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Chiaroscuro

Browse works with dramatic light-dark contrast, tenebrism, and strongly modeled illumination. This composition page currently surfaces 96 works by 67 artists across 25 institutions. It blends museum tags, public collections, and vision-detected chiaroscuro, dark backgrounds, and dramatic illumination.

96 works

8 leading artists

8 institutions

Dark cherries by Thiebaud, Wayne, artist. by Thiebaud, Wayne, artist.

Dark cherries by Thiebaud, Wayne, artist.

Thiebaud, Wayne, artist. · 1984-01-01

Library of Congress · photo, print, drawing

The International Anthology of Contemporary Engraving: The International Avant-Garde, Volume 5: America Discovered (Anthologia internazionale dell'incisione contemporanea: L'Avanguardia internazionale: Volume 5: Scoperta dell'America) by Allan Kaprow, Lette Eisenhauer, Red Grooms, Allan D'Arcangelo, Boris Lurie, Jim Dine, Stephen Durkee, Stanley Fisher, George Brecht, Robert Indiana, Robert Whitman, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, James Rosenquist, George Segal, Richard Stankiewicz, Wayne Thiebaud, Andy Warhol, Robert Watts, Sam Goodman, Various Artists

The International Anthology of Contemporary Engraving: The International Avant-Garde, Volume 5: America Discovered (Anthologia internazionale dell'incisione contemporanea: L'Avanguardia internazionale: Volume 5: Scoperta dell'America)

Allan Kaprow, Lette Eisenhauer, Red Grooms, Allan D'Arcangelo, Boris Lurie,…

Museum of Modern Art · Album of 16 etchings (one with aquatint,…

Selvportræt by Henri Matisse

Selvportræt

Henri Matisse · Værkdatering: (1906)

Statens Museum for Kunst · Lærred

The Subway by José Clemente Orozco

The Subway

José Clemente Orozco · 1928

Museum of Modern Art · Oil on canvas

Circuit by Richard Serra

Circuit

Richard Serra · 1972

Museum of Modern Art · Lithograph

Round porcelain inkstone in moon-white glaze (with a jade-inlaid case) by Unknown artist

Round porcelain inkstone in moon-white glaze (with a jade-inlaid case)

Unknown artist · 明 西元1368-1644年

National Palace Museum · 文具

Pineapple. Costume design for the ballet H.P. (Horsepower) by Diego Rivera

Pineapple. Costume design for the ballet H.P. (Horsepower)

Diego Rivera · 1927

Museum of Modern Art · Watercolor, pencil, and colored pencil on paper

Ot kubizma i futurizma k suprematizmu. Novyi zhivopisnyi realizm (From Cubism and Futurism to Suprematism: New Painterly Realism) by Kazimir Malevich

Ot kubizma i futurizma k suprematizmu. Novyi zhivopisnyi realizm (From Cubism and Futurism to Suprematism: New Painterly Realism)

Kazimir Malevich · 1916

Museum of Modern Art · Book with three photolithographed illustrations (including cover)

La retaguardia by José Clemente Orozco

La retaguardia

José Clemente Orozco · 1929

Minneapolis Institute of Art · Lithograph

Saint Ildefonso by El Greco

Saint Ildefonso

El Greco · c. 1603/1614

National Gallery of Art · oil on canvas

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743–1794) and Marie Anne Lavoisier (Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze, 1758–1836) by Jacques Louis David

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743–1794) and Marie Anne Lavoisier (Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze, 1758–1836)

Jacques Louis David · 1788

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Oil on canvas

The Basket of Apples by Paul Cezanne

The Basket of Apples

Paul Cezanne · c. 1893

Art Institute of Chicago · Oil on canvas

Bordighera by Claude Monet

Bordighera

Claude Monet · 1884

Art Institute of Chicago · Oil on canvas

Armor Parts by Myōchin Muneaki

Armor Parts

Myōchin Muneaki · Edo period, 1721

Tokyo National Museum · Forged iron with gilding

"Kogai" (Hairdressing implement), Tea ceremony utensil design by the Goto school

"Kogai" (Hairdressing implement), Tea ceremony utensil design

the Goto school · Muromachi period, 16th century

Tokyo National Museum · Arms & Armor

Blade for a Short Sword ("Kodachi") by Kunimune

Blade for a Short Sword ("Kodachi")

