Scaffolding in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Harumichi no Tsuraki, Katsushika Hokusai

Harumichi no Tsuraki, 1839.

Harumichi no Tsuraki (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese)

Brooklyn Museum, United States

On Three Crosses Square, Władysław Podkowiński

On Three Crosses Square, 1887.

Na placu Trzech Krzyży (museum title)

Władysław Podkowiński (Polish), watercolor, ink, and gouache on paper

Museum of Warsaw, Poland

The demolisher, 1897–1899.

Le Démolisseur (museum title)

Paul Signac (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Orsay, France

The Building of the Winter Studio, Edvard Munch

The Building of the Winter Studio, 1929.

Vinteratelieret under bygging (museum title)

Edvard Munch (Norwegian), oil and wax crayon on canvas

Munch Museum, Norway

Le Moulin Provencher à Moret, Alfred Sisley

Le Moulin Provencher à Moret, 1883.

Le Moulin Provencher à Moret (museum title)

Alfred Sisley (British), oil on canvas

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Netherlands

El albañil borracho (boceto), Francisco de Goya

El albañil borracho (boceto), 1786.

Le Maçon ivre (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Building Workers in Snow, 1920.

Bygningsarbeidere i snø (museum title)

Edvard Munch (Norwegian), oil on canvas

Munch Museum, Norway

Les Scieurs de long, 1876.

Les Scieurs de long (museum title)

Alfred Sisley (British), oil on canvas

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

Workers on the Building Site, Edvard Munch

Workers on the Building Site, 1920s.

Arbeidere på byggeplassen (museum title)

Edvard Munch (Norwegian), wax crayon on canvas

Munch Museum, Norway

The four seasons, 1899.

The four seasons (museum title)

Piet Mondrian (Dutch), oil on canvas

Private collection

The Tower of Babel, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Tower of Babel, 1568.

The Tower of Babel (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on wood

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Netherlands

Le temple d'Asakusa Honganji dans la capitale orientale, Katsushika Hokusai

Le temple d'Asakusa Honganji dans la capitale orientale, 1831.

Le temple d'Asakusa Honganji dans la capitale orientale (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese)

Chester Beatty Library, Ireland

Honganji at Asakusa in Edo, Katsushika Hokusai

Honganji at Asakusa in Edo, c. 1830–1832.

Honganji at Asakusa in Edo (museum title)

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

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Winter Studio under Construction, Edvard Munch

Winter Studio under Construction, 1929.

Vinteratelieret under bygging (museum title)

Edvard Munch (Norwegian), oil on canvas

Munch Museum, Norway

Codex Atlanticus (F0089)

Codex Atlanticus (F0089) (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Bibliothèque Ambrosienne, Italy

The wounded bricklayer, Francisco de Goya

The wounded bricklayer, 1786–1787.

Le Maçon blessé (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

View of Paris, 1888.

Parisutsikt (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), graphite on paper

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

The Castle Courtyard, 1915.

Dziedziniec Zamkowy (museum title)

Leon Wyczółkowski (Polish), lithograph

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Fighting bricklayers

Fighting bricklayers (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), oil on wood

Von der Heydt Museum, Germany

Davus, Simo und Chremes (Andria III,4), Albrecht Dürer

Davus, Simo und Chremes (Andria III,4), 1492.

Davus, Simo und Chremes (Andria III,4) (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on paper

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Grand Theatre under reconstruction, Władysław Podkowiński

The Grand Theatre under reconstruction, 1891.

Teatr Wielki w trakcie przebudowy (museum title)

Władysław Podkowiński (Polish), pencil and ink on paper

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Le Fuji depuis les montagnes de la province de Totomi, Katsushika Hokusai

Le Fuji depuis les montagnes de la province de Totomi, 1831.

Le Fuji depuis les montagnes de la province de Totomi (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese)

Chester Beatty Library, Ireland

A Corvette on the Stocks. Copenhagen, C.W. Eckersberg

A Corvette on the Stocks. Copenhagen, 1828.

En korvet på stabelen. Nyholm med spanteloftbygningen i… (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Construction Workers, 1929.

Bygningsarbeidere (museum title)

Edvard Munch (Norwegian), charcoal and wax crayon on canvas

Munch Museum, Norway

The Ship of the Line "Dronning Maria" on the Stocks, C.W. Eckersberg

The Ship of the Line "Dronning Maria" on the Stocks, 1824.

Linieskibet Dronning Maria på Stablen (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Second Proposed Decoration of the Walls in the Lower Hall of the Nationalmuseum, Carl Larsson

Second Proposed Decoration of the Walls in the Lower Hall of the Nationalmuseum, 1890–1891.

Andra förslaget till fresker i NM:s nedre trapphall, södra… (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Hodman on the Ladder, 1920.

Håndlanger på stigen (museum title)

Edvard Munch (Norwegian), oil on canvas

Munch Museum, Norway

Une équipe de sculpteurs travaillant sur un chantier

Une équipe de sculpteurs travaillant sur un chantier (museum title)

Camille Corot (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Valenciennes, France

The castle courtyard, 1911–1912.

Dziedziniec zamkowy (museum title)

Leon Wyczółkowski (Polish), lithograph

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Morpeth, Northumberland, J. M. W. Turner

Morpeth, Northumberland, 1809.

Morpeth, Northumberland (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British), eau-forte, manière noire et encre brune sur papier vergé

Yale Center for British Art, United States

The Tower of Babel, 1563.

The Tower of Babel (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on oak panel

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Austria

The Construction of Copenhagen´s Dock in the Reign of Christian VI, Nicolai Abildgaard

The Construction of Copenhagen´s Dock in the Reign of Christian VI, 1786–1787.

Dokken anlægges under Christian VI (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Lock of Saint-Mammès, 1885.

The Lock of Saint-Mammès (museum title)

Alfred Sisley (British), oil on canvas

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, United States

In the Mountains of Tōtomi Province, Katsushika Hokusai

In the Mountains of Tōtomi Province, c. 1830–1832.

In the Mountains of Tōtomi Province (museum title)

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

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Yoshida--Toyokawa Bridge, from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Hōeidō edition), Utagawa Hiroshige

Yoshida--Toyokawa Bridge, from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Hōeidō edition), c. 1832–1833.

Yoshida--Toyokawa Bridge (museum title)

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Building Workers in the Studio, Edvard Munch

Building Workers in the Studio, 1920.

Bygningsarbeidere i atelieret (museum title)

Edvard Munch (Norwegian), oil on canvas

Munch Museum, Norway

From the South Harbour, 1890.

Eteläsatamasta (museum title)

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish), oil on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Timbermen at Work on the Studio Building, Edvard Munch

Timbermen at Work on the Studio Building, 1920.

Tømrere i arbeid på atelierbygnignen (museum title)

Edvard Munch (Norwegian), oil on canvas

Munch Museum, Norway

Die Gärten von Montmartre mit Blick auf Sacré-Coeur im Bau, Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Die Gärten von Montmartre mit Blick auf Sacré-Coeur im Bau, 1896.

Die Gärten von Montmartre mit Blick auf Sacré-Coeur im Bau (museum title)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French), oil on canvas

Bavarian State Painting Collections, Germany

Studies for the Crossing Cupola of Milan Cathedral and for Scaffolding for the Vault

Studies for the Crossing Cupola of Milan Cathedral and for… (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Bibliothèque Ambrosienne, Italy

Ekōin Temple in Ryōgoku and Moto-Yanagibashi Bridge, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, Utagawa Hiroshige

Ekōin Temple in Ryōgoku and Moto-Yanagibashi Bridge, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 1857.

Ekōin Temple in Ryōgoku and Moto-Yanagibashi Bridge (museum title)

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

A House of Stout Logs, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

A House of Stout Logs, 1906.

Pirtin salvoksella (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), watercolor on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

A Corvette on the Stocks. Nyholm with the Mould Loft Building in the Background, C.W. Eckersberg

A Corvette on the Stocks. Nyholm with the Mould Loft Building in the Background, 1828.

En Korvet på stablen. Nyholm med spanteloftsbygningen i… (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), pencil, pen, black ink, brush and brown wash

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Masons on Scaffolding, 1929.

Murere på stillas (museum title)

Edvard Munch (Norwegian), wax crayon on canvas

Munch Museum, Norway

Peintres en bâtiment, Gustave Caillebotte

Peintres en bâtiment, 1877.

Peintres en bâtiment (museum title)

Gustave Caillebotte (French), oil on canvas

Private collection

Building Workers in the Studio, 1920.

Bygningsarbeidere i atelieret (museum title)

Edvard Munch (Norwegian), oil on canvas

Munch Museum, Norway

The “Kurza Stopka” (Hen’s Foot) turret, Leon Wyczółkowski

The “Kurza Stopka” (Hen’s Foot) turret, 1915.

Kurza Stopka (museum title)

Leon Wyczółkowski (Polish), lithograph

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Workers on the Building Site, 1920s.

Arbeidere på byggeplassen (museum title)

Edvard Munch (Norwegian), charcoal and wax crayon on canvas

Munch Museum, Norway

Hoist for a Bell

Hoist for a Bell (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Bibliothèque de l'Institut de France

Studies for a Revolving Crane

Studies for a Revolving Crane (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Bibliothèque Ambrosienne, Italy