Curated by 9 Art Prints
Curated Collections
Exhibitions drawn from the whole library: one idea, one colour or one object, followed across centuries and continents. Giants and tigers, veils and fans, figures in red and figures in gold.
Twelve walls · then every curated collection
Collection 02
Giants
Ogres, colossi and a skeleton the size of a temple
37 prints
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Collection 03
Sunlight
Dappled shade and full glare, where the sun is the subject
39 prints
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Collection 04
Figures in Red
One figure, one red garment, and the room steps back
63 prints
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Collection 06
Tyger, Tyger
Rousseau, Marc and Koson's tigers
27 prints
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Collection 08
The Full Moon
The one light every painter shared
50 prints
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Collection 09
Memento Mori
Skulls, skeletons and Death with a bouquet
29 prints
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Collection 11
Figures in Black
The colour of the stage, the salon and the night
112 prints
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Collection 12
The Lantern
Small light against a large dark
39 prints
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Every curated collection
All Collections
collections
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Utterly Done
The morning after, the long afternoon and the end of a very long day
18 prints
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Paris
Boulevards, the Seine and the Eiffel Tower
30 prints
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Dragons
Kuniyoshi's flying dragon, Saint George, the Shahnameh
25 prints
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Water Lilies and Lotus
Monet's pond, Koson's lotus, Thornton's sacred bean
30 prints
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Butterflies and Moths
Van Gogh's peacock moth, Merian's Surinam plates, Redon
33 prints
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Deep Noon Siesta
Shutters closed, the road empty, someone asleep in the shade
136 prints
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Empty Streets
Streets, squares and canals with nobody in them
63 prints
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Quiet Rooms
Rooms with no one in them, waiting
31 prints
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The Blue Hour
Twilight and night, when everything turns blue
171 prints
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Big Skies
Pictures that are mostly sky
49 prints
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Bridges
Monet's footbridge, Hiroshige's in the rain, Van Gogh's at Arles
86 prints
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Under Sail
White sails, from Valencia to the Inland Sea
52 prints
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At Anchor
Boats with nowhere to be
59 prints
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Harvest
Gold fields, from Bruegel to Van Gogh
40 prints
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Mount Fuji
One mountain, a hundred years of prints
83 prints
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The Pine
One tree, in Ontario, Provence and Japan
63 prints
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Blossom
Cherry, plum and almond in flower
81 prints
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Venice
The city on the water, by the painters who went
33 prints
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Herons and Cranes
Tall white birds, standing very still
31 prints
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The Dog
Spaniels, puppies and a terrier under a sitter's arm
25 prints
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Yoshida Abroad
A Japanese printmaker's Grand Canyon, Alps, Sphinx and Taj Mahal
44 prints
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Hasui's Tokyo
Zōjō-ji in snow, Kiyosu Bridge at dusk, Shin-Ōhashi in the rain
50 prints
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The Same View Twice
One place, again in a different light
62 prints
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Battles
Cavalry charges, sieges and single combat, from Persia to the Plains
56 prints
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Redheads
Copper, auburn and ginger, on women and men alike
116 prints
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Witches and Sorcerers
Spells, cauldrons and a witch riding a goat
28 prints
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Femmes Fatales
Salome, Judith, Circe and the women who ruined kings
45 prints
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Women of the Water
Mermaids, sirens, nymphs and Ophelia
38 prints
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The Gaze
They are looking straight back at you
121 prints
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In Profile
The face turned sideways, from medals to posters
125 prints
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Lost in Thought
Head in hand, from Dürer to Munch
59 prints
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Masks and Masquerade
Carnival, commedia and the Noh stage
32 prints
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Circles
One shape, five hundred years
201 prints
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Reflections
Where the water doubles the picture
163 prints
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Mist and Fog
Half the picture hidden, on purpose
56 prints
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The Wind
You cannot paint the wind, only what it moves
63 prints
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Through the Trees
The view behind the branches
118 prints
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The Long Road
Every one of them leads somewhere
69 prints
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Small in a Vast World
The figure is there. Look for it
56 prints
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Christmas
Candlelight, snow and the old Christmas covers
27 prints
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Thanksgiving
Harvest, turkeys and the table set for company
26 prints
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Rain
The painters who stayed out in it
33 prints
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Sunlight
Where the sun is the subject
39 prints
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Winter
The world with the colour turned down
74 prints
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Spring
Blossom lasts a fortnight. These last longer
56 prints
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Summer
White dresses, blue water, long evenings
58 prints
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Autumn
The season of the same three colours
53 prints
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Propaganda
Pictures made to change your mind
29 prints
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Soviet Posters
The revolution, sold on paper
116 prints
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The Sleepers
The one time a figure cannot pose
44 prints
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Against Black
Everything in front of it looks lit
59 prints
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The Wave
The sea at the moment it stands up
33 prints
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Demons
Every age drew its fears with horns
43 prints
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The Cat
None of them could make it behave
34 prints
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The Lantern
Small light against a large dark
39 prints
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Against Gold
Anything on gold becomes an icon
47 prints
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The Letter
Someone else's words, read alone
18 prints
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The Open Window
The frame inside the frame
31 prints
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Falling Snow
The quietest weather there is
46 prints
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Musicians
You cannot paint sound
51 prints
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The Sword
Vows, verdicts and a blade in the teeth
38 prints
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Ghosts
The dead come back, in every culture
25 prints
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The Kiss
The oldest gesture, in gold and in woodcut
19 prints
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The Full Moon
The one light every painter shared
50 prints
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The Snake
Temptation, medicine and monster
32 prints
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Dancers
Bodies that would not stay still
65 prints
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Smokers
Pipes, cigarettes and hookahs
26 prints
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Poppies
The flower of summer, and of sleep
22 prints
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The Staircase
Always leading somewhere you cannot see
33 prints
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Peacocks
The proudest bird in art
18 prints
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Goldfish and Carp
Quiet rooms in Paris, courage in Edo
19 prints
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Giants
Ogres, colossi and a skeleton the size of a temple
37 prints
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American West
Cowboys, cavalry, chiefs and the open plains
280 prints
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Figures in Red
One figure, one red garment, and the room steps back
63 prints
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Tyger, Tyger
Rousseau, Marc and Koson's tigers
27 prints
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Memento Mori
Skulls, skeletons and Death with a bouquet
29 prints
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Crows
Black birds on snow, moon and wheatfield
26 prints
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Against Red
One shape on a field of red
32 prints
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The Veil
A face half seen
41 prints
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Vehicles
Steam, carriages and the first motorcars
37 prints
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Figures in Gold
Gold leaf, yellow silk and Vienna in 1907
52 prints
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The Umbrella
Parasols in the sun, paper umbrellas in the snow
41 prints
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Fire and Smoke
Orange against black
36 prints
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At Play
Cards, kites, skates and swings
42 prints
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The Hat
The quickest way to give a portrait a character
121 prints
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Figures in Blue
Calm, distant, a little sad
96 prints
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Angels
Winged figures from the Bible, Dante and dreams
48 prints
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The Bath
Painters follow people to the water
30 prints
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The White Horse
The mount of emperors, samurai and fairy tales
25 prints
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Beauties
Faces that stop a room
19 prints
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Figures in Black
The colour of the stage, the salon and the night
112 prints
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Sacred Spaces
Temples, shrines, mosques and cathedrals
65 prints
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Old Age
Faces with the whole life written on them
41 prints
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The Fan
From Edo to Paris and never put down
31 prints
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Dawn and Dusk
The two hours when the sky does the painting
63 prints
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The Tower
Babel, lighthouses and pagodas
39 prints
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The Toilet
The mirror, the comb, the moment before the day
39 prints
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Fruits
The oldest subject after the human face
63 prints
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Waterfalls
Torrents from Nikko to Yosemite
38 prints
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Figures in White
The hardest colour to paint
106 prints
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Backs Turned
The figure that will not look at you
66 prints