Kunimune · Kamakura period, 13th century

Tokyo National Museum · Arms & Armor

Courtesan Somenosuke of the Matsubaya (Matsubaya uchi Somenosuke), from the series "Beauties of the Yoshiwara" (Seirō bijin awase) by Eishōsai Chōki

Courtesan Somenosuke of the Matsubaya (Matsubaya uchi Somenosuke), from the series "Beauties of the Yoshiwara" (Seirō bijin awase)

Eishōsai Chōki · Mid to Late Edo period, circa 1780-1805

Arthur M. Sackler Museum · Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink,…

Angle-Shouldered Bottle with Small Mouth by Unknown artist

Angle-Shouldered Bottle with Small Mouth

Unknown artist · mid 18th century

Arthur M. Sackler Museum · Chosŏn white ware: porcelain with light blue…

Standing Buddha by Unknown artist

Standing Buddha

Unknown artist · 7th-8th century

Arthur M. Sackler Museum · Light gray limestone (known as greenstone); Mon-Gupta…

Saint Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene by Georges de La Tour and Studio

Saint Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene

Georges de La Tour and Studio · ca. 1638-39

Seattle Art Museum · Oil on canvas

Baboon and Young by Pablo Picasso

Baboon and Young

Pablo Picasso · 1951

Minneapolis Institute of Art · Bronze

South Wind, Clear Weather by Katsushika Hokusai

South Wind, Clear Weather

Katsushika Hokusai · 1830–33

Minneapolis Institute of Art · Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on…

Self-Portrait with Dr. Arrieta by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Self-Portrait with Dr. Arrieta

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes · 1820

Minneapolis Institute of Art · Oil on canvas

Portrait of Lucia Wijbrants by Gabriël Metsu

Portrait of Lucia Wijbrants

Gabriël Metsu · 1667

Minneapolis Institute of Art · Oil on panel

Adeline Ravoux by Vincent van Gogh

Adeline Ravoux

Vincent van Gogh · 1890

Cleveland Museum of Art · oil on fabric

Poem by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, from One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by an Old Nurse by Katsushika Hokusai

Poem by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, from One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by an Old Nurse

Katsushika Hokusai · 1835–36

Cleveland Museum of Art · color woodblock print

Hokusai hyaku monogatari no uchi gomai by Katsushika by Katsushika

Hokusai hyaku monogatari no uchi gomai by Katsushika

Katsushika · 1831

Library of Congress · photo, print, drawing

Kohada Koheiji, from the series "One Hundred Ghost Tales (Hyaku monogatari)" by Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎

Kohada Koheiji, from the series "One Hundred Ghost Tales (Hyaku monogatari)"

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎 · 1831-32

Art Institute of Chicago · Color woodblock print; chuban

South Wind, Clear Dawn (Gaifu kaisei), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei) by Katsushika Hokusai

South Wind, Clear Dawn (Gaifu kaisei), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai · ca. 1830-32

Seattle Art Museum · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Bun’ya no Yasuhide, from the series Portraits of Six Poets by Artist: Katsushika Hokusai

Bun’ya no Yasuhide, from the series Portraits of Six Poets

Artist: Katsushika Hokusai · ca. 1809–10

Yale University Art Gallery · Ukiyo-e: polychrome woodblock print

The Seven Gods of Good Fortune (shichifuku-jin) celebrate the New Year by Artist: Katsushika Hokusai

The Seven Gods of Good Fortune (shichifuku-jin) celebrate the New Year

Artist: Katsushika Hokusai · 1809 (year of the snake)

Yale University Art Gallery · Surimono, horizontal chū-ban; polychrome woodblock print with…

British, Neoclassical frame by unknown framemaker

British, Neoclassical frame

unknown framemaker · 20th century

Yale Center for British Art · Wood and compo, oil gilt

Platter by Tapio Wirkkala

Platter

Tapio Wirkkala · 1951

Museum of Modern Art · Plywood

Music and Dance and Cupids in Conspiracy by François Boucher

Music and Dance and Cupids in Conspiracy

François Boucher · 1740s

Cleveland Museum of Art · oil on canvas

AW:AB=L:MD from Insicuro Noncurante by Alighiero Boetti

AW:AB=L:MD from Insicuro Noncurante

Alighiero Boetti · 1966-75

Museum of Modern Art · One from a portfolio of eighty two…

Dark Evening (Finsterer Abend) by Vassily Kandinsky (also called Vasilij Kandinskij; Wassily Kandinsky)

Dark Evening (Finsterer Abend)

Vassily Kandinsky (also called Vasilij Kandinskij; Wassily Kandinsky) · 1903

Chazen Museum of Art · Woodcut

Lightly Touching [also known as "Lightly Touched"] (Leicht berührt) by Vasily Kandinsky

Lightly Touching [also known as "Lightly Touched"] (Leicht berührt)

Vasily Kandinsky · 1931

Museum of Modern Art · Oil on board

Patriotic propaganda postcard with verse by Vladimir Mayakovsky by Kazimir Malevich

Patriotic propaganda postcard with verse by Vladimir Mayakovsky

Kazimir Malevich · 1914

Museum of Modern Art · Lithograph

Odalisque, Enslaved Woman, and Eunuch by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Odalisque, Enslaved Woman, and Eunuch

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres · 1839-1840

Fogg Museum · Oil on canvas

Male Torso by José Clemente Orozco

Male Torso

José Clemente Orozco · (1923)

Museum of Modern Art · Crayon on brown paper

Drawing, IBA Lützowstrasse Social Housing Competition, Berlin, Germany by Office for Metropolitan Architecture

Drawing, IBA Lützowstrasse Social Housing Competition, Berlin, Germany

Office for Metropolitan Architecture · 1980

M+ Museum · oil on paper

Plate (supplementary suite) from Manifeste Mystique (Mystic Manifesto) by Salvador Dalí

Plate (supplementary suite) from Manifeste Mystique (Mystic Manifesto)

Salvador Dalí · 1951

Museum of Modern Art · Etching from the supplementary suite of an…

automatic centre-fire pistol by Deutsche Waffen und Munitions Fabriken

automatic centre-fire pistol

Deutsche Waffen und Munitions Fabriken · 1916

Canadian War Museum · steel, wood

Landscape: Window Overlooking the Woods by Édouard Vuillard

Landscape: Window Overlooking the Woods

Édouard Vuillard · 1899

Art Institute of Chicago · Oil on canvas

Fire in the Evening by Paul Klee

Fire in the Evening

Paul Klee · 1929

Museum of Modern Art · Oil on cardboard

Shabnam Adiban by Adiban, Shabnam

Shabnam Adiban

Adiban, Shabnam · 06/09/23 02:29:37 PM UTC

Princeton Digital PUL · Ephemera

Beauty Painting by Suzuki Harunobu

Beauty Painting

Suzuki Harunobu · Edo period, 18th century

Tokyo National Museum · Painting

Kilta Tableware by Kaj Franck

Kilta Tableware

Kaj Franck · 1948

Museum of Modern Art · Glazed earthenware

A radiant female figure beset by dark spirits; page 45 from the "Images of Spain" Album (F) by Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)

A radiant female figure beset by dark spirits; page 45 from the "Images of Spain" Album (F)

Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) · ca. 1812–20

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Brush and point of brush, brown…

Hell: On the Edge of the Seventh Circle (Canto 11) by Salvador Dalí

Hell: On the Edge of the Seventh Circle (Canto 11)

Salvador Dalí · c. 1960

Dallas Museum of Art · Woodcut

¡Qual la descañonan! by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

¡Qual la descañonan!

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes · 1797–98

Minneapolis Institute of Art · Etching and aquatint

Marthe aan haar ontbijt by Pierre Bonnard

Marthe aan haar ontbijt

Pierre Bonnard · 1877 - 1947

Rijksmuseum · houtskool, geel en mauve krijt

The Serf by Henri Matisse

The Serf

Henri Matisse · 1900-1903

Fogg Museum · Bronze

Portrait of Ambrose Vollard, II by Pablo Picasso

Portrait of Ambrose Vollard, II

Pablo Picasso · 1937 (printed and published 1939)

