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Six-panel folding screen with a misty ink landscape of mountains, pine trees, a boat on water, and rooftops.

Landscape

Sesson Shūkei, 16th century

Painting of a calm lake framed by mountains, with trees and fields in the foreground under a pale sky.

Lake Fucino and the Abruzzi Mountains

Jean-Joseph-Xavier Bidauld, 1789

Ink landscape on silk showing rocky mountains, bare trees, and small pavilions beside a misty river.

Landscape

Zheng Bin, 1644

Misty ink landscape with mountains, pine trees, thatched houses and a river valley, by Hashimoto Gahō.

Landscape

Hashimoto Gahō, ca. 1885-89

Abstract painting of geometric mountain forms in pastel pink, yellow, green and blue with black linear outlines.

Theater-Mountain-Construction

Paul Klee, 1920

Hanging scroll of misty mountains with thatched houses and pine trees on a rocky hillside, inscribed at upper right.

Landscape

Tōshū, early 19th century

Ink and colour landscape of misty mountains, pine trees, thatched houses, and a river with a small boat.

Landscape

Kawabata Gyokushō, ca. 1887-92

Watercolor of an alpine valley with a stream, pink sunlit peak, blue shadowed mountains and dark conifers on a green slope.

Mountain View at Bormio (from Switzerland 1869 Sketchbook)

John Singer Sargent, 1869

Ink landscape hanging scroll with misty mountains, a pine tree, a pavilion by a river, and a small boat with two figures.

Mountain Landscape

Gakuō Zōkyū, 1490

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, rocky cliffs and trees in muted blue and grey ink washes by Yosa Buson.

Autumn Landscape

Yosa Buson, ca. 1780

Watercolor of a rocky mountain stream with rushing white water and a seated nude figure on boulders at right.

Mountain Stream

John Singer Sargent, 1912

Ink painting of jagged misty mountain peaks with pine trees, a waterfall, and a path winding through forest below.

Rocky Landscape

Kawanabe Kyōsai, ca. 1887

Hanging scroll of misty green mountains with cliffs, a waterfall, pine trees and small pavilions among blossoming trees.

Landscape

Nakabayashi Chikkei, 19th century

Watercolor of colorful rolling hills and mountains with two small red houses in green fields under a pale sky.

Mountain with Red House

Charles Demuth, 1913

Painting of snowy mountains above a valley with a waterfall, lake, and a camp of tepees and horses in the foreground.

The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak

Albert Bierstadt, 1863

Painting of a snow-capped Andean peak above a waterfall, river, and lush tropical trees, with a path and cross in the foregro

Heart of the Andes

Frederic Edwin Church, 1859

Painting of a dark mountain with bold outlines, pale clouds above, and a small house in a rocky landscape below.

The Dark Mountain, No. 1

Marsden Hartley, 1909

Painting of a winding river oxbow through farmland beneath a storm on the left and sunlit clouds on the right.

View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm - The Oxbow

Thomas Cole, 1836

Painting of a hazy golden mountain gorge with birch trees and a rocky cliff in the foreground, a waterfall and lake below.

A Gorge in the Mountains (Kauterskill Clove)

Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1862

Painting of a dark mountain framed by gnarled bare trees, rocks in the foreground, and swirling pale clouds above.

The Dark Mountain, No. 2

Marsden Hartley, 1909

Painting of a river valley with tall trees, figures on the riverbank, and distant mountains under a hazy sky.

View on the Catskill - Early Autumn

Thomas Cole, 1836-37

Farm scene of cider making with a thatched press, a horse-powered mill, barrels, workers, a woman in a red shawl and animals.

Cider Making

William Sidney Mount, 1840-41

Abstract painting of a dark mountain peak under warm orange and grey swirling sky shapes with pale cloud-like patches.

Mountain and Sky

Arthur Dove, 1925

Ink handscroll of misty mountains, trees and sailing boats on a river, with calligraphy and red seals at upper right.

Summer Mountains

Qu Ding, ca. 1050

Handscroll of misty mountains, pines and waterfalls with a procession of figures and temple buildings below.

The Kangxi Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour, Scroll Three: Ji'nan to Mount Tai

Wang Hui, datable to 1698

Hanging scroll of a rider on a brown horse crossing a misty mountain path beneath a gnarled tree with red fruit.

Herb Gatherer in the Mountains

Matsumura Goshun, 1767

Two hanging scroll landscapes with misty mountains, rock peaks, distant buildings and trees in muted brown ink tones.

Evening bell from mist-shrouded temple (left); Autumn moon over Lake Dongting (right)

An Gyeon, ca. 1450-1500

Gold-ground painting of the Crucifixion with three crosses, two angels, mounted soldiers, and grieving figures in the foregro

The Crucifixion

Andrea di Bartolo

Ink scroll painting of a mountain village with a dense crowd of horses below craggy peaks and pine trees.

After Ike Taiga’s “Horse Market in a Mountain Village”

Watanabe Kazan, 1800

Painting of a valley with pine trees in the foreground, an arched viaduct, and a pale mountain under a cloudy sky.

Mont Sainte-Victoire and the Viaduct of the Arc River Valley

Paul Cézanne, 1882-85