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92 works by 23 artists

92 works featuring “Falls” by 23 artists, from the 18th to the 20th century, held in 35 museums.

The New Factory at Lillehammer, Frits Thaulow

The New Factory at Lillehammer, 1905–1906.

La nouvelle fabrique à Lillehammer (museum title)

Frits Thaulow (Norwegian), oil on canvas

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

The Falls of Lorette near Quebec, Cornelius Krieghoff

The Falls of Lorette near Quebec, 1854.

Les Chutes de Lorette, près de Québec (museum title)

Cornelius Krieghoff (Canadian), oil on canvas

Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Canada

Cascade in a Rocky Landscape, Gustave Courbet

Cascade in a Rocky Landscape, c. 1872.

Cascade dans un paysage rocheux (museum title)

Gustave Courbet (French), oil on canvas

Indianapolis Museum of Art, United States

Indisch landschap, Raden Saleh

Indisch landschap, 1853.

Indisch landschap (museum title)

Raden Saleh (Indonesian), oil on canvas

Museum MACAN, Jakarta, Indonesia

Chute d'eau à Yoshino où Yoshitsune a lavé son cheval, Katsushika Hokusai

Chute d'eau à Yoshino où Yoshitsune a lavé son cheval, 1832.

Chute d'eau à Yoshino où Yoshitsune a lavé son cheval (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), ink on paper

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Ri Haku, Katsushika Hokusai

Ri Haku, c. 1832.

Ri Haku (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

A Mountainous Landscape with a Waterfall. Sunrise, Jens Juel

A Mountainous Landscape with a Waterfall. Sunrise, 1790.

Den opgående sol i en bjergrig egn, i forgrunden et vandfald (museum title)

Jens Juel (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Fra Schaffhausen, Hans Gude

Fra Schaffhausen, 1879.

Fra Schaffhausen (museum title)

Hans Gude (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Landscape with a Waterfall, Gustave Courbet

Landscape with a Waterfall, c. 1865.

Paysage avec chute d'eau (museum title)

Gustave Courbet (French), oil on canvas

Yale University Art Gallery, United States

The Source of the Loue, Gustave Courbet

The Source of the Loue, 1864.

The Source of the Loue (museum title)

Gustave Courbet (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Waterfall on the Clyde River, Tasmania, Eugene von Guérard

Waterfall on the Clyde River, Tasmania, 1877.

Waterfall on the Clyde River, Tasmania (museum title)

Eugene von Guérard (Australian), oil on canvas

Art Gallery of South Australia

Landscape with Rocky Cliffs and a Waterfall, Gustave Courbet

Landscape with Rocky Cliffs and a Waterfall, 1872.

Paysage de falaises rocheuses avec une cascade (museum title)

Gustave Courbet (French), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Mountain Waterfall, Alexandre Calame

Mountain Waterfall, 1845.

Mountain Waterfall (museum title)

Alexandre Calame (Swiss), etching on chine collé

National Gallery of Art, United States

Rōben Waterfall at Ōyama in Sagami Province, Katsushika Hokusai

Rōben Waterfall at Ōyama in Sagami Province, 1833.

Rōben Waterfall at Ōyama in Sagami Province (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese)

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States

The Bridge and the Waterfall at Dornach, Switzerland, Jens Juel

The Bridge and the Waterfall at Dornach, Switzerland, 1791.

Broen og vandfaldet i Dornach, Schweiz (museum title)

Jens Juel (Danish), oil on wood

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Mountain Waterfall, Alexandre Calame

Mountain Waterfall, 1838.

Mountain Waterfall (museum title)

Alexandre Calame (Swiss), etching on chine collé

National Gallery of Art, United States

Kiyotaki Kannon Waterfall at Sakanoshita on the Tōkaidō, Katsushika Hokusai

Kiyotaki Kannon Waterfall at Sakanoshita on the Tōkaidō, c. 1832.

Kiyotaki Kannon Waterfall at Sakanoshita on the Tōkaidō (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Paysage à la chèvre, Antoine Watteau

Paysage à la chèvre, 1710s.

Paysage à la chèvre (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), oil on wood

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Gillingham Mill, Dorset, John Constable

Gillingham Mill, Dorset, 1823–1827.

Gillingham Mill, Dorset (museum title)

John Constable (British), oil on canvas

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

The Source, Gustave Courbet

The Source, 1862.

The Source (museum title)

Gustave Courbet (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Waterfall in Schaffhausen, Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka

Waterfall in Schaffhausen, 1903.

Schaffhauseni vízesés (museum title)

Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

Moroka River Falls (Foot of Mt Kent), Gippsland, Eugene von Guérard

Moroka River Falls (Foot of Mt Kent), Gippsland, c. 1865.

Moroka River Falls (foot of Mt. Kent) Gippsland (museum title)

Eugene von Guérard (Australian), chalk lithograph with tint stones on paper

State Library Victoria, Australia

A Sluice, perhaps on the Stour, John Constable

A Sluice, perhaps on the Stour, c. 1830–1836.

A Sluice, perhaps on the Stour (museum title)

John Constable (British), oil on paper mounted on canvas

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

Aoigaoka Falls in the Eastern Capital, Katsushika Hokusai

Aoigaoka Falls in the Eastern Capital, 1833.

Aoigaoka Falls in the Eastern Capital (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese)

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

The Last Resort, Raden Saleh

The Last Resort, 1842.

