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297 works by 62 artists

297 works featuring “Island” by 62 artists, from the 16th to the 20th century, held in 72 museums.

Le Canal de Bristol depuis Pernath, soir, Alfred Sisley

Le Canal de Bristol depuis Pernath, soir, 1897.

Le Canal de Bristol depuis Pernath, soir (museum title)

Alfred Sisley (British), oil on canvas

Allen Memorial Art Museum, United States

Motutapu, Edward Friström

Motutapu, c. 1908.

Motutapu (museum title)

Edward Friström (New Zealander), oil on canvas

Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand

Isle of Brechou, Sark, Rhona Haszard

Isle of Brechou, Sark, 1929.

Isle of Brechou, Sark (museum title)

Rhona Haszard (New Zealander), oil on canvas

Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand

Finistère, Rhona Haszard

Finistère, 1926.

Finistère (museum title)

Rhona Haszard (New Zealander), oil on canvas

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

River Winding through a Rock Formation (Philae, Egypt), Edward Lear

River Winding through a Rock Formation (Philae, Egypt), 1884–1885.

River Winding through a Rock Formation (Philae, Egypt) (museum title)

Edward Lear (British), gray wash on card

National Gallery of Art, United States

On Hemsö, Anders Zorn

On Hemsö, 1917.

På Hemsö (museum title)

Anders Zorn (Swedish), etching

Thiel Gallery, Sweden

Spring Night, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Spring Night, 1914.

Spring Night (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), oil on canvas

Sparebankstiftelsen DNB’s collection, Norway

Sarvikallio, sketch, Eero Järnefelt

Sarvikallio, sketch, 1910–1912.

Sarvikallio, luonnos (museum title)

Eero Järnefelt (Finnish), pencil, pastel and watercolor

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Lake Landscape, Eero Järnefelt

Lake Landscape, 1910.

Järvimaisema (museum title)

Eero Järnefelt (Finnish)

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Storm over Lake Starnberg, Pál Szinyei Merse

Storm over Lake Starnberg, 1872.

Vihar a Starnbergi-tavon (museum title)

Pál Szinyei Merse (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

L Manipori [sic] upper end with rocky islets Evening, John Gully

L Manipori [sic] upper end with rocky islets Evening, 1887.

L Manipori [sic] upper end with rocky islets Evening (museum title)

John Gully (New Zealander), watercolor

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

Lake Wakatipu with Mount Earnslaw, Middle Island, New Zealand, Eugene von Guérard

Lake Wakatipu with Mount Earnslaw, Middle Island, New Zealand, 1877–1879.

Lake Wakatipu with Mount Earnslaw, Middle Island, New… (museum title)

Eugene von Guérard (Australian), oil on canvas

Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand

The Saint-François Valley, Île d'Orléans, William Brymner

The Saint-François Valley, Île d'Orléans, 1903.

La Vallée Saint-François, île d'Orléans (museum title)

William Brymner (Canadian), oil on canvas

Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Canada

Tea Trees near Cape Schanck, Victoria, Eugene von Guérard

Tea Trees near Cape Schanck, Victoria, 1865.

Tea Trees near Cape Schanck, Victoria (museum title)

Eugene von Guérard (Australian), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Victoria, Australia

The Squadron in the Private Channel of Paso de la Patria, April 23, 1866, Cándido López

The Squadron in the Private Channel of Paso de la Patria, April 23, 1866, 1887–1902.

La Escuadra en el canal Privado del Paso de la Patria, 23… (museum title)

Cándido López (Argentinian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

The Old Spinner, Île d'Orléans, William Brymner

The Old Spinner, Île d'Orléans, 1883.

La Vieille Fileuse, île d'Orléans (museum title)

William Brymner (Canadian), oil on canvas

Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Canada

Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Frances Hodgkins

Ibiza, Balearic Islands, 1933.

Ibiza, Balearic Islands (museum title)

Frances Hodgkins (New Zealander), watercolor

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

The Sea at Miura in Sagami Province (Sōshū Miura no kaijō), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjū), Utagawa Hiroshige

The Sea at Miura in Sagami Province (Sōshū Miura no kaijō), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjū), 1858.

The Sea at Miura in Sagami Province (Sōshū Miura no kaijō)… (museum title)

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Vision. Scene from Visby, Richard Bergh

Vision. Scene from Visby, 1894.

Vision. Motiv från Visby (museum title)

Richard Bergh (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Poem by Sangi no Takamura, Katsushika Hokusai

Poem by Sangi no Takamura, c. 1835.

Poem by Sangi no Takamura (museum title)

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

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Road to Little Sark, Rhona Haszard

The Road to Little Sark, 1930.

The Road to Little Sark (museum title)

Rhona Haszard (New Zealander), oil on canvas

Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand

Aurora, Georgian Bay, Pointe au Baril, J. E. H. MacDonald

Aurora, Georgian Bay, Pointe au Baril, 1931.

Aurora, Georgian Bay, Pointe au Baril (museum title)

J. E. H. MacDonald (Canadian), oil on cardboard

McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Canada

Old Boat, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Old Boat, 1924.

