Cast shadow in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Pine tree on a plain, Johan Christian Dahl

Pine tree on a plain, 1857.

Furutre på slette (museum title)

Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian), pen, wash and watercolour on paper

National Museum of Norway

Interior with an Easel, Bredgade 25, Vilhelm Hammershøi

Interior with an Easel, Bredgade 25, 1912.

Interiør med kunstnerens staffeli, Bredgade 25 (museum title)

Vilhelm Hammershøi (Danish), oil on canvas

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

Østerbyvej. A lane in Skagen's East Town, Anna Ancher

Østerbyvej. A lane in Skagen's East Town, c. 1915.

Østerbyvej (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish)

Skagens Museum, Denmark

Winter Landscape with a Mountain Hare, Bruno Liljefors

Winter Landscape with a Mountain Hare, 1923.

Winterlandschap met sneeuwhaas (museum title)

Bruno Liljefors (Swedish), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Netherlands

The Artist's Mother -in-Law, Ane Hedvig Brøndum, Reading a Letter, Michael Ancher

The Artist's Mother -in-Law, Ane Hedvig Brøndum, Reading a Letter, 1907.

En gammel kone, der læser et brev. Ane hedvig Brøndum… (museum title)

Michael Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Two Girls have Sewing Lesson, Anna Ancher

Two Girls have Sewing Lesson, c. 1910.

To småpiger får undervisning i syning (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Skagens Museum, Denmark

On the Shore, 1910.

Rannalla (museum title)

Hugo Simberg (Finnish), oil on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Les Prairies de Sahurs dans le soleil du matin, Alfred Sisley

Les Prairies de Sahurs dans le soleil du matin, 1894.

Les Prairies de Sahurs dans le soleil du matin (museum title)

Alfred Sisley (British), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Matts Larsson, 1911.

Matts Larsson (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), watercolor on paper

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Study for the painting of Consul General Pingel's daughters, Jens Juel

Study for the painting of Consul General Pingel's daughters, 1792–1794.

Studie til maleriet af generalkonsul Pingels døtre (museum title)

Jens Juel (Danish), red chalk

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Taos Home in Sunlight, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Taos Home in Sunlight, 1925.

Taoskoti auringossa (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), oil on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Miss Angna Enters Antique a la Francaise, John Sloan

Miss Angna Enters Antique a la Francaise, 1929.

Miss Angna Enters Antique a la Francaise (museum title)

John Sloan (American), etching

Yale University Art Gallery, United States

Man Descending a Staircase, a Woman and a Child in the Background, C.W. Eckersberg

Man Descending a Staircase, a Woman and a Child in the Background, c. 1848–1852.

Mand på vej ned ad trappe, i baggrunden kvinde og barn (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), pencil, pen and black ink, brush and grey wash

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Chrysanthèmes dans un vase, Gustave Caillebotte

Chrysanthèmes dans un vase, 1893.

Chrysanthèmes dans un vase (museum title)

Gustave Caillebotte (French)

Private collection

Sunny Lane, 1903.

Zonnige dreef (museum title)

Émile Claus (Belgian), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent (MSK Gent), Belgium

Portrait of Marie-Justine-Benoîte Favart-Duronceray, Jean-Étienne Liotard

Portrait of Marie-Justine-Benoîte Favart-Duronceray, 1757.

Bildnis Marie-Justine-Benoîte Favart-Duronceray (museum title)

Jean-Étienne Liotard (Swiss), pastel on parchment

Oskar Reinhart Museum "Am Stadtgarten", Winterthur, Switzerland

Sitzender nackter Mann mit Keule, Albrecht Dürer

Sitzender nackter Mann mit Keule, 1526.

Sitzender nackter Mann mit Keule (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), ink and pen on paper

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States

Acacia on the Savannah, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Acacia on the Savannah, 1909.

Akaasiapuu aavikolla (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), oil on wood

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Male figure with a cane and a peaked cap, Johan Christian Dahl

Male figure with a cane and a peaked cap, 1848.

Mannsfigur med stokk og skyggelue (museum title)

Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian), pencil and wash on paper

National Museum of Norway

Linear Perspctive as Applied in Painting - Plate VI. The Street Lamp on the Garden Wall, Daylight, C.W. Eckersberg

Linear Perspctive as Applied in Painting - Plate VI. The Street Lamp on the Garden Wall, Daylight, 1838–1840.

Linearperspektiven anvendt paa Malerkunsten - Tavle VI.… (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Chalets at Rigi, 1861.

Chalets at Rigi (museum title)

Alexandre Calame (Swiss), oil on canvas

National Gallery, United Kingdom

Native American on Horseback, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Native American on Horseback, 1925.

Intiaani ratsain (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), oil on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Four Large Trees, before 1850.

Four Large Trees (museum title)

Alexandre Calame (Swiss), oil on paper laid on cardboard

National Gallery, United Kingdom

Seated mother and daughter, Johan Christian Dahl

Seated mother and daughter, 1853.

Sittende mor og datter (museum title)

Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian), pencil and wash on paper

National Museum of Norway

Roman Ruins, 1845.

Roman Ruins (museum title)

Alexandre Calame (Swiss), etching on chine collé

National Gallery of Art, United States

At the Circus: The Spanish Walk (Au Cirque: Le Pas espagnol), Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

At the Circus: The Spanish Walk (Au Cirque: Le Pas espagnol), 1899.

