Reading in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Madame Marthe X―Bordeaux, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Madame Marthe X―Bordeaux, 1900.

Madame Marthe X―Bordeaux (museum title)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), oil on canvas

Ohara Museum of Art, Japan

Michael William Balfe (1808-1870), Composer and Singer, Daniel Maclise

Michael William Balfe (1808-1870), Composer and Singer, c. 1843.

Michael William Balfe (1808-1870), Composer and Singer (museum title)

Daniel Maclise (Irish), graphite and wash on paper

National Gallery of Ireland

The Three Races or Equality before the Law, Francisco Laso

The Three Races or Equality before the Law, c. 1859.

Las tres razas o La igualdad ante la ley (museum title)

Francisco Laso (Peruvian), oil on canvas

Lima Art Museum (MALI), Peru

Sunny Morning, 1905.

Napos délelőtt (museum title)

Károly Ferenczy (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

Portrait of August Munzinger-Hirt, Albert Anker

Portrait of August Munzinger-Hirt, 1895.

Bildnis August Munzinger-Hirt (museum title)

Albert Anker (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Switzerland

Woman Reading, 1880–1882.

Woman Reading (museum title)

Édouard Manet (French), oil on canvas

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Woman reading in the Forest, Gyula Benczúr

Woman reading in the Forest, 1875.

Olvasó nő az erdőben (museum title)

Gyula Benczúr (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

Don Quixote reading, c. 1867.

Don Quichotte lisant (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), oil on wood

National Gallery of Victoria, Australia

Boy reading, 1906.

Boy reading (museum title)

Petrus van der Velden (New Zealander), pencil on paper

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

Portrait of the Writer Emile Verhaeren, Reading, Théo van Rysselberghe

Portrait of the Writer Emile Verhaeren, Reading, 1898.

Portret van de schrijver Emile Verhaeren, lezend (museum title)

Théo van Rysselberghe (Belgian), etching

Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent (MSK Gent), Belgium

Saudade, 1899.

Saudade (museum title)

Almeida Júnior (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Brazil

On the Beach (Royan), c. 1908.

On the beach (Royan) (museum title)

Rupert Bunny (Australian), oil on canvas mounted on hardboard

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia

Schoolboy Reading, c. 1900.

Lesender Schulknabe (museum title)

Albert Anker (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Switzerland

The Little Annuitant, 1889.

La Petite Rentière (museum title)

Eduardo Sívori (Argentinian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Les Quatre Apôtres, 1526.

Les Quatre Apôtres (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), oil on wood panel

Bavarian State Painting Collections, Germany

Woman Reading, 1881–1885.

Lezende vrouw (museum title)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian), oil on wood

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), Belgium

Cervantes Reading the Manuscript of Don Quixote, Ignacio Merino

Cervantes Reading the Manuscript of Don Quixote, 1861.

Cervantes leyendo el manuscrito de Don Quijote de la Mancha (museum title)

Ignacio Merino (Peruvian), oil on canvas

Lima Art Museum (MALI), Peru

Interior from the red room with the artist's mother Ane Brøndum reading, Anna Ancher

Interior from the red room with the artist's mother Ane Brøndum reading, 1910.

Kunstnerindens mor, Ane Brøndum, læsende i den røde stue (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Skagens Museum, Denmark

Evening, Interior, 1890.

Aften, interiør (museum title)

Harriet Backer (Norwegian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

Chiquinho do Tico-Tico ou Chiquinho, Maria Pardos

Chiquinho do Tico-Tico ou Chiquinho, 1915.

Chiquinho do Tico-Tico ou Chiquinho (museum title)

Maria Pardos (Brazilian)

Museu Mariano Procópio, Brazil

The Bible Reader, 1908.

Der Bibelleser (museum title)

Albert Anker (Swiss), watercolor on paper

Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Switzerland

Madelon Pietermaat, de weduwe van Pieter Mijer, Raden Saleh

Madelon Pietermaat, de weduwe van Pieter Mijer, 1870.

Madelon Pietermaat, de weduwe van Pieter Mijer (museum title)

Raden Saleh (Indonesian), oil on canvas

Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen, Netherlands

Friends, 1884–1885.

Las amigas (museum title)

Ángel Della Valle (Argentinian), oil on canvas

Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat Art Collection, Argentina

Reading, 1916.

Lektyr (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), etching on paper

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

ruines du monastère Oybin, Caspar David Friedrich

ruines du monastère Oybin, 1835.

ruines du monastère Oybin (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

The Artist's Mother -in-Law, Ane Hedvig Brøndum, Reading a Letter, Michael Ancher

The Artist's Mother -in-Law, Ane Hedvig Brøndum, Reading a Letter, 1907.