The Last Resort (museum title)

Raden Saleh (Indonesian), oil on canvas

Private collection

Ono Waterfall on the Kisokaidō, Katsushika Hokusai

Ono Waterfall on the Kisokaidō, c. 1832.

Ono Waterfall on the Kisokaidō (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Amida Falls in the Far Reaches of the Kisokaidō Road, Katsushika Hokusai

The Amida Falls in the Far Reaches of the Kisokaidō Road, c. 1832.

The Amida Falls in the Far Reaches of the Kisokaidō Road (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Pèlerins à la cascade Kirifuri sur le Mont Kurokami dans la région de Shimotsuke, Katsushika Hokusai

Pèlerins à la cascade Kirifuri sur le Mont Kurokami dans la région de Shimotsuke, 1831.

Pèlerins à la cascade Kirifuri sur le Mont Kurokami dans la… (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), ink on paper

Philadelphia Museum of Art, United States

Waterfalls, Gustave Courbet

Waterfalls, 1864.

Le Gour de Conche (museum title)

Gustave Courbet (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Orsay, France

Le Barrage du Loing à Saint-Mammès, Alfred Sisley

Le Barrage du Loing à Saint-Mammès, 1885.

Le Barrage du Loing à Saint-Mammès (museum title)

Alfred Sisley (British), oil on canvas

Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland

The Upper Falls of the Labrofoss, Johan Christian Dahl

The Upper Falls of the Labrofoss, 1855.

Labrofossens øvre fall (museum title)

Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

The Falls of the Clyde, J. M. W. Turner

The Falls of the Clyde, 1845.

The Falls of the Clyde (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British), oil on canvas

Lady Lever Art Gallery, United Kingdom

Cascata de Votorantim, Almeida Júnior

Cascata de Votorantim, 1893.

Cascata de Votorantim (museum title)

Almeida Júnior (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Brazil

Tait's Mill, Collingwood, Yarra Falls, 20 April 1855, Eugene von Guérard

Tait's Mill, Collingwood, Yarra Falls, 20 April 1855, 1855.

Taits Muhle [i.e. Mill]. Collingwood Yarra Fall 20 Ap. 1855 (museum title)

Eugene von Guérard (Australian), ink, pencil, and wash on paper

State Library Victoria, Australia

Oberland Bernois, Alexandre Calame

Oberland Bernois, 1838.

Oberland Bernois (museum title)

Alexandre Calame (Swiss), etching on chine collé

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Waterfall Where Yoshitsune Washed His Horse at Yoshino in Yamato Province, Katsushika Hokusai

The Waterfall Where Yoshitsune Washed His Horse at Yoshino in Yamato Province, c. 1832.

The Waterfall Where Yoshitsune Washed His Horse at Yoshino… (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Kirifuri Waterfall at Kurokami Mountain in Shimotsuke, Katsushika Hokusai

Kirifuri Waterfall at Kurokami Mountain in Shimotsuke, c. 1832.

Kirifuri Waterfall at Kurokami Mountain in Shimotsuke (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Mountain Stream in Caucasia, Hugo Simberg

Mountain Stream in Caucasia, 1899.

Vuoristopuro Kaukasiassa (museum title)

Hugo Simberg (Finnish), paint on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

The Great Bridge, Gustave Courbet

The Great Bridge, 1864.

Le Grand Pont (museum title)

Gustave Courbet (French), oil on canvas

Yale University Art Gallery, United States

The Grotto of Tivoli, imagined, Jens Juel

The Grotto of Tivoli, imagined, 1780–1802.

La grotte de Tivoli en imagination (museum title)

Jens Juel (Danish), pen, brush and Indian ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Woodland Waterfall, Tom Thomson

Woodland Waterfall, 1916–1917.

Woodland Waterfall (museum title)

Tom Thomson (Canadian), oil on canvas

McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Canada

Waterfall of Jajce, Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka

Waterfall of Jajce, 1903.

Jajcei vízesés (museum title)

Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

Ono Waterfall on the Kisokaidō, Katsushika Hokusai

Ono Waterfall on the Kisokaidō, 1835.

Ono Waterfall on the Kisokaidō (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese)

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

Ono Waterfall on the Kisokaidō, Katsushika Hokusai

Ono Waterfall on the Kisokaidō, c. 1833.

Ono Waterfall on the Kisokaidō (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

forêt de sapins avec cascade, Caspar David Friedrich

forêt de sapins avec cascade, 1828.

forêt de sapins avec cascade (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany

Yōrō Waterfall in Mino Province, Katsushika Hokusai

Yōrō Waterfall in Mino Province, c. 1832.

Yōrō Waterfall in Mino Province (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Weir at the Mill, Gustave Courbet

The Weir at the Mill, 1866.

L'écluse de la Loue (museum title)

Gustave Courbet (French), oil on canvas

Alte Nationalgalerie, Germany

Landscape with goatherd and goats (after Claude), John Constable

Landscape with goatherd and goats (after Claude), 1823.

Landscape with goatherd and goats (after Claude) (museum title)

John Constable (British), oil on canvas

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia

The Waterfall at Terni, Eugene von Guérard

The Waterfall at Terni, 1845.

Die Kaskade von Terni (The waterfall at Terni) (museum title)

Eugene von Guérard (Australian), oil on canvas

Art Gallery of South Australia

Fall of Aoiga Oka, Yedo, Katsushika Hokusai

Fall of Aoiga Oka, Yedo, c. 1827.

Fall of Aoiga Oka, Yedo (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States