Machine in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Three old women sewing a blue dress for a fancy dress ball, Anna Ancher

Three old women sewing a blue dress for a fancy dress ball, 1920.

Tre gamle syersker (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Skagens Museum, Denmark

Sheet of Sketches of an Angel and Various Studies of Machines, Horses and Riders, Leonardo da Vinci

Sheet of Sketches of an Angel and Various Studies of Machines, Horses and Riders, c. 1503–1504.

Sheet of Sketches of an Angel and Various Studies of… (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

The Plate Printer, 1875.

De plaatdrukker (museum title)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian), oil on wood

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), Belgium

Études pour La Vierge, l'Enfant Jésus et sainte Anne, Leonardo da Vinci

Études pour La Vierge, l'Enfant Jésus et sainte Anne, 1500.

Études pour La Vierge, l'Enfant Jésus et sainte Anne (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian), aquarelle et fusain et pierre noire et plume

British Museum, United Kingdom

Munitions, Newcastle, 1917, 1917.

Munitions, Newcastle, 1917 (museum title)

John Lavery (Irish), oil on canvas

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

Hand Sewing Machine, 1927.

Hand Sewing Machine (museum title)

Arthur Dove (American), huile, lin découpé et collé, résine et graphite sur tôle, cadre fait par l'artiste

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Traction Engine, 1910s.

Traction Engine (museum title)

Frances Hodgkins (New Zealander), watercolor

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

Mechanisms for the Transmission of Power via Gears and Cranks, Leonardo da Vinci

Mechanisms for the Transmission of Power via Gears and Cranks, 1497.

Mechanisms for the Transmission of Power via Gears and… (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Bibliothèque nationale d'Espagne, Spain

Device for Raising a Beam, Leonardo da Vinci

Device for Raising a Beam, 1497.

Device for Raising a Beam (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Bibliothèque nationale d'Espagne, Spain

Tempered Spring with Volute Gear, Leonardo da Vinci

Tempered Spring with Volute Gear, 1497.

Tempered Spring with Volute Gear (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Bibliothèque nationale d'Espagne, Spain

Quarry Farm, Wiltshire, Frances Hodgkins

Quarry Farm, Wiltshire, c. 1937.

Quarry Farm, Wiltshire (museum title)

Frances Hodgkins (New Zealander), oil on canvas

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

A Tank, 1917.

A Tank (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), watercolor, chalk, and charcoal on paper

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

Fun - One Cent, 1905.

Fun - One Cent (museum title)

John Sloan (American), etching

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Study of the Mechanical Power of a Spring, Leonardo da Vinci

Study of the Mechanical Power of a Spring, 1497.

Study of the Mechanical Power of a Spring (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Bibliothèque nationale d'Espagne, Spain

Drawing of the Movement of a Clock, Leonardo da Vinci

Drawing of the Movement of a Clock, 1497.

Drawing of the Movement of a Clock (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Bibliothèque nationale d'Espagne, Spain

The Red Wheel, 1920.

La Roue rouge (museum title)

Fernand Léger (French), oil on canvas

Musée National d'Art Moderne, France

Black Hill Store, 1854.

Blackhill store (museum title)

Eugene von Guérard (Australian), pencil and watercolor on paper

State Library Victoria, Australia

Device for Raising a Mast, Leonardo da Vinci

Device for Raising a Mast, 1497.

Device for Raising a Mast (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Bibliothèque nationale d'Espagne, Spain

The Mechanic, 1918.

Le Mécanicien (museum title)

Fernand Léger (French), oil on canvas

Musée National d'Art Moderne, France

Handles and Hinges for a Two-way-opening Door, Leonardo da Vinci

Handles and Hinges for a Two-way-opening Door, 1497.

Handles and Hinges for a Two-way-opening Door (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Bibliothèque nationale d'Espagne, Spain

Elswick, 1917 : Messrs Armstrong, Whitworth & Company, John Lavery

Elswick, 1917 : Messrs Armstrong, Whitworth & Company, 1919.

Elswick, 1917 : Messrs Armstrong, Whitworth & Company (museum title)

John Lavery (Irish), oil on canvas

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

Man + Air + Space, 1913.

Человек + воздух + пространство (museum title)

Lyubov Popova (Russian), oil on canvas

State Russian Museum, Russia

Leonardo Torres Quevedo, Joaquín Sorolla

Leonardo Torres Quevedo, 1917.

Leonardo Torres Quevedo (museum title)

Joaquín Sorolla (Spanish), oil on canvas

The Hispanic Society of America, United States

Various Types of Metal Chain, Leonardo da Vinci

Various Types of Metal Chain, 1497.

Various Types of Metal Chain (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Bibliothèque nationale d'Espagne, Spain

I Have Got It, 1854.

I have got it (museum title)

Eugene von Guérard (Australian), oil on canvas mounted on panel

State Library Victoria, Australia

Study of the Diminishing Power of an Unwinding Spring, Leonardo da Vinci

Study of the Diminishing Power of an Unwinding Spring, 1497.