En gammel kone, der læser et brev. Ane hedvig Brøndum… (museum title)

Michael Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

They Loved to Read in the Running Brooks, William Brymner

They Loved to Read in the Running Brooks, 1885.

Ils aimaient à lire dans les ruisseaux fuyants (museum title)

William Brymner (Canadian), oil on canvas

Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Canada

Don Quixote Reading, c. 1866.

Don Quixote Reading (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), oil on canvas

National Museum Wales, United Kingdom

Mumps, 1912.

Påssjukan (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), etching on paper

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

Men Reading, 1819.

Hommes lisant (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), oil on plaster, transferred to canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

“And the Prayer of Faith Shall Save the Sick”, John Frederick Lewis

“And the Prayer of Faith Shall Save the Sick”, 1872.

“And the Prayer of Faith Shall Save the Sick” (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), oil on panel

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Interior of a school, Cairo, John Frederick Lewis

Interior of a school, Cairo, 1865.

Interior of a school, Cairo (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), watercolor

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

Dr. Hugo Koller, 1918.

Dr. Hugo Koller (museum title)

Egon Schiele (Austrian), oil on canvas

Belvedere Museum, Austria

The Lecture by Emile Verhaeren, Théo van Rysselberghe

The Lecture by Emile Verhaeren, 1903.

De lezing door Emile Verhaeren (museum title)

Théo van Rysselberghe (Belgian), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent (MSK Gent), Belgium

By the Firelight, 1918.

Liesivalolla (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Woman Reading, 1881–1885.

Lezende vrouw (museum title)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian), oil on wood

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), Belgium

The Reading Lesson, copy after Ter Borch, Maria Wiik

The Reading Lesson, copy after Ter Borch, 1894–1900.

Lukuopetus, kopio Ter Borchin mukaan (museum title)

Maria Wiik (Finnish), paint on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Esbjörn at the Study Corner, Carl Larsson

Esbjörn at the Study Corner, 1912.

Studiehörnet. Esbjörn (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), watercolor on paper

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Sketch of John O'Leary Reading, John Butler Yeats

Sketch of John O'Leary Reading, c. 1905.

Sketch of John O'Leary Reading (museum title)

John Butler Yeats (Irish), graphite on paper

National Gallery of Ireland

Reading, 1924.

La Lecture (museum title)

Fernand Léger (French), oil on canvas

Musée National d'Art Moderne, France

The Victorian Dress, 1914.

The Victorian Dress (museum title)

Helen McNicoll (Canadian), oil on canvas

Musée des beaux-arts de Hamilton, Canada

In the Shadow of the Tent, Helen McNicoll

In the Shadow of the Tent, 1913.

À l'ombre de la tente (museum title)

Helen McNicoll (Canadian), oil on canvas

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada

Portrait of Mary Lapsley Guest (née Caughey) (1901-1964), John Butler Yeats

Portrait of Mary Lapsley Guest (née Caughey) (1901-1964), 1916.

Portrait of Mary Lapsley Guest (née Caughey) (1901-1964) (museum title)

John Butler Yeats (Irish), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Ireland

Interior with the Artist's Wife, Vilhelm Hammershøi

Interior with the Artist's Wife, 1910.

Interiør med kvinne som leser (museum title)

Vilhelm Hammershøi (Danish), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

Milton Dictating “Paradise Lost” to his Daughters, Mihály Munkácsy

Milton Dictating “Paradise Lost” to his Daughters, 1878.

Milton (museum title)

Mihály Munkácsy (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

Paris Interior, 1877.

Párizsi enteriőr (museum title)

Mihály Munkácsy (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

Portrait of a Girl, 1927.

Tytönkuva (museum title)

Ellen Thesleff (Finnish), oil on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

The Artist's Mother Ane Hedvig Brøndum in the Red Room, Anna Ancher

The Artist's Mother Ane Hedvig Brøndum in the Red Room, 1909.

Kunstnerens mor Ane Hedvig Brøndum i den røde stue (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Die vier Apostel: Die Heiligen Johannes und Petrus, Albrecht Dürer

Die vier Apostel: Die Heiligen Johannes und Petrus, 1526.

Die vier Apostel: Die Heiligen Johannes und Petrus (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), oil on limewood panel

Bavarian State Painting Collections, Germany

Advice to a Young Artist, Honoré Daumier

Advice to a Young Artist, 1865–1868.

Advice to a Young Artist (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States