Seagull in art: paintings, drawings and prints

The Seagulls, 1905–1906.

Måkene (museum title)

Frits Thaulow (Norwegian), aquatint and drypoint on paper

National Museum of Norway

From McMahon's Point - fare one penny, Arthur Streeton

From McMahon's Point - fare one penny, 1890.

From McMahon's Point - fare one penny (museum title)

Arthur Streeton (Australian), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Australia

Sailboat on Lake Starnberg, Pál Szinyei Merse

Sailboat on Lake Starnberg, 1867.

Vitorlás a Starnbergi-tavon (museum title)

Pál Szinyei Merse (Hungarian), oil on wood

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

Fish Boy, 1900.

Kalapoika (museum title)

Hugo Simberg (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Le Négrier, 1840.

Le Négrier (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States

Hornbæk Fishermen Herring Fishing, Peder Severin Krøyer

Hornbæk Fishermen Herring Fishing, 1877.

Hornbækfiskere på sildefangst (museum title)

Peder Severin Krøyer (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Lars Jensen, Nevlunghavn, Adolph Tidemand

Lars Jensen, Nevlunghavn, 1861.

Lars Jensen, Nevlunghavn (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), watercolor and pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Second Proposed Decoration of Lunettes in the Upper Hall of the NM, Carl Larsson

Second Proposed Decoration of Lunettes in the Upper Hall of the NM, 1889.

Andra förslaget till lunetter i NM:s övre trapphall (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

At Sea, 1883.

På havet (museum title)

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish), oil on canvas

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

To fugler, 1830.

To fugler (museum title)

Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian), pencil and wash on paper

National Museum of Norway

Storm at Wellington Heads, Petrus van der Velden

Storm at Wellington Heads, c. 1908.

Storm at Wellington Heads (museum title)

Petrus van der Velden (New Zealander), oil on canvas

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

End of the Hamlet of Gruchy, Jean-François Millet

End of the Hamlet of Gruchy, 1866.

Un Bout du village de Gréville (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States

A Deck Hand, North Sea Patrol, 1917, John Lavery

A Deck Hand, North Sea Patrol, 1917, 1917.

A Deck Hand, North Sea Patrol, 1917 (museum title)

John Lavery (Irish), oil on canvas

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

Jeunes filles à la mouette, Pierre Bonnard

Jeunes filles à la mouette, 1917.

Jeunes filles à la mouette (museum title)

Pierre Bonnard (French), oil on canvas

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

Shipwrecked

Shipwrecked (museum title)

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

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

Fresh Breeze on the Norwegian Coast, Hans Gude

Fresh Breeze on the Norwegian Coast, 1876.

Frisk bris (museum title)

Hans Gude (Norwegian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

Marine. Un grain, 1886.

Marine. Un grain (museum title)

Eugène Boudin (French), painting

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Morlaix, France

Fishermen's families avaiting their return in an approsching storm. From the west coast of Jutland, Carl Bloch

Fishermen's families avaiting their return in an approsching storm. From the west coast of Jutland, 1858.

Fiskerfamilier, som venter deres mænds hjemkomst ved et… (museum title)

Carl Bloch (Danish), oil on canvas

The Hirschsprung Collection, Denmark

A Fisherman's Home, Lillesand, Hans Gude

A Fisherman's Home, Lillesand, 1858.

Et fiskerhus, Lillesand (museum title)

Hans Gude (Norwegian), oil on cardboard

National Museum of Norway

Two gulls, c. 1830.

To måker (museum title)

Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

‘Hurrah! for the Whaler Erebus! Another Fish!’, J. M. W. Turner

‘Hurrah! for the Whaler Erebus! Another Fish!’, 1846.

‘Hurrah! for the Whaler Erebus! Another Fish!’ (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British), oil on canvas

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

Sketch of sailboat in An 1893 sketchbook, Petrus van der Velden

Sketch of sailboat in An 1893 sketchbook, 1893.

Sketch of sailboat in An 1893 sketchbook (museum title)

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

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

Suicidal Faust on the Coast, Pál Szinyei Merse

Suicidal Faust on the Coast, 1866.

Az öngyilkos Faust a tengerparton (museum title)

Pál Szinyei Merse (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

Gulls, 1901.