Study of the Diminishing Power of an Unwinding Spring (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Bibliothèque nationale d'Espagne, Spain

Mechanism for Back-and-Forth Motion with Crank, Leonardo da Vinci

Mechanism for Back-and-Forth Motion with Crank, 1497.

Mechanism for Back-and-Forth Motion with Crank (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Bibliothèque nationale d'Espagne, Spain

Le pont du bateau, 1919.

Le pont du bateau (museum title)

Fernand Léger (French), oil on canvas

Moderna Museet, Sweden

Hoist for a Beam, 1497.

Hoist for a Beam (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Bibliothèque nationale d'Espagne, Spain

Black Hill, 21 February 1854, Eugene von Guérard

Black Hill, 21 February 1854, 1854.

Blackhill 21 Febrav [i.e. February] 1854 (museum title)

Eugene von Guérard (Australian), pencil and watercolor on paper

State Library Victoria, Australia

Still Life with Ball Bearing, Fernand Léger

Still Life with Ball Bearing, 1926.

Nature morte (Le mouvement à billes) (museum title)

Fernand Léger (French), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Mecanical Element, 1924.

Elément mécanique (museum title)

Fernand Léger (French), oil on canvas

Musée National d'Art Moderne, France

The Artist’s Atelier on Luotsikatu Street, Hugo Simberg

The Artist’s Atelier on Luotsikatu Street, 1908.

Luotsikadun ateljee (museum title)

Hugo Simberg (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Mechanism to Equalize the Power of an Unwinding Spring, Leonardo da Vinci

Mechanism to Equalize the Power of an Unwinding Spring, 1497.

Mechanism to Equalize the Power of an Unwinding Spring (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Bibliothèque nationale d'Espagne, Spain

Mechanics of the Movement of a Toothed Rack, Leonardo da Vinci

Mechanics of the Movement of a Toothed Rack, 1497.

Mechanics of the Movement of a Toothed Rack (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Bibliothèque nationale d'Espagne, Spain

Studies of Power Transmission and for Lifting a Beam, Leonardo da Vinci

Studies of Power Transmission and for Lifting a Beam, 1497.

Studies of Power Transmission and for Lifting a Beam (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Bibliothèque nationale d'Espagne, Spain

Threshing in the Cotswolds, Frances Hodgkins

Threshing in the Cotswolds, c. 1909.

Threshing in the Cotswolds (museum title)

Frances Hodgkins (New Zealander), watercolor

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

Mechanisms for Back-and-Forth Motion, Leonardo da Vinci

Mechanisms for Back-and-Forth Motion, 1497.

Mechanisms for Back-and-Forth Motion (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Bibliothèque nationale d'Espagne, Spain

Propellers, 1918.

Propellers (museum title)

Fernand Léger (French), oil on canvas

Museum of Modern Art, United States

Drawing of an Oil Press and Oil Mill, Leonardo da Vinci

Drawing of an Oil Press and Oil Mill, 1497.

Drawing of an Oil Press and Oil Mill (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Bibliothèque nationale d'Espagne, Spain

Evening train to Hawthorn, c. 1889.

Evening train to Hawthorn (museum title)

Tom Roberts (Australian), oil on cedar panel

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia

Shell-Making, Edinburgh, 1919.

Shell-Making, Edinburgh (museum title)

John Lavery (Irish), oil on canvas

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

HM Land Ship 'Shell Out', 1917.

HM Land Ship 'Shell Out' (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), watercolor and pencil on paper

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

Study of the Striking Mechanism of a Clock, Leonardo da Vinci

Study of the Striking Mechanism of a Clock, 1497.

Study of the Striking Mechanism of a Clock (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Bibliothèque nationale d'Espagne, Spain

Drive Mechanism for Motion of Unequal Force, Leonardo da Vinci

Drive Mechanism for Motion of Unequal Force, 1497.

Drive Mechanism for Motion of Unequal Force (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Bibliothèque nationale d'Espagne, Spain

Mechanical Device for the Transmission of Motion, Leonardo da Vinci

Mechanical Device for the Transmission of Motion, 1497.

Mechanical Device for the Transmission of Motion (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Bibliothèque nationale d'Espagne, Spain

The Railway Crossing (Sketch), Fernand Léger

The Railway Crossing (Sketch), 1919.

The Railway Crossing (Sketch) (museum title)

Fernand Léger (French), oil on canvas

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Sewing fisherman's wife, c. 1890.

Syende fiskerpige (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Randers Art Museum, Denmark

Hoist with Movable Rollers and Rope Winch, Leonardo da Vinci

Hoist with Movable Rollers and Rope Winch, 1497.

Hoist with Movable Rollers and Rope Winch (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Bibliothèque nationale d'Espagne, Spain

Mechanical Elements, 1918–1923.

Les Éléments mécaniques (museum title)

Fernand Léger (French), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland