Volcano in art: paintings, drawings and prints

The Valley of Mexico seen from the Tenayo Hill, José María Velasco

The Valley of Mexico seen from the Tenayo Hill, 1900.

Valle de México visto desde el cerro del Tenayo (museum title)

José María Velasco (Mexican), oil on canvas

National Museum of Art (MUNAL), Mexico City, Mexico

The Valley of Mexico, José María Velasco

The Valley of Mexico, 1877.

Valle de México (museum title)

José María Velasco (Mexican), oil on canvas

National Museum of Art (MUNAL), Mexico City, Mexico

Ruins of the Ancient Greek Theatre at Taormina, Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka

Ruins of the Ancient Greek Theatre at Taormina, 1904–1905.

A taorminai görög színház romjai (museum title)

Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

Tongariro, Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu, Central North Island, John Gully

Tongariro, Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu, Central North Island, 1866.

Tongariro, Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu, Central North Island (museum title)

John Gully (New Zealander), watercolor

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

Tijgers besluipen een man, vrouw en kind, Raden Saleh

Tijgers besluipen een man, vrouw en kind, 1849.

Tijgers besluipen een man, vrouw en kind (museum title)

Raden Saleh (Indonesian), oil on canvas

Private collection

Autumn Sky at Chōkō, c. 1832.

Autumn Sky at Chōkō (museum title)

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

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Sakurajima Volcanic Island, Ōsumi Province, from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces, Utagawa Hiroshige

Sakurajima Volcanic Island, Ōsumi Province, from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces, 1856.

Sakurajima Volcanic Island, Ōsumi Province (museum title)

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

L'Éruption du Vésuve, 1817.

L'Éruption du Vésuve (museum title)

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

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Vesuv (fragment), 1842.

Vesuv (fragment) (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Vesuvius in eruption. Moonlight, Johan Christian Dahl

Vesuvius in eruption. Moonlight, 1821.

Bugten ved Napoli i måneskin og Vesuv i udbrud (museum title)

Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian), oil on canvas

Thorvaldsens Museum, Denmark

View of Dieng Plateau, 1872.

View of Dieng Plateau (museum title)

Raden Saleh (Indonesian), oil on canvas

Private collection

The Eruption of Mount Merapi, by Day, Raden Saleh

The Eruption of Mount Merapi, by Day, 1865.

The Eruption of Mount Merapi, by Day (museum title)

Raden Saleh (Indonesian), oil on canvas

Private collection

Javanese Landscape, View of Merbabu and Merapi, Raden Saleh

Javanese Landscape, View of Merbabu and Merapi, 1862.

Javanese Landscape, View of Merbabu and Merapi (museum title)

Raden Saleh (Indonesian), oil on canvas

Private collection

The Arrest of Pangeran Diponegoro, Raden Saleh

The Arrest of Pangeran Diponegoro, 1857.

The Arrest of Pangeran Diponegoro (museum title)

Raden Saleh (Indonesian), oil on canvas

Gedung Agung Presidential Palace, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Blossoming Almonds, Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka

Blossoming Almonds, c. 1901.

Mandulavirágzás (museum title)

Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Ottó Herman Museum, Hungary

Johannes Graaf van den Bosch (1780-1844), gouverneur-generaal, Raden Saleh

Johannes Graaf van den Bosch (1780-1844), gouverneur-generaal, 1836.

Johannes Graaf van den Bosch (1780-1844)… (museum title)

Raden Saleh (Indonesian), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

South Wind, Clear Sky, Katsushika Hokusai

South Wind, Clear Sky, c. 1830–1832.

South Wind, Clear Sky (museum title)

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

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Eruption of the Soufrière Mountains in the Island of St Vincent, 30 April 1812, J. M. W. Turner

The Eruption of the Soufrière Mountains in the Island of St Vincent, 30 April 1812, 1815.

The Eruption of the Soufrière Mountains in the Island of St… (museum title)

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

Victoria Gallery & Museum, United Kingdom

An Eruption of Vesuvius, Johan Christian Dahl

An Eruption of Vesuvius, 1824.

An Eruption of Vesuvius (museum title)

Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Grotto by the Bay of Naples. Moonlight, Johan Christian Dahl

Grotto by the Bay of Naples. Moonlight, 1821.

Bugten ved Napoli med Vesuv i udbrud set fra en grotte (museum title)

Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian), oil on canvas

Thorvaldsens Museum, Denmark

Mount Egmont, 1929.

Mount Egmont (museum title)

Dorothy Kate Richmond (New Zealander), watercolor

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

The Terraces, 1885.

The Terraces (museum title)

Charles Blomfield (New Zealander), oil on canvas

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

Eruption

Erupción (museum title)

José María Velasco (Mexican), oil on cardboard

National Museum of Art (MUNAL), Mexico City, Mexico

Crater of Mount Eccles (Victoria), Eugene von Guérard

Crater of Mount Eccles (Victoria), c. 1865.