Venevanhus (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), oil on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Cremorne pastoral, Arthur Streeton

Cremorne pastoral, 1895.

Cremorne pastoral (museum title)

Arthur Streeton (Australian), oil on canvas

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia

Half Moon Bay, Stewart Island, James Nairn

Half Moon Bay, Stewart Island, 1896.

Half Moon Bay, Stewart Island (museum title)

James Nairn (New Zealander), oil on canvas

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

Islands, Canoe Lake, Tom Thomson

Islands, Canoe Lake, 1916.

Islands, Canoe Lake (museum title)

Tom Thomson (Canadian), oil on wood

McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Canada

Road to the hills, Ibiza, Frances Hodgkins

Road to the hills, Ibiza, 1933.

Road to the hills, Ibiza (museum title)

Frances Hodgkins (New Zealander), watercolor

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

In the Land of Gemstone, Paul Klee

In the Land of Gemstone

Im Lande Edelstein (museum title)

Paul Klee (Swiss), pen and watercolor, border strips top and bottom in pen and watercolor, mounted on cardboard

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Spring Lake, Tom Thomson

Spring Lake, c. 1916.

Spring Lake (museum title)

Tom Thomson (Canadian), oil on cardboard

Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Canada

Paysage de rivière dans les montagnes, la nuit, Caspar David Friedrich

Paysage de rivière dans les montagnes, la nuit, 1830.

Paysage de rivière dans les montagnes, la nuit (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German)

Hessen Kassel Heritage, Germany

Coucher de soleil, Caspar David Friedrich

Coucher de soleil, 1837.

Coucher de soleil (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

The Scuir of Eigg, David Young Cameron

The Scuir of Eigg, 1931.

The Scuir of Eigg (museum title)

David Young Cameron (British), drypoint

National Gallery of Art, United States

Early Morning At Camaret, Rhona Haszard

Early Morning At Camaret, c. 1927.

Early Morning At Camaret (museum title)

Rhona Haszard (New Zealander), watercolor

Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand

The Seine at La Grande Jatte, Georges Seurat

The Seine at La Grande Jatte, 1889.

La Seine à la Grande Jatte - Printemps (museum title)

Georges Seurat (French), oil on canvas

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

Morlaix, Entrance of the River, Paul Signac

Morlaix, Entrance of the River, 1927.

Morlaix, Entrance of the River (museum title)

Paul Signac (French), black crayon and watercolor

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Isle of the Dead (First Version), Arnold Böcklin

Isle of the Dead (First Version), 1880.

Die Toteninsel (Erste Fassung) (museum title)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Misaka Pass in Kai Province, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, Utagawa Hiroshige

Misaka Pass in Kai Province, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, 1858.

Misaka Pass in Kai Province (museum title)

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

The Swan, Anders Zorn

The Swan, 1915.

The Swan (museum title)

Anders Zorn (Swedish), etching

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Indian River Landscape, Edward Lear

Indian River Landscape, 1874.

Indian River Landscape (museum title)

Edward Lear (British), watercolor, pen and brown ink and gouache on wove paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Ancient View of Yatsuhashi in Mikawa Province, Katsushika Hokusai

Ancient View of Yatsuhashi in Mikawa Province, c. 1834.

Ancient View of Yatsuhashi in Mikawa Province (museum title)

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

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Drimnin, David Young Cameron

Drimnin, 1932.

Drimnin (museum title)

David Young Cameron (British), drypoint

National Gallery of Art, United States

La Coupée, Sark, Rhona Haszard

La Coupée, Sark, c. 1930.

La Coupée, Sark (museum title)

Rhona Haszard (New Zealander), linocut

Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand

The Lake at Hakone, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, Utagawa Hiroshige

The Lake at Hakone, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, 1858.

The Lake at Hakone (museum title)

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Across the Firth of Thames, Rhona Haszard

Across the Firth of Thames, c. 1925.

Across the Firth of Thames (museum title)

Rhona Haszard (New Zealander), oil on canvas

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

Tahitian Shore [recto], Paul Gauguin

Tahitian Shore [recto], c. 1900.

Tahitian Shore [recto] (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), monotype on wove paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Plucking the Angel's Wings, Hugo Simberg

Plucking the Angel's Wings, 1911.

Enkelin siipiä kynitään (museum title)

Hugo Simberg (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Arran Peaks, David Young Cameron

Arran Peaks, 1912.

Arran Peaks (museum title)

David Young Cameron (British), etching and drypoint

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Bathers in the Borromean Islands, Camille Corot

Bathers in the Borromean Islands, c. 1872.

Les Baigneuses des Îles Borromées (museum title)

Camille Corot (French), oil on canvas

Hiroshima Museum of Art, Japan

Black Spruce in Autumn, Tom Thomson

Black Spruce in Autumn, 1915.

Black Spruce in Autumn (museum title)

Tom Thomson (Canadian), oil on cardboard

McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Canada

Paysage de rivière dans les montagnes, le matin, Caspar David Friedrich

Paysage de rivière dans les montagnes, le matin, 1830.

Paysage de rivière dans les montagnes, le matin (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), watercolor

Hessen Kassel Heritage, Germany