Cemetery in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Peasant Burial, 1880.

En bondebegravelse (museum title)

Erik Werenskiold (Norwegian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

My Beautiful Lady (top); Of My Lady in Death (bottom), frontispiece to The Germ, No. 1, William Holman Hunt

My Beautiful Lady (top); Of My Lady in Death (bottom), frontispiece to The Germ, No. 1, 1850.

My Beautiful Lady (top); Of My Lady in Death (bottom)… (museum title)

William Holman Hunt (British), etching

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

The Black Death, 1906.

Musta surma (museum title)

Hugo Simberg (Finnish), zinc plate print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Entrée du cimetière, Caspar David Friedrich

Entrée du cimetière, 1825.

Entrée du cimetière (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

Dresden State Art Collections, Germany

Maastik valge hoonega (Kabelid Kuressaare kalmistul), Konrad Mägi

Maastik valge hoonega (Kabelid Kuressaare kalmistul), 1913–1914.

Maastik valge hoonega (Kabelid Kuressaare kalmistul) (museum title)

Konrad Mägi (Estonian), oil on cardboard

Art Museum of Estonia

Pines by the road at Wołczeck, Leon Wyczółkowski

Pines by the road at Wołczeck, 1921.

Sosny przy drodze w Wołczecku (museum title)

Leon Wyczółkowski (Polish), lithograph

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Cemetery at Wołczeck, 1920.

Cmentarz w Wołczecku (museum title)

Leon Wyczółkowski (Polish), lithograph

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Tombes des combattants pour la Liberté, Caspar David Friedrich

Tombes des combattants pour la Liberté, 1812.

Tombes des combattants pour la Liberté (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany

Fåvang kirke, Gudbrandsdalen, 1873.

Fåvang kirke, Gudbrandsdalen (museum title)

Hans Gude (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Hamlet and Laertes in the Grave of Ophelia (Act V, Scene I), Eugène Delacroix

Hamlet and Laertes in the Grave of Ophelia (Act V, Scene I), 1843.

Hamlet and Laertes in the Grave of Ophelia (Act V, Scene I) (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French)

Prints in the National Gallery of Art, United States

At the grave, 1913.

Ved graven (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Skagens Museum, Denmark

The Cemetery, Etaples, 1919, John Lavery

The Cemetery, Etaples, 1919, 1919.

The Cemetery, Etaples, 1919 (museum title)

John Lavery (Irish), oil on canvas

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

Sarg am Rand eines Grabes, Caspar David Friedrich

Sarg am Rand eines Grabes, 1830.

Sarg am Rand eines Grabes (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German)

Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Russia

La Porte du cimetière, Caspar David Friedrich

La Porte du cimetière, 1825.

La Porte du cimetière (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany

Saint Patrick's Purgatory, Lough Derg

Saint Patrick's Purgatory, Lough Derg (museum title)

John Lavery (Irish), oil on canvas mounted on panel

National Gallery of Ireland

Pines and graves in silhouette (variant), Leon Wyczółkowski

Pines and graves in silhouette (variant), 1920.

Sosny i mogiły sylwetowo (wariant) (museum title)

Leon Wyczółkowski (Polish), lithograph

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

P.A. Munch's Grave in Rome, Edvard Munch

P.A. Munch's Grave in Rome, 1927.

P.A. Munchs grav i Roma (museum title)

Edvard Munch (Norwegian), oil on canvas

Munch Museum, Norway

Sketch of a soldier standing at a grave

Sketch of a soldier standing at a grave (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), ink on paper

National Gallery of Ireland

Hamlet et Horatio devant les fossoyeurs, Eugène Delacroix

Hamlet et Horatio devant les fossoyeurs, 1843.

Hamlet et Horatio devant les fossoyeurs (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French)

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Pine trees and crosses (graves), Leon Wyczółkowski

Pine trees and crosses (graves), 1916–1920.

Sosny i krzyże (mogiłki) (museum title)

Leon Wyczółkowski (Polish), lithograph

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Harvest, 1918, 1918.

Harvest, 1918 (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), oil on canvas

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

Hamlet et Horatio au cimetière, Eugène Delacroix

Hamlet et Horatio au cimetière, 1859.

Hamlet et Horatio au cimetière (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Child's Funeral, 1863.

Kinderbegräbnis (museum title)

Albert Anker (Swiss), oil on canvas

Aargauer Kunsthaus, Switzerland

Un Cimetière en Galicie, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Un Cimetière en Galicie, 1898.

Un Cimetière en Galicie (museum title)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Kirchhofpforte, 1822.

Kirchhofpforte (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Germany

Graves at the foot of a pine, Leon Wyczółkowski

Graves at the foot of a pine, 1920.