At the Circus: The Spanish Walk (Au Cirque: Le Pas espagnol) (museum title)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), graphite, black and colored pastel, and charcoal on off-white heavy wove paper

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

William Ponsonby (1704-93), Viscount Duncannon and later 2nd Earl of Bessborough, Jean-Étienne Liotard

William Ponsonby (1704-93), Viscount Duncannon and later 2nd Earl of Bessborough, 1750–1760.

William Ponsonby (1704-93), Viscount Duncannon and later… (museum title)

Jean-Étienne Liotard (Swiss), pastel on parchment

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Dancing Kikuyu Warriors, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Dancing Kikuyu Warriors, 1909.

Tanssivia kikujusotilaita (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), oil on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Linear Perspective as Applied in Painting - Draft for an Unused Illustration - Danish Courtyard with Four Peasants and Craftsmen, C.W. Eckersberg

Linear Perspective as Applied in Painting - Draft for an Unused Illustration - Danish Courtyard with Four Peasants and Craftsmen, 1838–1840.

Linearperspectiven, anvendt paa malerkunsten - udkast til… (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Linear Perspective as Applied in Painting - Draft for an Unused Illustration - View from a Southern Terrace, C.W. Eckersberg

Linear Perspective as Applied in Painting - Draft for an Unused Illustration - View from a Southern Terrace, 1838–1840.

Linearperspektiven, anvendt paa malerkunsten - udkast til… (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Le Brise-lames Est, retour de la régate, Le Havre, Camille Pissarro

Le Brise-lames Est, retour de la régate, Le Havre, 1903.

Le Brise-lames Est, retour de la régate, Le Havre (museum title)

Camille Pissarro (French), oil on canvas

Norton Simon Museum, United States

Sketches for illustrations for Selma Lagerlöf's novel Herr Arne's Hoard, Albert Edelfelt

Sketches for illustrations for Selma Lagerlöf's novel Herr Arne's Hoard, 1904.

Kuvitusluonnoksia Selma Lagerlöfin romaaniin Aarne herran… (museum title)

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish), sepia on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Sunday Fishermen, c. 1910.

Pêcheurs du dimanche (museum title)

James Wilson Morrice (Canadian), oil on canvas mounted on cardboard

Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Canada

The Sentry, 1903.

Skiltvakten (museum title)

Frits Thaulow (Norwegian), aquatint on paper, hand-coloured

National Museum of Norway

Interior with potted plant on card table, Bredgade 25, Vilhelm Hammershøi

Interior with potted plant on card table, Bredgade 25, 1910–1911.

Interior with potted plant on card table, Bredgade 25 (museum title)

Vilhelm Hammershøi (Danish), oil on canvas

Malmö Art Museum, Sweden

Study for the Ryberg family portrait; Johan Christian Ryberg's right leg, Jens Juel

Study for the Ryberg family portrait; Johan Christian Ryberg's right leg, 1796–1797.

Studie til det Rybergske familiebillede; Johan Christian… (museum title)

Jens Juel (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Shadow on the Wall II (Green Bench), Helene Schjerfbeck

Shadow on the Wall II (Green Bench), 1928.

Varjo muurilla II (Vihreä penkki) (museum title)

Helene Schjerfbeck (Finnish), oil on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Hyacinths, garden of Petit Gennevilliers, Gustave Caillebotte

Hyacinths, garden of Petit Gennevilliers, 1890.

Hyacinths, garden of Petit Gennevilliers (museum title)

Gustave Caillebotte (French)

Private collection

Sheepdog, 1897.

Owczarek (museum title)

Józef Chełmoński (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Linear Perspective as Applied in Painting - Draft for an Unused Illustration - Southern Courtyard with a Peasant, a Wine Barrel and a Column Fragment, 1838–1840.

Linearperspektiven, anvendt paa Malerkunsten - Udkast til… (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Les Bords de Seine au Petit Gennevilliers, Gustave Caillebotte

Les Bords de Seine au Petit Gennevilliers, 1894.

Les Bords de Seine au Petit Gennevilliers (museum title)

Gustave Caillebotte (French)

Private collection

James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Clanbrassil, Jean-Étienne Liotard

James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Clanbrassil, 1774.

James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Clanbrassil (museum title)

Jean-Étienne Liotard (Swiss), pastel on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Lone Pine, 1925.

Lone Pine (museum title)

John Sloan (American), oil on canvas

Yale University Art Gallery, United States

Partridges, 1922.

Rapphönor (museum title)

Bruno Liljefors (Swedish), oil on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Italian Woman, 1854–1855.

Italiensk kvinna (museum title)

Amalia Lindegren (Swedish), graphite on paper

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

A sailor taking leave of his girl, C.W. Eckersberg

A sailor taking leave of his girl, 1840.

En matros, som tager afsked med sin pige (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), oil on canvas

Ribe Art Museum, Denmark

L'Église de Moret, le soir, Alfred Sisley

L'Église de Moret, le soir, 1894.

L'Église de Moret, le soir (museum title)

Alfred Sisley (British), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, France

Skiers at the Top of a Snow-covered Hill, Frits Thaulow

Skiers at the Top of a Snow-covered Hill, 1894.

Skiers at the Top of a Snow-covered Hill (museum title)

Frits Thaulow (Norwegian), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884, Georges Seurat

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884, 1884–1886.

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884 (museum title)

Georges Seurat (French), oil on canvas

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Study for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte", Georges Seurat

Study for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte", 1884.

Study for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte" (museum title)

Georges Seurat (French), oil on wood

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States