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59 works by 20 artists

59 works featuring “Folding screen” by 20 artists, from the 18th to the 20th century, held in 36 museums.

Self-Portrait, Jacek Malczewski

Self-Portrait, 1926.

Autoportret (museum title)

Jacek Malczewski (Polish), oil on cardboard

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

雨霽, Takeuchi Seihō

雨霽, 1928.

雨霽 (museum title)

Takeuchi Seihō (Japanese), color on silk, pair of six-panel screens

Adachi Museum of Art, Japan

Foxes and Raccoon Dog, Takeuchi Seihō

Foxes and Raccoon Dog, 1908.

Foxes and Raccoon Dog (museum title)

Takeuchi Seihō (Japanese), ink and color on silk, folding screen

Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan

Poem by Emperor Sanjo, Katsushika Hokusai

Poem by Emperor Sanjo, 1835.

Poem by Emperor Sanjo (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese)

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

L'odalisque, Henri Matisse

L'odalisque, 1923.

L'odalisque (museum title)

Henri Matisse (French), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Odalisque à la culotte rouge, Henri Matisse

Odalisque à la culotte rouge, 1920.

Odalisque à la culotte rouge (museum title)

Henri Matisse (French), oil on canvas

Musée de l'Orangerie, France

Minase-gai, Katsushika Hokusai

Minase-gai, 1821.

Minase-gai (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese)

Chester Beatty Library, Ireland

Gustaf Upmark, director of the Nationalmuseum, Carl Larsson

Gustaf Upmark, director of the Nationalmuseum, 1894.

Gustaf Upmark 1844-1900, gift med Eva Kindstrand (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), watercolor on paper

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Chinese Boys Learning to Write and Paint, Katsushika Hokusai

Chinese Boys Learning to Write and Paint, c. 1785.

Chinese Boys Learning to Write and Paint (museum title)

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

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Parisienne, Albert Edelfelt

Parisienne, 1885.

Pariisitar (museum title)

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish), pastel on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Odalisque au coffret rouge, Henri Matisse

Odalisque au coffret rouge, 1927.

Odalisque au coffret rouge (museum title)

Henri Matisse (French), oil on canvas

Musée Matisse, France

Odalisque assise, Henri Matisse

Odalisque assise, 1926.

Odalisque assise (museum title)

Henri Matisse (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

飼われたる猿と兎, Takeuchi Seihō

飼われたる猿と兎, 1908.

飼われたる猿と兎 (museum title)

Takeuchi Seihō (Japanese), ink and color on silk, pair of six-panel screens

National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan

Children Singing, Michael Ancher

Children Singing, 1899.

Syngende børn (museum title)

Michael Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Golden Lion, Takeuchi Seihō

Golden Lion, 1901.

Golden Lion (museum title)

Takeuchi Seihō (Japanese), ink on gold-leafed paper, folding screen

Yamatane Museum of Art, Japan

A Visitor, John Lavery

A Visitor, 1885.

A Visitor (museum title)

John Lavery (Irish), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Ireland

The Gutter Shell, Katsushika Hokusai

The Gutter Shell, 1821.

The Gutter Shell (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese)

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States

New Year's Day at the Ōgiya Brothel, Yoshiwara, Katsushika Hokusai

New Year's Day at the Ōgiya Brothel, Yoshiwara, c. 1804.

New Year's Day at the Ōgiya Brothel, Yoshiwara (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), pentaptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Scene from Ludwig Holberg's The Lying-in Room, Wilhelm Marstrand

Scene from Ludwig Holberg's The Lying-in Room, 1845.

Motiv fra Ludvig Holberg: Barselstuen (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Artist's Wife, Anders Zorn

The Artist's Wife, 1889.

Konstnärens hustru (museum title)

Anders Zorn (Swedish), pastel

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Young Woman and Little Girl Playing Musashi, Katsushika Hokusai

Young Woman and Little Girl Playing Musashi, 1841.

Young Woman and Little Girl Playing Musashi (museum title)

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

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Odalisque jaune, Henri Matisse

Odalisque jaune, 1926.

Odalisque jaune (museum title)

Henri Matisse (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Canada

The Letter, Henri de Braekeleer

The Letter, 1876–1877.

De brief (museum title)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian), graphite on paper

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), Belgium

L'odalisque au paravent, Henri Matisse

L'odalisque au paravent, 1923.

L'odalisque au paravent (museum title)

Henri Matisse (French), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Screen of wisteria and morning glory with dogs, Takeuchi Seihō

Screen of wisteria and morning glory with dogs, 1898.

Screen of wisteria and morning glory with dogs (museum title)

Takeuchi Seihō (Japanese), ink and color on silk, folding screen

Iwami Art Museum, Japan

Intérieur aux aubergines, Henri Matisse

Intérieur aux aubergines, 1911.

Intérieur aux aubergines (museum title)

Henri Matisse (French), distemper on canvas

Musée de Grenoble, France

Shijimi-gai, Katsushika Hokusai

Shijimi-gai, 1821.

Shijimi-gai (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese)

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Tsukasa and Other Courtesans of the Ogiya Watching the Autumn Moon Rise Over Rice Fields from a Balcony in the Yoshiwara, Katsushika Hokusai

Tsukasa and Other Courtesans of the Ogiya Watching the Autumn Moon Rise Over Rice Fields from a Balcony in the Yoshiwara, 1799.

Tsukasa and Other Courtesans of the Ogiya Watching the… (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese)

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Woman Folding Cloth, Katsushika Hokusai

Woman Folding Cloth, 1760–1849.

Woman Folding Cloth (museum title)

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

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Poem by Sanjō-in, Katsushika Hokusai

Poem by Sanjō-in

Poem by Sanjō-in (museum title)

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

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Portrait of John, Lord Mountstuart, later 4th Earl and 1st Marquess of Bute, Jean-Étienne Liotard

Portrait of John, Lord Mountstuart, later 4th Earl and 1st Marquess of Bute, 1763.

Portrait of John, Lord Mountstuart, later 4th Earl and 1st… (museum title)

Jean-Étienne Liotard (Swiss), pastel on parchment

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

La Séance de trois heures, Henri Matisse

La Séance de trois heures, 1924.

La Séance de trois heures (museum title)

Henri Matisse (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Idyll (Fragment eines Wandschirms), Arnold Böcklin

Idyll (Fragment eines Wandschirms), c. 1872.

Idyll (Fragment eines Wandschirms) (museum title)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), oil on canvas on gold ground

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Historic Spot of Rome (left), Takeuchi Seihō

Historic Spot of Rome (left), 1903.

Historic Spot of Rome (left) (museum title)

Takeuchi Seihō (Japanese), ink and color on silk, folding screen

Umi-Mori Art Museum, Japan

The Hozu River, Takeuchi Seihō

The Hozu River, 1888.

The Hozu River (museum title)

Takeuchi Seihō (Japanese), ink and color on silk, folding screen

Nara Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan

L'Atelier rose, Henri Matisse

L'Atelier rose, 1911.

L'Atelier rose (museum title)

Henri Matisse (French), oil on canvas

Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Russia

Bronze Figure, Henri Matisse

Bronze Figure, 1908.

Bronze Figure (museum title)

Henri Matisse (French), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

Just Wait... I'll Teach You About Schoolmasters, Honoré Daumier

Just Wait... I'll Teach You About Schoolmasters, 1846.

Attends... j'te vas en donner... du maitre d'école (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), lithograph

National Gallery of Art, United States

Autumn Maple Trees, Katsushika Hokusai

Autumn Maple Trees

Autumn Maple Trees (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese)

Harvard Art Museums, United States

At the Piano, Albert Edelfelt

At the Piano, 1884.

Vid pianot (museum title)

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish), oil on canvas

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

A Visit to a New Mother, Mihály Munkácsy

A Visit to a New Mother, 1879.

Besuch bei einer Wöchnerin (museum title)

Mihály Munkácsy (Hungarian), oil on mahogany panel

Neue Pinakothek, Munich, Germany

Intérieur, fleurs et perruches, Henri Matisse

Intérieur, fleurs et perruches, 1924.

Intérieur, fleurs et perruches (museum title)

Henri Matisse (French), oil on canvas

Baltimore Museum of Art, United States

Portrait of Jonkvrouwe Maria Francisca Louisa Dommer van Poldersveldt, Fernand Khnopff

Portrait of Jonkvrouwe Maria Francisca Louisa Dommer van Poldersveldt, 1888.

Portret van jonkvrouwe Maria Francisca Louisa Dommer van… (museum title)

Fernand Khnopff (Belgian), oil on wood

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Historic Spot of Rome (right), Takeuchi Seihō

Historic Spot of Rome (right), 1903.

Historic Spot of Rome (right) (museum title)

Takeuchi Seihō (Japanese), ink and color on silk, folding screen

Umi-Mori Art Museum, Japan

Le Paravent mauresque, Henri Matisse

Le Paravent mauresque, 1921.

Le Paravent mauresque (museum title)

Henri Matisse (French), oil on canvas

Philadelphia Museum of Art, United States

Sea horse, Katsushika Hokusai

Sea horse, 1822.

Sea horse (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese)

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Women Preparing Tea Around the Fire-Holder, Katsushika Hokusai

Women Preparing Tea Around the Fire-Holder, 1816.

Women Preparing Tea Around the Fire-Holder (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Tsurifune no Sabu, Katsushika Hokusai

Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Tsurifune no Sabu, c. 1796.

Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Tsurifune no Sabu (museum title)

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

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Sculptor Ville Vallgren and his Wife, Albert Edelfelt

The Sculptor Ville Vallgren and his Wife, 1886.

Skulptören Ville Vallgren och hans hustru (museum title)

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish), pastel and casein distemper on canvas

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

The misses Salomon, Anders Zorn

The misses Salomon, 1888.

Fröknarna Salomon (museum title)

Anders Zorn (Swedish), watercolor on paper

Zorn Museum, Sweden