Mogiły u stóp sosny (museum title)

Leon Wyczółkowski (Polish), lithograph

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

P.A. Munch's Grave in Rome, 1927.

P.A. Munchs grav i Roma (museum title)

Edvard Munch (Norwegian), oil on canvas

Munch Museum, Norway

The Stars in the Cemetery, 1888.

The Stars in the Cemetery (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), etching

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

Pine trees and grave, silhouettes, Leon Wyczółkowski

Pine trees and grave, silhouettes, 1916–1920.

Sosny i mogiły sylwetowo (museum title)

Leon Wyczółkowski (Polish), lithograph

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Theme from the cemetery in Wołczeck, Leon Wyczółkowski

Theme from the cemetery in Wołczeck, 1916–1920.

Motyw z cmentarza w Wołczecku (museum title)

Leon Wyczółkowski (Polish), lithograph

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Old Tombstones, 1935.

Old Tombstones (museum title)

Arthur Dove (American), aquarelle, gouache et encre sur papier

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Grief, 1902.

Sorg (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Skagens Museum, Denmark

La Cimetière de Busk, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

La Cimetière de Busk, 1898.

La Cimetière de Busk (museum title)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

The Ghost in the Churchyard, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

The Ghost in the Churchyard, 1906–1908.

Haamu kirkkotarhassa (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), black chalk on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

tombe de Kügelgen, Caspar David Friedrich

tombe de Kügelgen, 1821.

tombe de Kügelgen (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

Private collection

Motif from the cemetery at Wołczeck (upper impression), Leon Wyczółkowski

Motif from the cemetery at Wołczeck (upper impression), 1920.

Motyw z cmentarza w Wołczecku (odbitka górna) (museum title)

Leon Wyczółkowski (Polish), lithograph

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Pines and crosses, 1920.

Sosny i krzyże (museum title)

Leon Wyczółkowski (Polish), lithograph

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

"You, the Dearest of All That Is on Earth, Were Held Close in My Arms", Albert Edelfelt

"You, the Dearest of All That Is on Earth, Were Held Close in My Arms", 1897–1900.

"Kallein kaikista mit' ompi maassa olit sylihini suljettuna" (museum title)

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish), black chalk and gouache on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Hamlet and Horatio before the Gravediggers (Act V, Scene I), Eugène Delacroix

Hamlet and Horatio before the Gravediggers (Act V, Scene I), 1843.

Hamlet and Horatio before the Gravediggers (Act V, Scene I) (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French)

Rosenwald Collection, United States

Pine tree and graves I, Leon Wyczółkowski

Pine tree and graves I, 1916–1920.

Sosna i mogiły I (museum title)

Leon Wyczółkowski (Polish), lithograph

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Paysage avec des tombeaux, Caspar David Friedrich

Paysage avec des tombeaux, 1835.

Paysage avec des tombeaux (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German)

Albertina, Austria

A Country Church

A Country Church (museum title)

David Roberts (British), gray wash on paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Cimetière sous la neige, Caspar David Friedrich

Cimetière sous la neige, 1826.

Cimetière sous la neige (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts, Leipzig, Germany

Plate 64 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'Cartloads to the cemetery' (Carretadas al cementerio), Francisco de Goya

Plate 64 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'Cartloads to the cemetery' (Carretadas al cementerio), 1811–1812.

Plate 64 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la… (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), etching, drypoint, burnished aquatint

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Cimetière d'un cloître sous la neige, Caspar David Friedrich

Cimetière d'un cloître sous la neige, 1819.

Cimetière d'un cloître sous la neige (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

Alte Nationalgalerie, Germany

Legionnaires' graves at the foot of an old pine, Leon Wyczółkowski

Legionnaires' graves at the foot of an old pine, 1920.

Mogiły legionistów u stóp starej sosny (museum title)

Leon Wyczółkowski (Polish), lithograph

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Tam O'Shanter poursuivi par les sorcières, Eugène Delacroix

Tam O'Shanter poursuivi par les sorcières, 1849.

Tam O'Shanter poursuivi par les sorcières (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

L'Abbaye dans une forêt de chênes, Caspar David Friedrich

L'Abbaye dans une forêt de chênes, 1809.

L'Abbaye dans une forêt de chênes (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

Alte Nationalgalerie, Germany

Pine trees and grave, silhouettes, 1916–1920.

Sosny i mogiły sylwetowo (museum title)

Leon Wyczółkowski (Polish), lithograph

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Pine trees and graves II, Leon Wyczółkowski

Pine trees and graves II, 1916–1920.

Sosny i mogiły II (museum title)

Leon Wyczółkowski (Polish), lithograph

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland