8 Winter Paintings We Love
Claude Monet, The Magpie (1868-69)
Painted during the winter of 1868-69, this landscape painting by Claude Monet is one of his most famous works. It shows a landscape in Argenteuil, France, with a magpie perched atop a fence post and snow covering it. Monet's Impressionist style captures the beauty of nature and emphasises its immense power with an ethereal palette of blues, purples, and whites. The Magpie has become an iconic representation of French landscape painting from the 19th century.
Caterham Snow - Raymond Ore
£675.00
Type | Original Art
Size | 64cm x 55cm
Ready to hang | Yes
Frame | Yes (Framed once purchased, similar frame to one photographed)
Signed | Yes
Materials | Oil Painting
Shipping | Ships from U.K
Paul Gauguin, Breton Village in the Snow (1894)
Paul Gauguin's landscape painting Breton Village in the Snow is a beautiful example of his Symbolist style. It depicts a small village nestled in a valley blanketed with snow, and the buildings are rendered with warm colours contrasted against the deep blues and whites of the landscape. The painting also features a figure — presumably Gauguin himself — walking past a church, highlighting his spiritual connection to nature.
Thomas Cole, A View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts (1836)
This landscape painting by Thomas Cole captures an idyllic winter scene in Massachusetts. In the foreground is a winding river surrounded by rolling hills covered in snow; further back is Mount Holyoke as well as the landscape of Northampton. Cole's work stands out for its attention to detail and its use of light, which creates an almost magical atmosphere.
Winters Sun - Chris Macauley
£1,900.00
Type | Original Art
Size | 85cm x 57cm
Ready to hang | Yes
Frame | Yes
Signed | Yes
Materials | Oil on Canvas
Shipping | Ships from U.K
Hokusai, Tea House at Koishikawa. The Morning After a Snowfall, (1830)
Hokusai's painting is a beautiful depiction of the landscape after a snowfall. It features a tea house in the centre with roofs and walls covered in snow. Hokusai induces an atmosphere of peaceful contemplation by using subtle colours and patterns to capture the beauty of nature in wintertime.
Caspar David Friedrich, Winterlandschaft (1811)
Caspar David Friedrich's landscape painting Winterlandschaft showcases the beauty of nature in its winter form. It features a man walking in a snow-covered landscape, with mountains and trees depicted in shades of blue and grey. The painting conveys a sense of solitude and tranquil contemplation, highlighting the grandeur of nature's power even in its stillness.
Alfred Sisley, A Village Street in Winter (1893)
Alfred Sisley's landscape painting A Village Street in Winter paints a picturesque scene of a small village amidst a snowy landscape. It captures the calm atmosphere of wintertime with its muted colours and quiet landscape. The painting also features unique textures and patterns, as seen in the snow-covered roofs of the buildings and trees that adorn the landscape.
Broadhaven South - Janet Chaplin
£800.00
Type | Original Art
Size | 81cm x 112cm
Ready to hang | Yes
Frame | No
Signed | Yes
Materials | Ink on Fabric
Shipping | Ships from U.K
Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Hunters in the Snow (1565)
This painting is a beautiful depiction of the landscape in winter. It shows a group of hunters returning home after a hunt, with their dogs leading them through the snow-covered landscape. Bruegel emphasises nature's beauty and power over man by contrasting the small figures with the extensive landscape.
Yi Yu-won, Plum Branch (1888)
The plum, which flowers early and is popular in paintings, symbolises winter. The beauty of the delicate plum blossoms surviving under a blanket of late-winter snow was seen by Confucian scholars as a 2017 metaphor for facing hardship with dignity and elegance. In this work, Yi skilfully juxtaposed the solid and angular strokes of the plum branch with thin, precise offshoots dotted with delicate blossoms. By painting on a grey background that suggests an overcast day, he created depth by including a smaller branch whose shape echoes the main one but in a lighter hue.