Minneapolis Institute of Art · Sugar-lift, with aquatint and spit-bite etching

Maternité by Edouard Vuillard

Maternité

Edouard Vuillard · Værkdatering: 1896

Statens Museum for Kunst · Litografi

Clenched Fist by José Clemente Orozco

Clenched Fist

José Clemente Orozco · (1948)

Museum of Modern Art · Crayon and charcoal on paper

Untitled by Isamu Noguchi

Untitled

Isamu Noguchi · 1946

Museum of Modern Art · Pencil on cut-out-and-pasted graph paper on black…

L'Arlésienne: Madame Joseph-Michel Ginoux (Marie Julien, 1848–1911) by Vincent van Gogh

L'Arlésienne: Madame Joseph-Michel Ginoux (Marie Julien, 1848–1911)

Vincent van Gogh · 1888–89

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Oil on canvas

George Maciunas' In Memoriam to Adriano Olivetti, performed during Concert No. 5, Fluxus Internationale Festspiele Neuester Musik, Städtisches Museum, Wiesbaden, September 8, 1962 by Nam June Paik, Alison Knowles, Emmett Williams, George Maciunas, Benjamin Patterson, George Maciunas

George Maciunas' In Memoriam to Adriano Olivetti, performed during Concert No. 5, Fluxus Internationale Festspiele Neuester Musik, Städtisches Museum, Wiesbaden, September 8, 1962

Nam June Paik, Alison Knowles, Emmett Williams, George Maciunas, Benjamin…

Museum of Modern Art · Gelatin silver print

Armchair by Charles Eames

Armchair

Charles Eames · 1971

Museum of Modern Art · Molded polyester, aluminum base, padded naugahyde with…

Aften i stuen by Vilhelm Hammershøi

Aften i stuen

Vilhelm Hammershøi · Værkdatering: (1904)

Statens Museum for Kunst · Lærred

Interior with Pink Wallpaper I by Édouard Vuillard

Interior with Pink Wallpaper I

Édouard Vuillard · 1899

Cleveland Museum of Art · color lithograph

Portræt af Anna Ancher, profil by P.S. Krøyer

Portræt af Anna Ancher, profil

P.S. Krøyer · Værkdatering: 1898

Statens Museum for Kunst · Koldnålsradering

Portræt af Madame Matisse. Den grønne stribe by Henri Matisse

Portræt af Madame Matisse. Den grønne stribe

Henri Matisse · Værkdatering: (1905)

Statens Museum for Kunst · Lærred

Composition in Brown and Gray by Piet Mondrian

Composition in Brown and Gray

Piet Mondrian · 1913

Museum of Modern Art · Oil on canvas

La Bandera by José Clemente Orozco

La Bandera

José Clemente Orozco · 1928

Minneapolis Institute of Art · Lithograph

Le Dedans & Le Dehors by Joan Miró

Le Dedans & Le Dehors

Joan Miró · 1966

Minneapolis Institute of Art · Color etching with aquatint

Reclining Nude II by Henri Matisse

Reclining Nude II

Henri Matisse · 1927

Minneapolis Institute of Art · Bronze

Before the Ballet by Degas, Edgar

Before the Ballet

Degas, Edgar · 1890/1892

National Gallery of Art · oil on canvas

10 Origin by Georges Vantongerloo, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Alberto Magnelli, Richard Paul Lohse, Léo Leuppi, Vasily Kandinsky, Max Bill, Jean (Hans) Arp, Sonia Delaunay, César Domela-Nieuwenhuis, Various Artists

10 Origin

Georges Vantongerloo, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Alberto Magnelli, Richard Paul Lohse, Léo…

Museum of Modern Art · Portfolio of six linoleum cuts, three woodcuts,…

John Broughton by John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779

John Broughton

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779 · ca. 1767

Yale Center for British Art · Oil on canvas

Navin Party by Navin Rawanchaikul

Navin Party

Navin Rawanchaikul · 2006

Cincinnati Art Museum · color lithograph and screen print with blind embossing…

Sonny Rollins by Richard Serra

Sonny Rollins

Richard Serra · 1999

Museum of Modern Art · Etching

Dagens arbejde bedømmes by Anna Ancher

Dagens arbejde bedømmes

Anna Ancher · Værkdatering: 1883

Statens Museum for Kunst · Lærred

Cremorne Gardens, No. 2 by James McNeill Whistler

Cremorne Gardens, No. 2

James McNeill Whistler · ca. 1870–80

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Oil on canvas

Copy of Yosa Buson's Illustrated Scroll of Oku no Hosomichi(The Narrow Road through the Provinces) by Yokoi Kinkoku

Copy of Yosa Buson's Illustrated Scroll of Oku no Hosomichi(The Narrow Road through the Provinces)

Yokoi Kinkoku · Edo

Kyoto National Museum · Painting

Bell Krater (mixing bowl for wine and water): Scene from a Comic Play by The McDaniel Painter

Bell Krater (mixing bowl for wine and water): Scene from a Comic Play

The McDaniel Painter · 400-370 BCE

Arthur M. Sackler Museum · Terracotta

Aristotle with a Bust of Homer by Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)

Aristotle with a Bust of Homer

Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) · 1653

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Oil on canvas

A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?) by Edgar Degas

A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?)

Edgar Degas · 1865

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Oil on canvas

Little Girl in a Blue Armchair by Cassatt, Mary

Little Girl in a Blue Armchair

Cassatt, Mary · 1878

National Gallery of Art · oil on canvas

The Laugh by Umberto Boccioni

The Laugh

Umberto Boccioni · 1911

Museum of Modern Art · Oil on canvas

Page of Enlightenment from The Ossified Theosophied by Trenton Doyle Hancock

Page of Enlightenment from The Ossified Theosophied

Trenton Doyle Hancock · 2005

Museum of Modern Art · Etching and aquatint colophon from a portfolio…

Page of Enlightenment by Trenton Doyle Hancock

Page of Enlightenment

Trenton Doyle Hancock

RISD Museum

Pair of Dolls by Unknown artist

Pair of Dolls

Unknown artist · 1900s

Cleveland Museum of Art · Wood, kaolin, and paint

[Sculpture of a nude by an unknown artist], 1880-01-01 by Unknown artist

[Sculpture of a nude by an unknown artist], 1880-01-01

Unknown artist · 1880-01-01

Library of Congress · photo, print, drawing

Face Jug by Artist unknown (American, 19th century)

Face Jug

Artist unknown (American, 19th century) · c. 1860

Art Institute of Chicago · Stoneware and alkaline glaze

Mrs. Charles Donald McNeill (Martha Kingsley) by Artist unknown (American, 19th century)

Mrs. Charles Donald McNeill (Martha Kingsley)

Artist unknown (American, 19th century) · 1800–3

Art Institute of Chicago · Watercolor on ivory

[Two restrikes by unknown artists], 1790 by Unknown artist

[Two restrikes by unknown artists], 1790

Unknown artist · 1790

Library of Congress · photo, print, drawing

An artist (unknown), Ulaanbaatar [1940s] by Unknown artist

An artist (unknown), Ulaanbaatar [1940s]

Unknown artist

The British Library · Images of people caught during national celebrations and…

[Huerta As Spider, by an unknown artist], [no date recorded on caption card] by Unknown artist

[Huerta As Spider, by an unknown artist], [no date recorded on caption card]

Unknown artist · [no date recorded on caption card]

Library of Congress · photo, print, drawing

Dancing Sailors by Charles Demuth

Dancing Sailors

Charles Demuth · 1917

Cleveland Museum of Art · watercolor over graphite

Circling Doves by Artist: Arthur B. Davies

Circling Doves

Artist: Arthur B. Davies · 1922

Yale University Art Gallery · Colored lithograph

Study of a Young Girl by Arthur B. Davies

Study of a Young Girl

Arthur B. Davies · c. 1920

Minneapolis Institute of Art · Graphite, brown and white chalk on light…

Doorway to Illusion by Arthur B. Davies

Doorway to Illusion

Arthur B. Davies · 1919 (printed 1929)

Minneapolis Institute of Art · Soft-ground etching and aquatint

Moonlight on the Grassy Bank by Arthur B. Davies

Moonlight on the Grassy Bank

Arthur B. Davies · 1919

Minneapolis Institute of Art · Soft-ground etching and aquatint with drypoint and…

Nocturne by Arthur B. Davies

Nocturne

Arthur B. Davies · 1918–19

Minneapolis Institute of Art · Soft-ground etching on green paper