rust crest perched on a tree branch against a pale blue sky.

Bird Study: Bohemian Waxwing

George Edwards, c. 1714-73

Muted watercolor landscape of fields, a tree line, a church spire, distant hills and grazing cattle under a pale sky.

Near Étoile, Provence

Muirhead Bone, c. 1896-1953

Watercolor design drawing of a hand mirror with turquoise floral panel, oval glass, and gold-outlined handle on grid paper.

Design for a Hand Mirror

Félix Bracquemond, c. 1900-1902

Watercolor caricature of four exaggerated figures, including an elderly man with a cane and a heavyset man in a wheeled chair

Doctor

Thomas Rowlandson, late 1800s or early 1900s

Watercolor of a beached wooden rowboat beside a shed and dark wooden stakes on a sandy shore under a warm sky.

Boat on a Beach, Le Tréport

François Bonvin, 1854

Watercolor of snow-capped mountains rising above calm blue water under a pale, cloudy sky.

Parnassus

Muirhead Bone, c. 1896-1937

Pen and watercolor drawing of a prisoner climbing down a rope from a barred tower window as a guard aims a musket.

Escape of French Prisoners

Thomas Rowlandson, c. 1776-1827

Watercolor of a large gnarled oak in a clearing with grazing sheep, cattle, ferns, and two figures on a path.

View near Bedford

Bradford Rudge, c. 1825-85

Watercolor of two women with parasols at a stone terrace overlooking a bridge, river, trees, and a distant village.

From the Terrace

Maurice Prendergast, 1912

Left: watercolor landscape with a stream and rocks. Right: pencil studies of a deer and animal heads on pale paper.

Landscape (recto); Studies of Animals (verso)

Antoine-Louis Barye, c. 1823-75

Watercolor botanical drawing of yellow cluster narcissus with orange cups, bulb and leaves, plus pencil dissection studies.

Polyanthus or Cluster Narcissus (Botanical: Narcissus tazetta)

Pancrace Bessa, 1836

Watercolor of pink, white and yellow roses with green leaves and buds arranged in a bouquet on cream paper.

June Roses

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Watercolor landscape of a stream flowing past dark rocks toward distant green trees under a pale hazy sky.

Landscape (recto)

Antoine-Louis Barye, c. 1823-75

Watercolor of a rocky shoreline with seaweed-covered stones, grassy slopes, and a pale sea under a grey sky.

Over the Ledges

Dwight Blaney, 1922

Painted drawing of varied seashells and red coral on a green seaweed background, labeled Shells in Seaweed.

Shells in Seaweed

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Watercolor sketch of the Bercy riverbank with a cart, a stone bridge, city buildings and a cloudy blue sky.

Bercy

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1868

Watercolor of cows resting on a sandy beach beside cliffs and calm sea under a hazy sky.

Landscape

Thomas Francis Wainwright, 1885