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8,431 works by 194 artists

8,431 works featuring “Water” by 194 artists, from the 15th to the 20th century, held in 645 museums.

Yacht Basin at Trouville-Deauville, Eugène Boudin

Yacht Basin at Trouville-Deauville, 1896.

Yacht Basin at Trouville-Deauville (museum title)

Eugène Boudin (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, Washington, United States

The New Factory at Lillehammer, Frits Thaulow

The New Factory at Lillehammer, 1905–1906.

La nouvelle fabrique à Lillehammer (museum title)

Frits Thaulow (Norwegian), oil on canvas

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

Tantallon, David Young Cameron

Tantallon, 1932.

Tantallon (museum title)

David Young Cameron (British), etching and drypoint

National Gallery of Art, United States

Mountain Solitude (Lake Oesa), J. E. H. MacDonald

Mountain Solitude (Lake Oesa), 1932.

Mountain Solitude (Lake Oesa) (museum title)

J. E. H. MacDonald (Canadian), oil on canvas

Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada

L Manipori [sic] upper end with rocky islets Evening, John Gully

L Manipori [sic] upper end with rocky islets Evening, 1887.

L Manipori [sic] upper end with rocky islets Evening (museum title)

John Gully (New Zealander), watercolor

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

Sunrise, Tasmania, Tom Roberts

Sunrise, Tasmania, c. 1929.

Sunrise, Tasmania (museum title)

Tom Roberts (Australian), oil on panel

Art Gallery of South Australia

Silence, Pál Szinyei Merse

Silence, 1918.

Csend (museum title)

Pál Szinyei Merse (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

The Channel Squadron, 1898, Edoardo De Martino

The Channel Squadron, 1898, 1898.

The Channel Squadron, 1898 (museum title)

Edoardo De Martino (Italian), oil on canvas

Royal Museums Greenwich, United Kingdom

Panoramic View of the Alps, Les Dents du Midi, Gustave Courbet

Panoramic View of the Alps, Les Dents du Midi, 1877.

Panoramic View of the Alps, Les Dents du Midi (museum title)

Gustave Courbet (French), oil on canvas

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Le Petit bras de Seine, Gustave Caillebotte

Le Petit bras de Seine, 1894.

Le Petit bras de Seine (museum title)

Gustave Caillebotte (French)

Private collection

Le Canal de Bristol depuis Pernath, soir, Alfred Sisley

Le Canal de Bristol depuis Pernath, soir, 1897.

Le Canal de Bristol depuis Pernath, soir (museum title)

Alfred Sisley (British), oil on canvas

Allen Memorial Art Museum, United States

White-tailed Eagle Swooping on a Male Eider, Bruno Liljefors

White-tailed Eagle Swooping on a Male Eider, 1924.

Zeearend stoot op een mannetje eidereend (museum title)

Bruno Liljefors (Swedish), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Netherlands

Landscape during a Thunderstorm with Pyramus and Thisbe, Nicolas Poussin

Landscape during a Thunderstorm with Pyramus and Thisbe, 1651.

Paysage orageux avec Pyrame et Thisbé (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Städel Museum, Germany

View of the Grand Canal of Venice, Federico del Campo

View of the Grand Canal of Venice, 1913.

Vista del Gran Canal de Venecia (museum title)

Federico del Campo (Peruvian), oil on canvas

Lima Art Museum (MALI), Peru

Wellington Harbour from Muritai, Edward Friström

Wellington Harbour from Muritai, c. 1910.

Wellington Harbour from Muritai (museum title)

Edward Friström (New Zealander), oil on canvas mounted on cardboard

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

Poseidon and Amphitrite, Rupert Bunny

Poseidon and Amphitrite, c. 1913.

Poseidon and Amphitrite (museum title)

Rupert Bunny (Australian), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Australia

Women Bathing (Landscape), Eduardo Sívori

Women Bathing (Landscape), 1916.

Mujeres bañándose (paisaje) (museum title)

Eduardo Sívori (Argentinian), watercolor

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon in Rio de Janeiro, João Batista da Costa

Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon in Rio de Janeiro, 1925.

Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas no Rio de Janeiro (museum title)

João Batista da Costa (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Brazil

Teppōzu and Tsukiji Monzeki Temple, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, Utagawa Hiroshige

Teppōzu and Tsukiji Monzeki Temple, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 1858.

Teppōzu and Tsukiji Monzeki Temple (museum title)

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Pins à Cagnes, Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Pins à Cagnes, 1919.

Pins à Cagnes (museum title)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Art Moderne André Malraux, France

Masculine wave, Katsushika Hokusai

Masculine wave, 1845.

Masculine wave (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese)

Hokusai Museum, Japan

The Tower of London, David Roberts

The Tower of London, 1864.

The Tower of London (museum title)

David Roberts (British), watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and gouache on paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

The Snow Melt, Maurice Cullen

The Snow Melt, 1930.

La Fonte des neiges (museum title)

Maurice Cullen (Canadian), oil on canvas

Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Canada

Towards the Evening II, Hugo Simberg

Towards the Evening II, 1913.

Iltaa kohti II (museum title)

Hugo Simberg (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

The Road to Little Sark, Rhona Haszard

The Road to Little Sark, 1930.

The Road to Little Sark (museum title)

Rhona Haszard (New Zealander), oil on canvas

Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand

The creek, Arthur Streeton

The creek, 1925.

The creek (museum title)

Arthur Streeton (Australian), oil on canvas

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia

Village by the Water, Józef Chełmoński

Village by the Water, 1913.