Crater of Mount Eccles (Victoria) (museum title)

Eugene von Guérard (Australian), chalk lithograph with tint stones on paper

State Library Victoria, Australia

Mount Fuji, 1893.

Mount Fuji (museum title)

Takeuchi Seihō (Japanese), ink and color on silk, hanging scroll

Takashimaya Historical Museum, Japan

South Wind, Clear Sky, 1830.

South Wind, Clear Sky (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese)

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Une Route à Naples, 1872.

Une Route à Naples (museum title)

Gustave Caillebotte (French), oil on canvas

Private collection

Der Ausbruch des Vesuv im Dezember 1820, Johan Christian Dahl

Der Ausbruch des Vesuv im Dezember 1820, 1826.

Der Ausbruch des Vesuv im Dezember 1820 (museum title)

Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian), oil on canvas

Städel Museum, Germany

The Bay of Naples, Pierre-Auguste Renoir

The Bay of Naples, 1881.

The Bay of Naples (museum title)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French), oil on canvas

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Bay of Naples with Vesuvius, Johan Christian Dahl

The Bay of Naples with Vesuvius, 1821.

Napoligolfen med Vesuv (museum title)

Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian), oil on cardboard, mounted on cardboard

National Museum of Norway

The Metlac Ravine, 1897.

La cañada de Metlac (museum title)

José María Velasco (Mexican), oil on canvas

National Museum of Art (MUNAL), Mexico City, Mexico

The Valley of Mexico from the Santa Isabel Hill, José María Velasco

The Valley of Mexico from the Santa Isabel Hill, 1875.

Valle de México desde el cerro de Santa Isabel (museum title)

José María Velasco (Mexican), oil on canvas

National Museum of Art (MUNAL), Mexico City, Mexico

Six Horsemen Chasing Deer, 1860.

Six Horsemen Chasing Deer (museum title)

Raden Saleh (Indonesian), oil on canvas

Smithsonian American Art Museum, United States

Napoli, 1884–1885.

Napoli (museum title)

Edward Lear (British), gray and black wash over traces of graphite on card

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Destruction of Pompeii

The Destruction of Pompeii (museum title)

David Roberts (British), watercolor and pastel on paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Fine Wind, Clear Weather, Katsushika Hokusai

Fine Wind, Clear Weather, 1830.

Fine Wind, Clear Weather (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese)

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States

Strongyli, 1864.

Strongyli (museum title)

Edward Lear (British), graphite and brown and black ink on wove paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Neapolitan Fisherman, 1842.

Napolitansk fisker (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

Naples, le matin, 1881.

Naples, le matin (museum title)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French), oil on canvas

Clark Art Institute, United States

Eruption of the Volcano Vesuvius, Johan Christian Dahl

Eruption of the Volcano Vesuvius, 1821.

Eruption of the Volcano Vesuvius (museum title)

Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Javanese Landscape with Gunung Merapi and Horseman, Raden Saleh

Javanese Landscape with Gunung Merapi and Horseman, 1867.

Javanese Landscape with Gunung Merapi and Horseman (museum title)

Raden Saleh (Indonesian), oil on canvas

Private collection

The Eruption of Mount Merapi, by Night, Raden Saleh

The Eruption of Mount Merapi, by Night, 1865.

The Eruption of Mount Merapi, by Night (museum title)

Raden Saleh (Indonesian), oil on canvas

Private collection

Crater of Mount Gambier, South Australia, Eugene von Guérard

Crater of Mount Gambier, South Australia, c. 1865.

Crater of Mt. Gambier, S A (museum title)

Eugene von Guérard (Australian), chalk lithograph with tint stones on paper

State Library Victoria, Australia

Blossoming Almonds in Taormina, Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka

Blossoming Almonds in Taormina, c. 1902.

Mandulavirágzás Taorminában (museum title)

Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Janus Pannonius Museum, Hungary

Italian City

Olasz város (museum title)

Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

Javanese Landscape, View of Talagabodas

Javanese Landscape, View of Talagabodas (museum title)

Raden Saleh (Indonesian), oil on canvas

Private collection

Catania and Mount Etna, 1847.

Catania and Mount Etna (museum title)

Edward Lear (British), oil on cardboard

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Naples seen from the gulf, Adolph Tidemand

Naples seen from the gulf, c. 1842.

Napoli sett fra gulfen (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

The Bay of Naples by moonlight, Johan Christian Dahl

The Bay of Naples by moonlight, 1821.

Bugten ved Napoli i maaneskin og Vesuv i udbrud (museum title)

Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian), oil on canvas

Thorvaldsens Museum, Denmark

Beach near Posillipo, Johan Christian Dahl

Beach near Posillipo, 1821.

Kystparti nær Posillipo (museum title)

Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian), oil on paper, mounted on canvas

National Museum of Norway