Måsar (museum title)

Bruno Liljefors (Swedish), oil on canvas

Thiel Gallery, Sweden

Footprints in the sand, Peder Severin Krøyer

Footprints in the sand, 1883.

Fodspor i sandet (museum title)

Peder Severin Krøyer (Danish), oil on canvas

Skagens Museum, Denmark

Nach dem Sturm, 1817.

Nach dem Sturm (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Cliffs at Gruchy

Cliffs at Gruchy (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States

Seagulls, the River Thames and the Houses of Parliament, Claude Monet

Seagulls, the River Thames and the Houses of Parliament, 1904.

Seagulls, the River Thames and the Houses of Parliament (museum title)

Claude Monet (French), oil on canvas

Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Russia

Lancaster Sands, 1820.

Lancaster Sands (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British), watercolor

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, United Kingdom

Venice, the Doge's Palace

Venice, the Doge's Palace (museum title)

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

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Surf at the North Coast of Jutland, Michael Ancher

Surf at the North Coast of Jutland, 1918.

Stormvejr. Skagens Gren (museum title)

Michael Ancher (Danish), oil on veneer

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

A stroll on the beach, 1896.

En strandpromenade (museum title)

Michael Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Skagens Museum, Denmark

Lapwings, birds over the water, Józef Chełmoński

Lapwings, birds over the water, 1890.

Czajki (Ptaki nad wodą) (museum title)

Józef Chełmoński (Polish), oil on canvas

Silesian Museum in Katowice, Poland

Old couple plucking gulls. Lars Gaihede and old Lene, Anna Ancher

Old couple plucking gulls. Lars Gaihede and old Lene, c. 1883.

To gamle, der plukker måger. Lars Gaihede og gamle Lene (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

The Hirschsprung Collection, Denmark

Varpa Thrower, 1888.

Varpakastare (museum title)

Bruno Liljefors (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Matin, 1816.

Matin (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

Lower Saxony State Museum, Germany

Weymouth Bay, 1816.

Weymouth Bay (museum title)

John Constable (British), oil on cardboard

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

Le Parlement, les mouettes, Claude Monet

Le Parlement, les mouettes, 1903.

Le Parlement, les mouettes (museum title)

Claude Monet (French), oil on canvas

Princeton University Art Museum, United States

Man with a pole and two birds, Johan Christian Dahl

Man with a pole and two birds, 1831.

Mann med stang og to fugler (museum title)

Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian), pencil and wash on paper

National Museum of Norway

Two gulls, 1830.

To måker (museum title)

Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Herring Gulls and Terns on the Skerries off the Scandinavian Coast, Bruno Liljefors

Herring Gulls and Terns on the Skerries off the Scandinavian Coast, 1923.

Zilvermeeuwen en sterns op de scheren voor de… (museum title)

Bruno Liljefors (Swedish), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Netherlands

The Fleet: A Misty Day, 1917 : Firth of Forth, John Lavery

The Fleet: A Misty Day, 1917 : Firth of Forth, 1917.

The Fleet: A Misty Day, 1917 : Firth of Forth (museum title)

John Lavery (Irish), oil on canvas

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

Will He Round the Point?, Michael Ancher

Will He Round the Point?, 1885.

Vil han klare pynten? (museum title)

Michael Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Skagens Museum, Denmark

View of Shibaura, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, Utagawa Hiroshige

View of Shibaura, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 1856.

View of Shibaura (museum title)

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Sailing-Ship on the Shore, Tarbert, Loch Fyne, Hans Gude

Sailing-Ship on the Shore, Tarbert, Loch Fyne, 1877.

Seilskute på stranden i Tarbert, Loch Fyne (museum title)

Hans Gude (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Port your Helm!, c. 1879.

Babord litt (museum title)

Christian Krohg (Norwegian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

Staffa, Fingal's Cave, 1831.

Staffa, Fingal's Cave (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British), oil on canvas

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Seagulls and Fishes, 1873.

Seagulls and Fishes (museum title)

Eugène Boudin (French), oil on canvas

Ashmolean Museum, United Kingdom

Seagull, 1830.

Måke (museum title)

Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Two gulls, 1830.

To måker (museum title)

Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway