Winter landscapes have been a feature of art for hundreds of years—and while many focus on landscape alone, there are also some that allude to the historical context of their times, or portray events ...

For those who prefer warmer landscapes, these pictures will help explain Russian painters’ love of snowy vistas and wintry fun. A representative of socialist realism, Plastov painted many scenes of ...

Winter isn't all bad – these "sublime" landscapes of the frozen North from the turn of the 20th Century offer us a way into resilience – and an "acceptance of the seasonality of life". With its bare ...

The winter season is beautiful, to say the least. The frost-covered flowers, the snowy trees and the fog that engulfs the cities. While some might find it gloomy and depressing, only true winter ...

Several important paintings from the Dutch Golden Age, of which Winter Landscape with Iceskaters (circa 1608) by Hendrick Avercamp is a particularly fine example, show us socially levelling, panoramic ...