Winter Paintings: Depicting the Wonderland Season

“Stillness is the flower of winter, all hope waits beneath a blanket of white.”

– Unknown.

 

Winter is a magical time of year, with a special and rare quietude in the air. If you’re lucky, you might even get to see a coat of snow painting the ground, trees and rooftops in a shimmering white. It also may be the most challenging season for artists to depict, but here is Bridgeman’s pick of some of the finest winter paintings from this chilly period:

 

Winter Paintings 19080 Snow Scene-Wanstead Park, Christiansen, Nils Hans (late 19th century)  Chenil Galleries, London, UK  Bridgeman Images

Snow Scene-Wanstead Park, Nils Hans Christiansen (late 19th century) / Chenil Galleries, London, UK / Bridgeman Images

 

227164 Winter, 1573 (Paintings oil on canvas), Arcimboldo, Giuseppe (1527-93)  Louvre, Paris, France  Bridgeman Images

Winter, 1573 (oil on canvas), Giuseppe Arcimboldo, (1527-93) Louvre, Paris, France Bridgeman Images

 

Winter Wonderland 17732 Drum bridge and Setting Sun Hill at Meguro, from the series '100 Views of Edo', pub. by Uoya Eikichi, 1857, (oban size, colour woodblock print), Hiroshige, Ando or Utagawa (1797-1858) / Roger Nyle Parisious Collection / Bridgeman Images

Drum bridge and Setting Sun Hill at Meguro, from the series '100 Views of Edo', pub. by Uoya Eikichi, 1857, (oban size, colour woodblock print), Utagawa (1797-1858) / Roger Nyle Parisious Collection / Bridgeman Images

 

4 Seasons paintings: 3058137 The Four Seasons- Winter, 1755 (oil on canvas), Boucher, Francois (1703-70)  Frick Collection, New York, USA  Bridgeman Images

The Four Seasons- Winter, 1755 (oil on canvas), Francois Boucher, (1703-70) Frick Collection, New York, USA Bridgeman Images

 

festive images 194840 Credit- Winter Morning - Engadine (oil on canvas), Choultse, Ivan Fedorovich (1874-1939)  Private Collection  Bridgeman Images

Winter Morning - Engadine (oil painting on canvas), Ivan Fedorovich Choultse (1874-1939) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

 

57763 Credit- In the Wild North, 1891 (oil on canvas), Shishkin, Ivan Ivanovich (1832-98)  Kiev Museum of Ukranian Art, Kiev, Ukraine  Bridgeman Images

In the Wild North, 1891 (oil on canvas, Winter images), Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin (1832-98) / Kiev Museum of Ukranian Art, Ukraine / Bridgeman Images

 

Winter images 68774 The Reverend Robert Walker skating on Duddingston Loch, 1795 (oil on canvas), Raeburn, Henry (1756-1823)  National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh  Bridgeman Images

The Reverend Robert Walker skating on Duddingston Loch, 1795 (oil on canvas), Henry Raeburn (1756-1823) / National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh / Bridgeman Images

 

193092 The Shortening Winters Day is Near a Close (oil on canvas), Farquharson, Joseph (1846-1935)  Lady Lever Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool  Bridgeman Images

The Shortening Winter's Day is Near a Close (oil on canvas), Joseph Farquharson (1846-1935) / Lady Lever Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool / Bridgeman Images

 

Winter scene: 16129 View of Roofs (Snow Effect) or Roofs under Snow, 1878 (oil on canvas), Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-94)  Musee dOrsay, Paris, France  Bridgeman Images

View of Roofs (Snow Effect) or Roofs under Snow, 1878 (oil on canvas), Gustave Caillebotte, (1848-94) / Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France / Bridgeman Images

 

Winter city landscape 344762 Snow, Times Square 1, 2008 (oil on canvas), Jacklin, Bill (b.1943)  Private Collection  Bridgeman Images

Snow, Times Square 1, 2008 (oil on canvas), Bill Jacklin (b.1943) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

 

Painting 196466 Credit- Winter Landscape, 1909 (oil on canvas), Kandinsky, Wassily (1866-1944)  State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia  Bridgeman Images

Winter Landscape, 1909 (oil on canvas), Wassily Kandinsky, (1866-1944) / State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia / Bridgeman Images

 

19117 Snowy Landscape (oil on canvas), Renoir, Pierre Auguste (1841-1919)  Musee de lOrangerie, Paris, France  Bridgeman Images

Snowy Landscape (oil on canvas), Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) / Musee de l'Orangerie, Paris, France / Bridgeman Images

 

324 Credit- Hunters in the Snow (Winter), 1565 (oil on wood), Bruegel, Pieter the Elder (c.1525-69)  Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria  Bridgeman Images

Hunters in the Snow (Winter), 1565 (oil on wood), Pieter the Elder Bruegel (c.1525-69) / Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria / Bridgeman Images

 

Painting of a Winter Landscape, 1879 (oil on canvas), Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903)  Museum of Fine Arts (Szepmuveszeti) Budapest, Hungary  Bridgeman Images

Winter Landscape, 1879 (oil on canvas), Paul Gauguin, (1848-1903) / Museum of Fine Arts (Szepmuveszeti) Budapest, Hungary / Bridgeman Images

 

141317 Credit- The Polar Sea, 1824 (oil on canvas), Friedrich, Caspar David (1774-1840)  Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany  Bridgeman Images

 The Polar Sea, 1824 (oil on canvas), Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840) / Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany / Bridgeman Images

 

winter paintings 376639 Credit- Winter Landscape with a Church, c.1811 (oil on canvas), Friedrich, Caspar David (1774-1840)  Private Collection  Photo © Christies Images  Bridgeman Images

Winter Landscape with a Church, c.1811 (oil on canvas), Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840) / Private Collection / Photo © Christie's Images / Bridgeman Images

Winter paintings 100835 Credit- Winter Landscape, 1915 (oil on canvas), Munch, Edvard (1863-1944)  Private Collection  Photo © Christies Images  Bridgeman Images

Winter Landscape, 1915 (oil on canvas), Edvard  Munch, (1863-1944) / Private Collection / Photo © Christie's Images / Bridgeman Images

 

487983 Credit- Snow, Boulevard de Clichy, Paris, 1886 (oil on canvas), Signac, Paul (1863-1935)  Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN, USA  Bequest of Putnam Dana McMillan  Bridgeman Images

Snow, Boulevard de Clichy, Paris, 1886 (oil on canvas), Signac, Paul (1863-1935) / Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN, USA / Bequest of Putnam Dana McMillan / Bridgeman Images

 

114686 Credit- Winter Landscape in Moonlight, 1919 (oil on canvas), Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig (1880-1938)  Detroit Institute of Arts, USA  Gift of Curt Valentin  Bridgeman Images

Winter Landscape in Moonlight, 1919 (oil on canvas), Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938) / Detroit Institute of Arts, USA / Gift of Curt Valentin / Bridgeman Images

 

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