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56 works by 26 artists

56 works featuring “Wool” by 26 artists, from the 17th to the 20th century, held in 25 museums.

The Spinner, Albert Anker

The Spinner, 1908.

Die Spinnerin (museum title)

Albert Anker (Swiss), watercolor on paper

Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Switzerland

Bunka, Hugo Simberg

Bunka, 1913.

Bunka-lammas (museum title)

Hugo Simberg (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Jewish Woman with Oranges, Aleksander Gierymski

Jewish Woman with Oranges, c. 1880–1881.

Żydówka z pomarańczami (museum title)

Aleksander Gierymski (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

A woman shearing a sheep, Anna Ancher

A woman shearing a sheep, 1890–1910.

Kvinde klipper får (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Anchers Hus (Skagens Museum), Denmark

Woman Spinning, Jean-François Millet

Woman Spinning, c. 1855–1860.

Femme filant (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), oil on wood

Clark Art Institute, United States

Seated Girl with Knitting in Hand, Maria Wiik

Seated Girl with Knitting in Hand

Istuva tyttö, sukankudin kädessä (museum title)

Maria Wiik (Finnish), charcoal

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Dalecarlian Girl Knitting. Kål-Margit, Anders Zorn

Dalecarlian Girl Knitting. Kål-Margit, 1901.

Stickande kulla. Kål-Margit (museum title)

Anders Zorn (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Göthilda Fürstenberg, Carl Larsson

Göthilda Fürstenberg, 1891.

Göthilda Fürstenberg (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), watercolor and gouache on paper

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

Portrait of Mrs. Anna Sinebrychoff, Albert Edelfelt

Portrait of Mrs. Anna Sinebrychoff, 1884.

Kauppaneuvoksetar Anna Sinebrychoffin muotokuva (museum title)

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish), oil on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Jeune fille tricotant, Camille Pissarro

Jeune fille tricotant, 1876.

Jeune fille tricotant (museum title)

Camille Pissarro (French), oil on canvas

University of Michigan Museum of Art, United States

Weighing the Fleece, George W. Lambert

Weighing the Fleece, 1921.

Weighing the fleece (museum title)

George W. Lambert (Australian), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Australia

Study of Llamas, Francisco Laso

Study of Llamas, c. 1850–1860.

Estudio de llamas (museum title)

Francisco Laso (Peruvian), oil on canvas

Lima Art Museum (MALI), Peru

Shearing sheep, Anna Ancher

Shearing sheep, 1900.

Fåreklipning (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on wood

Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg, Denmark

Mother and Child, Anna Ancher

Mother and Child, 1888.

Mor og barn (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Knitting Lesson, Jean-François Millet

Knitting Lesson, c. 1854.

Knitting Lesson (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States

Standing Spinner, Jean-François Millet

Standing Spinner, c. 1850–1855.

Standing Spinner (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States

Flowers on the Windowsill. From A Home (26 watercolours), Carl Larsson

Flowers on the Windowsill. From A Home (26 watercolours), 1895.

Blomsterfönstret. Ur Ett hem (26 akvareller) (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), watercolor on paper

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Spinner, Adolph Tidemand

Spinner, 1855–1857.

Spinnerske (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Jeantaud, Linet et Lainé, Edgar Degas

Jeantaud, Linet et Lainé, 1871.

Jeantaud, Linet et Lainé (museum title)

Edgar Degas (French)

Musée d'Orsay, France

Paysanne démêlant de la laine, Camille Pissarro

Paysanne démêlant de la laine, 1875.

Paysanne démêlant de la laine (museum title)

Camille Pissarro (French), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

In the Sun, Fernando Fader

In the Sun, 1922.

Al solcito (museum title)

Fernando Fader (Argentinian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Queen Bertha and the Spinners, Albert Anker

Queen Bertha and the Spinners, 1888.

La reine Berthe et les fileuses (museum title)

Albert Anker (Swiss), oil on canvas

Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne, Switzerland

Study of a sheep, Johan Christian Dahl

Study of a sheep, c. 1847.

Sauestudie (museum title)

Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Going over the Lesson, Anna Ancher

Going over the Lesson, 1885.

Lektien gennemgåes (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), pastel

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Figures in a landscape. Blind Kristian and Tine among the dunes, Michael Ancher

Figures in a landscape. Blind Kristian and Tine among the dunes, 1880.

Figurer i et landskab. Blinde Kristian og Tine i sandet (museum title)

Michael Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

The Hirschsprung Collection, Denmark

Hatters in an Italian village, Peder Severin Krøyer

Hatters in an Italian village, 1880.