Wieś nad wodą (museum title)

Józef Chełmoński (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

The Holy Family, known as 'The Pearl', Raphaël

The Holy Family, known as 'The Pearl', c. 1518.

Sagrada Familia, llamada la Perla (museum title)

Raphaël (Italian), oil on wood

Prado Museum, Spain

Vous n'avez pas besoin de me rappeler ses titres..., Honoré Daumier

Vous n'avez pas besoin de me rappeler ses titres..., 1871.

Vous n'avez pas besoin de me rappeler ses titres... (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), lithograph

National Gallery of Art, United States

Le Brise-lames Est, retour de la régate, Le Havre, Camille Pissarro

Le Brise-lames Est, retour de la régate, Le Havre, 1903.

Le Brise-lames Est, retour de la régate, Le Havre (museum title)

Camille Pissarro (French), oil on canvas

Norton Simon Museum, United States

Entrance of the Meuse: Orange-Merchant on the Bar, Going to Pieces; Brill Church bearing S. E. by S., Masensluys E. by S., J. M. W. Turner

Entrance of the Meuse: Orange-Merchant on the Bar, Going to Pieces; Brill Church bearing S. E. by S., Masensluys E. by S., 1819.

Entrance of the Meuse: Orange-Merchant on the Bar, Going to… (museum title)

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

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

On the Banks of the Nile, Upper Egypt, John Frederick Lewis

On the Banks of the Nile, Upper Egypt, 1876.

On the Banks of the Nile, Upper Egypt (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), oil on panel

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Casino by the Sea, James Wilson Morrice

Casino by the Sea, c. 1921.

Casino by the Sea (museum title)

James Wilson Morrice (Canadian), graphite and watercolor on paper

Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada

Marken funeral barge, Petrus van der Velden

Marken funeral barge, 1890–1891.

Marken funeral barge (museum title)

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

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

Fishing Port in Brittany, Constant Permeke

Fishing Port in Brittany, 1951.

Vissershaven in Bretagne (museum title)

Constant Permeke (Belgian), oil on cardboard

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), Belgium

The Dordogne at Carennac, Félix Vallotton

The Dordogne at Carennac, 1925.

La Dordogne à Carennac (museum title)

Félix Vallotton (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Study for "The Passage of Humaitá", Victor Meirelles

Study for "The Passage of Humaitá", 1886.

Estudo para Passagem de Humaitá (museum title)

Victor Meirelles (Brazilian), gouache on paper

Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Brazil

Theatrical Composition, Alexandra Exter

Theatrical Composition, c. 1925.

Theatrical Composition (museum title)

Alexandra Exter, oil on canvas

Museum of Modern Art, United States

Boat in Port, Paul Signac

Boat in Port, c. 1929–1931.

Boat in Port (museum title)

Paul Signac (French), watercolor

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Paysage, champs, plaine de Veneux-Nadon, Alfred Sisley

Paysage, champs, plaine de Veneux-Nadon, 1900.

Paysage, champs, plaine de Veneux-Nadon (museum title)

Alfred Sisley (British), oil on canvas

Musée de l'Ardenne collection, France

The Troll Peaks in Romsdalen: The Foot of Romsdalshorn to the Right, Hans Gude

The Troll Peaks in Romsdalen: The Foot of Romsdalshorn to the Right, 1894.

The Troll Peaks in Romsdalen: The Foot of Romsdalshorn to… (museum title)

Hans Gude (Norwegian), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Abu Simbel, 11-11:30 am, 8 February 1867 (374), Edward Lear

Abu Simbel, 11-11:30 am, 8 February 1867 (374), 1867.

Abu Simbel, 11-11:30 am, 8 February 1867 (374) (museum title)

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

Yale Center for British Art, United States

The Little Shepherdess, Paul Peel

The Little Shepherdess, 1892.

The Little Shepherdess (museum title)

Paul Peel (Canadian), oil on canvas

Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada

Wellington Harbour, James Nairn

Wellington Harbour, 1894.

Wellington Harbour (museum title)

James Nairn (New Zealander), oil on panel

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

Morning Reflection on the Thames in London, Émile Claus

Morning Reflection on the Thames in London, 1918.

Lichtweerkaatsing ’s morgens op de Theems in Londen (museum title)

Émile Claus (Belgian), oil on canvas

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

Chalets at Rigi, Alexandre Calame

Chalets at Rigi, 1861.

Chalets at Rigi (museum title)

Alexandre Calame (Swiss), oil on canvas

National Gallery, United Kingdom

The Covered Bridge at Cubatão, 1850, Oscar Pereira da Silva

The Covered Bridge at Cubatão, 1850, 1920.

Ponte Coberta de Cubatão, 1850 (museum title)

Oscar Pereira da Silva (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Museu Paulista collection (Fundo Museu Paulista), Brazil

Wagnonville Castle, Camille Corot

Wagnonville Castle, 1875.

Le Château de Wagnonville (museum title)

Camille Corot (French), oil on wood

Musée de la Chartreuse, France

Marines, les lamaneurs, Eugène Boudin

Marines, les lamaneurs, 1923.

Marines, les lamaneurs (museum title)

Eugène Boudin (French), oil on canvas

Matsuoka Museum of Art, Japan

Poem by Gon-chūnagon Masafusa, Katsushika Hokusai

Poem by Gon-chūnagon Masafusa, 1921.

Poem by Gon-chūnagon Masafusa (museum title)

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

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States