Today is the equinox — day & night are equal and a new season has arrived. So here are some of the best (and most surprising) paintings of autumn...
1. Allegory of Autumn by Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1573)
1. Allegory of Autumn by Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1573)
2. Farmhouse in Autumn in Ayashi, Miyagi by Hasui (1946)
A simple but beautiful evocation of autumn all about its careful distribution of colour and light. It is by the last master of ukiyo-e, Kawase Hasui, who mixed traditional Japanese methods with those of western artists.
A simple but beautiful evocation of autumn all about its careful distribution of colour and light. It is by the last master of ukiyo-e, Kawase Hasui, who mixed traditional Japanese methods with those of western artists.
3. Autumn by Frederic Edwin Church (1873)
Church was perhaps the greatest of the Hudson River School, a group of 19th century artists dedicated to painting the beauty, scale, and variety of the American landscape.
You can sense his awe and deep affection for nature.
Church was perhaps the greatest of the Hudson River School, a group of 19th century artists dedicated to painting the beauty, scale, and variety of the American landscape.
You can sense his awe and deep affection for nature.
4. September from the Very Rich Hours of the Duke of Berry by the Limbourg Brothers and Jean Colombe (1416)
A fantastically romantic vision of life in the Late Middle Ages, complete with a solar chariot and zodiac above. Autumn as part of a cycle, with its own tasks and duties.
A fantastically romantic vision of life in the Late Middle Ages, complete with a solar chariot and zodiac above. Autumn as part of a cycle, with its own tasks and duties.
5. Elm Forest in Autumn by Edvard Munch (1920)
And now for something completely different; a profoundly expressive vision of autumn by the master of expressionism, Edvard Munch.
Big brushstrokes, vivid colours, and a gripping atmosphere of psychological intensity.
And now for something completely different; a profoundly expressive vision of autumn by the master of expressionism, Edvard Munch.
Big brushstrokes, vivid colours, and a gripping atmosphere of psychological intensity.
6. Autumn Ivy by Ogata Kenzan (1732)
Amazing how a few leaves turning red and orange can singlehandedly create the feeling of autumn; no need for landscapes or humans or sunlight or anything dramatic. It's all in the details, and the defining detail of autumn is its leaves.
Amazing how a few leaves turning red and orange can singlehandedly create the feeling of autumn; no need for landscapes or humans or sunlight or anything dramatic. It's all in the details, and the defining detail of autumn is its leaves.
7. Autumn on the Seine, Argenteuil by Claude Monet (1873)
Put simply, there has never been and probably never will be anybody quite like Claude Monet... simple and uncomplicated delight, endlessly.
Put simply, there has never been and probably never will be anybody quite like Claude Monet... simple and uncomplicated delight, endlessly.
8. Autumn Market in the Heart of a Village by Sebastiaen Vrancx (1620s)
Though most autumn paintings are about the landscape and its colours, here the Flemish painter Vrancx gives us a picture of ordinary life in autumn as people go about their business beneath darkening skies.
Though most autumn paintings are about the landscape and its colours, here the Flemish painter Vrancx gives us a picture of ordinary life in autumn as people go about their business beneath darkening skies.
9. Falling Leaves by Olga Wisinger-Florian (1899)
Highly realistic paintings can easily become imitative and feel artificial, but here Olga Wisinger-Florian has found the perfect balance.
You can almost hear the leaves crunching underfoot and rustling as they fall.
Highly realistic paintings can easily become imitative and feel artificial, but here Olga Wisinger-Florian has found the perfect balance.
You can almost hear the leaves crunching underfoot and rustling as they fall.
10. Mount Fuji in the Autumn by Kanō Tsunenobu (1690)
Sometimes less is more and simplicity is better than complexity. Most of the silk is left blank here and the vast, misty landscape is conjured with a few touches of colour and little bit of ink. The epitome of elegance.
Sometimes less is more and simplicity is better than complexity. Most of the silk is left blank here and the vast, misty landscape is conjured with a few touches of colour and little bit of ink. The epitome of elegance.
11. The Lovers (Autumn Evening) by Emile Friant (1888)
Neither an allegory nor a portrayal of the natural world; this is about the *moments* of autumn and all the long walks beneath the trees that seem to define it for so many people. Realism at its finest, telling us a story.
Neither an allegory nor a portrayal of the natural world; this is about the *moments* of autumn and all the long walks beneath the trees that seem to define it for so many people. Realism at its finest, telling us a story.
12. Les Alyscamps by Vincent van Gogh (1888)
If autumn is all about colour and its colours are orange and yellow, then nobody was better placed to capture its essence than van Gogh.
Others painters are subtler, but the sheer joy and emotional force of van Gogh are irresistible.
If autumn is all about colour and its colours are orange and yellow, then nobody was better placed to capture its essence than van Gogh.
Others painters are subtler, but the sheer joy and emotional force of van Gogh are irresistible.
What are your favourite paintings of autumn?
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