Italienske landsbyhattemagere. Sora (museum title)

Peder Severin Krøyer (Danish), oil on canvas

The Hirschsprung Collection, Denmark

Kvinna som kardar, Jean-François Millet

Kvinna som kardar

Kvinna som kardar (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), black chalk on paper

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

A woman winding yarn on a reel, Nicolai Abildgaard

A woman winding yarn on a reel

En kvinde, der tvinder garn på en vinde (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil, pen and brown ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Cardeuse de laine, Camille Pissarro

Cardeuse de laine, 1880.

Cardeuse de laine (museum title)

Camille Pissarro (French), oil

Tate, United Kingdom

Studies of sheep, Johan Christian Dahl

Studies of sheep, 1828.

Studier av sauer (museum title)

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

National Museum of Norway

Las Hilanderas, Diego Velázquez

Las Hilanderas, 1655–1660.

Les Fileuses (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Shearing the Rams, Tom Roberts

Shearing the Rams, 1890.

Shearing the rams (museum title)

Tom Roberts (Australian), oil on canvas mounted on panel

National Gallery of Victoria, Australia

Portrait of Syneve Larsdatter from Vikør, Adolph Tidemand

Portrait of Syneve Larsdatter from Vikør, 1873.

Syneve Larsdatter, Vikør (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

"Hand me that ball of yarn," she said, Hans Gude

"Hand me that ball of yarn," she said, 1878–1879.

"Ta hit det garnnøstet du", sa hun (museum title)

Hans Gude (Norwegian), pen and pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Seated Spinner (Emélie Millet), Jean-François Millet

Seated Spinner (Emélie Millet), 1854.

Seated Spinner (Emélie Millet) (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States

Studies of Sheep, Hans Gude

Studies of Sheep, 1877.

Studier av sauer (museum title)

Hans Gude (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Two wool shirts, Kari — they forgot them, Christian Krohg

Two wool shirts, Kari — they forgot them, c. 1877.

To ullskjorter Kari, dem har de glemt (museum title)

Christian Krohg (Norwegian), pen on paper

National Museum of Norway

La fileuse bretonne, Henri Matisse

La fileuse bretonne, 1895.

La fileuse bretonne (museum title)

Henri Matisse (French), oil on canvas and cardboard

Musée Matisse, France

Studies of an old woman, Adolph Tidemand

Studies of an old woman, c. 1848.

Studier av eldre kvinne (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

The Artist's Mother Knitting a Sock; on the Same Sheet, Some Seated Children, Albert Edelfelt

The Artist's Mother Knitting a Sock; on the Same Sheet, Some Seated Children

Taiteilijan äiti kutomassa sukkaa ; Samalla paperilla… (museum title)

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish), pencil on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

The Golden Fleece, Tom Roberts

The Golden Fleece, 1894.

The Golden Fleece (museum title)

Tom Roberts (Australian), oil on canvas

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia

La Fileuse, chevrière auvergnate, Jean-François Millet

La Fileuse, chevrière auvergnate, 1868–1869.

La Fileuse, chevrière auvergnate (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Orsay, France

The Knitting Lesson, Jean-François Millet

The Knitting Lesson, c. 1860.

La leçon à tricoter (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), oil on wood

Clark Art Institute, United States

Skagen girl, Maren Sofie, knitting, Michael Ancher

Skagen girl, Maren Sofie, knitting, 1882.

Skagenspigen Maren Sofie strikkende (museum title)

Michael Ancher (Danish)

The Hirschsprung Collection, Denmark

Girls gathered on Sladrebakken a summernight's eve, Michael Ancher

Girls gathered on Sladrebakken a summernight's eve, 1879.

Fiskerpiger, der en sommeraften er samlet på Sladrebakken (museum title)

Michael Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Skagens Museum, Denmark

Young girl knitting, wide hat, Meiringen, Adolph Tidemand

Young girl knitting, wide hat, Meiringen, 1864.

Strikkende ung pike med bred hatt, Meiringen (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), watercolor and pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Sheep and lamb, Adolph Tidemand

Sheep and lamb, c. 1859–1860.

Sau og lam (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Two nisses, one holding a wool card, Christian Krohg

Two nisses, one holding a wool card

To nisser, den ene med karde (museum title)

Christian Krohg (Norwegian), pen and pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Studies and sketches of sheep, Johan Christian Dahl

Studies and sketches of sheep, c. 1830.

Studier og riss av sauer (museum title)

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

National Museum of Norway

Then they both laughed heartily, Erik Werenskiold

Then they both laughed heartily, 1886.

Så lo de så inderlig godt begge to (museum title)

Erik Werenskiold (Norwegian), pen on paper

National Museum of Norway