Net in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Metamorphosis, 1917.

Metamorphosis (museum title)

Gaganendranath Tagore (Indian), lithograph

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom

Study of a beach with nets hung up to dry, Michael Ancher

Study of a beach with nets hung up to dry, 1902.

Strandstudie med garn ophængt til tørring (museum title)

Michael Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Skagens Museum, Denmark

Paysage plat dans la baie de Greifswald, Caspar David Friedrich

Paysage plat dans la baie de Greifswald, 1830.

Paysage plat dans la baie de Greifswald (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

Museum Georg Schäfer, Germany

Navires dans le port, le soir, Caspar David Friedrich

Navires dans le port, le soir, 1828.

Navires dans le port, le soir (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

Dresden State Art Collections, Germany

The Great Camouflage, Combles, William Orpen

The Great Camouflage, Combles, 1917.

The Great Camouflage, Combles (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), pencil on paper

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

Fishing boat, 1878–1880.

Fiskebåt (museum title)

Hans Gude (Norwegian), pencil and wash on paper

National Museum of Norway

Dead rays, 1884.

Døde rokker (museum title)

Peder Severin Krøyer (Danish), oil on canvas

Skagens Museum, Denmark

Yasashi-ga-ura Nicknamed Kujūku(99)-ri hama, Kazusa Province, from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces, Utagawa Hiroshige

Yasashi-ga-ura Nicknamed Kujūku(99)-ri hama, Kazusa Province, from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces, 1853.

Yasashi-ga-ura Nicknamed Kujūku(99)-ri hama, Kazusa Province (museum title)

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Merelaht paatidega

Merelaht paatidega (museum title)

Konrad Mägi (Estonian), oil on cardboard

Tartu Art Museum, Estonia

The Net Mender, 1880.

Garnbinderen (museum title)

Christian Krohg (Norwegian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

Le Filet, 1942.

Le Filet (museum title)

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian), tempera on cardboard

Musée National d'Art Moderne, France

Beach in Normandy, c. 1872–1875.

Beach in Normandy (museum title)

Gustave Courbet (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Entrance, Dover Harbour, 1918 : in the foreground are the harbour protection nets against enemy submarines, John Lavery

The Entrance, Dover Harbour, 1918 : in the foreground are the harbour protection nets against enemy submarines, 1918.

The Entrance, Dover Harbour, 1918 : in the foreground are… (museum title)

John Lavery (Irish), oil on canvas

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

The Chain Pier, Brighton, John Constable

The Chain Pier, Brighton, 1826–1827.

The Chain Pier, Brighton (museum title)

John Constable (British), oil on canvas

Tate, United Kingdom

Scattered Pines on the Tone River, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, Utagawa Hiroshige

Scattered Pines on the Tone River, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 1856.

Scattered Pines on the Tone River (museum title)

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Goshiki(Five-color) Beach, Awaji Province, from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces, Utagawa Hiroshige

Goshiki(Five-color) Beach, Awaji Province, from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces, 1855.

Goshiki(Five-color) Beach, Awaji Province (museum title)

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Male figure and female figure carrying nets, Adolph Tidemand

Male figure and female figure carrying nets, c. 1868.

Mannsfigur og kvinnefigur som bærer garn (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Net mending in the wash house, Vikøy, Adolph Tidemand

Net mending in the wash house, Vikøy, c. 1867–1873.

Garnbinding i bryggerhuset, Vikøy (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Le Port de Greifswald, Caspar David Friedrich

Le Port de Greifswald, 1819.

Le Port de Greifswald (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

Alte Nationalgalerie, Germany

Morning at Hornbæk. The fishermen returning, Peder Severin Krøyer

Morning at Hornbæk. The fishermen returning, 1875.

Morgen ved Hornbæk. Fiskerne kommer i land (museum title)

Peder Severin Krøyer (Danish), oil on canvas

The Hirschsprung Collection, Denmark

Boys Fishing, 1915.

Kalastavia poikia (museum title)

Eero Järnefelt (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Plage marécageuse, Caspar David Friedrich

Plage marécageuse, 1832.

Plage marécageuse (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

Bavarian State Painting Collections, Germany

Net drying and boats on the beach, Rügen, Hans Gude

Net drying and boats on the beach, Rügen, 1881.

Garntørking og båter på stranden, Rügen (museum title)

Hans Gude (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

The fisherman Kræn Wollesen mending nets, Anna Ancher

The fisherman Kræn Wollesen mending nets, 1886.

