Trees in Art

The tree is landscape painting's backbone and its own genre besides: sacred groves, single oaks as portrait subjects, orchards in blossom, and bare winter branches as studies in pure line.

5,322 public-domain artworks from six world museums · free to view and download

老梅図襖|Old Plum by Kano Sansetsu

老梅図襖|Old Plum

Kano Sansetsu, 1646

The Red Bridge by Julian Alden Weir

The Red Bridge

Julian Alden Weir, 1895

Spring Blossoms, Montclair, New Jersey by George Inness

Spring Blossoms, Montclair, New Jersey

George Inness, ca. 1891

Winter Scene in Moonlight by Henry Farrer

Winter Scene in Moonlight

Henry Farrer, 1869

The Beeches by Asher Brown Durand

The Beeches

Asher Brown Durand, 1845

Safavid Courtiers Leading Georgian Captives

Safavid Courtiers Leading Georgian Captives

Tankard by John Will

Tankard

John Will, 1752–74

Palampore

Palampore

北宋 郭熙 樹色平遠圖 卷 |Old Trees, Level Distance by Guo Xi

北宋 郭熙 樹色平遠圖 卷 |Old Trees, Level Distance

Guo Xi, ca. 1080

Trees and Houses Near the Jas de Bouffan by Paul Cézanne

Trees and Houses Near the Jas de Bouffan

Paul Cézanne, 1885–86

Road in Etten by Vincent van Gogh

Road in Etten

Vincent van Gogh, 1881

Dune Landscape with Oak Tree by Jacob van Ruisdael

Dune Landscape with Oak Tree

Jacob van Ruisdael, 1650–55

Wall painting on black ground: landscape, from the imperial villa at Boscotrecase

Wall painting on black ground: landscape, from the imperial villa at Boscotrecase

The Unicorn Rests in a Garden (from the Unicorn Tapestries)

The Unicorn Rests in a Garden (from the Unicorn Tapestries)

동제 사람 궁궐 무늬 꽃 모양 거울 고려|銅製人物殿閣文花形鏡 高麗|Mirror decorated with figures in a landscape

동제 사람 궁궐 무늬 꽃 모양 거울 고려|銅製人物殿閣文花形鏡 高麗|Mirror decorated with figures in a landscape

Stage Fort across Gloucester Harbor by Fitz Henry Lane (formerly Fitz Hugh Lane)

Stage Fort across Gloucester Harbor

Fitz Henry Lane (formerly Fitz Hugh Lane), 1862

The Falls of Niagara by Edward Hicks

The Falls of Niagara

Edward Hicks, ca. 1825

Memorial Picture by Folwell School

Memorial Picture

Folwell School, 1803

Display dish with Charles II (1630–1685) in a tree by Thomas Toft

Display dish with Charles II (1630–1685) in a tree

Thomas Toft, ca. 1680

Krishna Revels with the Gopis: Page from a Dispersed Gita Govinda (Song of the Cowherds)

Krishna Revels with the Gopis: Page from a Dispersed Gita Govinda (Song of the Cowherds)

Garden Gathering

Garden Gathering

Cylinder seal and modern impression: hunting scene

Cylinder seal and modern impression: hunting scene

Easy Chair by Caleb Gardner

Easy Chair

Caleb Gardner, 1758

Nabby's Point by Arthur Wesley Dow

Nabby's Point

Arthur Wesley Dow, ca. 1913

Trees on a Hill (from Sketchbook) by Albert Bierstadt

Trees on a Hill (from Sketchbook)

Albert Bierstadt, 1890

Trees (from Sketchbook) by Albert Bierstadt

Trees (from Sketchbook)

Albert Bierstadt, 1890

Mountain Landscape with River (Stave?), Trees, and Island (from Sketchbook) by Albert Bierstadt

Mountain Landscape with River (Stave?), Trees, and Island (from Sketchbook)

Albert Bierstadt, 1890

River and Terrain Covered with Autumn Frost (from Sketchbook) by Albert Bierstadt

River and Terrain Covered with Autumn Frost (from Sketchbook)

Albert Bierstadt, 1890

Alder and Evergreen (from Sketchbook) by Albert Bierstadt

Alder and Evergreen (from Sketchbook)

Albert Bierstadt, 1890

Sketches of Trees (from Sketchbook) by Albert Bierstadt

Sketches of Trees (from Sketchbook)

Albert Bierstadt, 1890

Poplars (from Sketchbook) by Albert Bierstadt

Poplars (from Sketchbook)

Albert Bierstadt, 1890

The Flowering Orchard by Vincent van Gogh

The Flowering Orchard

Vincent van Gogh, 1888

View of Field and Tress (from Sketchbook VII) by William Trost Richards

View of Field and Tress (from Sketchbook VII)

William Trost Richards, 1886

清 金? 梅花 扇面|Plum by Jin Lan

清 金? 梅花 扇面|Plum

Jin Lan, dated 1886

Landscape with Trees and Encampment (from Sketchbook X) by William Trost Richards

Landscape with Trees and Encampment (from Sketchbook X)

William Trost Richards, 1885

Sugar Maple, Adirondacks by Andrew Fisher Bunner

Sugar Maple, Adirondacks

Andrew Fisher Bunner, 1879

清 王槩 芥子園畫傳|Leaf from the Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting (Jieziyuan huazhuan) by Wang Gai

清 王槩 芥子園畫傳|Leaf from the Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting (Jieziyuan huazhuan)

Wang Gai, probably 1878 edition

Looking up Among the Sugar Pines - Calaveras Grove by Carleton E. Watkins

Looking up Among the Sugar Pines - Calaveras Grove

Carleton E. Watkins, ca. 1878

Burnham Beeches by Thomas Charles Farrer

Burnham Beeches

Thomas Charles Farrer, 1874

Cherry Tree by Kobayashi Kiyochika

Cherry Tree

Kobayashi Kiyochika, dated 1874

Mohonk, 1871 (from Sketchbook) by Daniel Huntington

Mohonk, 1871 (from Sketchbook)

Daniel Huntington, ca. 1870

Mohonk, 1871 (from Sketchbook) by Daniel Huntington

Mohonk, 1871 (from Sketchbook)

Daniel Huntington, ca. 1870

Incense Box with Designs of Pines Along the Shore and Young Pines

Incense Box with Designs of Pines Along the Shore and Young Pines

Souvenir of Italy by Camille Corot

Souvenir of Italy

Camille Corot, 1866

Study of a Tree by Tina Blau

Study of a Tree

Tina Blau, 1863

Study of a Tree by Albert Bierstadt

Study of a Tree

Albert Bierstadt, ca. 1864

View of House in the Clearing; Path Through Trees (from Sketchbook) by Henry Ward Ranger

View of House in the Clearing; Path Through Trees (from Sketchbook)

Henry Ward Ranger

Clearing in the Woods (from Sketchbook) by Henry Ward Ranger

Clearing in the Woods (from Sketchbook)

Henry Ward Ranger

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