Fisker Kræn Wollesen bøder garn (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), pastel

Skagens Museum, Denmark

Excursion to Pont Neuf, accompanied by Marianne Preindlsberger, Mr Greenough, O.H., and Helene, who is driving the horse-drawn carriage, Helene Schjerfbeck

Excursion to Pont Neuf, accompanied by Marianne Preindlsberger, Mr Greenough, O.H., and Helene, who is driving the horse-drawn carriage, 1883.

Huvimatka Pont neuf'iin, mukana Marianne Preindlsberger… (museum title)

Helene Schjerfbeck (Finnish), ink on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Nakahara in Sagami Province, Katsushika Hokusai

Nakahara in Sagami Province, c. 1830–1832.

Nakahara in Sagami Province (museum title)

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

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Les Pêcheurs, 1907.

Les Pêcheurs (museum title)

Pierre Bonnard (French), oil on canvas

Bemberg Collection, France

Fishermen haul dragnets at Skagen's Northern Beach. Late afternoon, Peder Severin Krøyer

Fishermen haul dragnets at Skagen's Northern Beach. Late afternoon, 1883.

Fiskere trækker vod på Skagen Nordstrand. Sildig eftermiddag (museum title)

Peder Severin Krøyer (Danish), oil on canvas

Skagens Museum, Denmark

Bord de mer au clair de lune, Caspar David Friedrich

Bord de mer au clair de lune, 1818.

Bord de mer au clair de lune (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Greifswald au clair de lune, Caspar David Friedrich

Greifswald au clair de lune, 1817.

Greifswald au clair de lune (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

Plage avec des filets de pêche, Caspar David Friedrich

Plage avec des filets de pêche, 1835.

Plage avec des filets de pêche (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

Soir sur plage de la Baltique, Caspar David Friedrich

Soir sur plage de la Baltique, 1831.

Soir sur plage de la Baltique (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

Dresden State Art Collections, Germany

Catalonia. The fish, 1915.

Catalonia. The fish (museum title)

Joaquín Sorolla (Spanish), oil on canvas

The Hispanic Society of America, United States

Drying Fish Nets, Ermatingen, 1879.

Garntørk, Ermatingen (museum title)

Hans Gude (Norwegian), watercolor and pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Voiliers au sec, 1914.

Voiliers au sec (museum title)

Pierre Bonnard (French), oil on canvas

Bemberg Collection, France

Woman hauling a net, c. 1868.

Kvinne som trekker garn (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Three women hauling a net, Adolph Tidemand

Three women hauling a net, c. 1868.

Tre kvinner som trekker garn (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Soir au bord de la rivière, Caspar David Friedrich

Soir au bord de la rivière, 1820.

Soir au bord de la rivière (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Germany

Beach with net drying, c. 1877.

Strand med garntørke (museum title)

Hans Gude (Norwegian), pencil and pen on paper

National Museum of Norway

Ville au lever de Lune, Caspar David Friedrich

Ville au lever de Lune, 1817.

Ville au lever de Lune (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

Oskar Reinhart Collection “Am Römerholz”, Switzerland

Boys Fishing with a Fish Trap, Eero Järnefelt

Boys Fishing with a Fish Trap, 1915.

Rysällä kalastavat pojat (museum title)

Eero Järnefelt (Finnish), colored pencil

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Hauling in the Net, Buenos Aires

Sacada de la red, Bs.As (museum title)

Prilidiano Pueyrredón (Argentinian), watercolor on paper

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

La Rochelle, c. 1911.

La Rochelle (museum title)

Paul Signac (French), watercolor

Barnes Foundation, United States

In a Park, c. 1874.

Dans le parc (museum title)

Berthe Morisot (French)

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

In the Outer Archipelago, Albert Edelfelt

In the Outer Archipelago, 1898.

Ulkosaaristossa (museum title)

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish), oil on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

View of Vasikkasaari, 1880–1885.

Vasikkasaari, Kuopio (museum title)

Eero Järnefelt (Finnish), pencil on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Red in the Net, 1927.

Red in the Net (museum title)

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian), oil on cardboard

Yokohama Museum of Art, Japan

Flatfish Netting and Fish Boats, Wakasa Province, from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces, Utagawa Hiroshige

Flatfish Netting and Fish Boats, Wakasa Province, from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces, 1853.

Flatfish Netting and Fish Boats, Wakasa Province (museum title)

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Femme sur la plage de Rügen, Caspar David Friedrich

Femme sur la plage de Rügen, 1818.

Femme sur la plage de Rügen (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

Oskar Reinhart Museum "Am Stadtgarten", Winterthur, Switzerland

Matin, 1816.

Matin (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

Lower Saxony State Museum, Germany