Genre: Cityscape
Cityscape Paintings
Cityscapes show streets, squares, canals and skylines. Venetian view painters and Dutch townscape artists built whole careers on them, and later painters kept the subject going with boulevards and bridges.
72 paintings listed, each with the museum that holds it.
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Nighthawks
Edward Hopper, 1942
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
The Grand Canal and the Church of the Salute
Canaletto, 1730
National Gallery, London
Boulevard des Capucines
Claude Monet, 1873
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City
Paris Street; Rainy Day
Gustave Caillebotte, 1877
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Rouen Cathedral (Sunset)
Claude Monet, 1894
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Rouen Cathedral: West Façade, Sunlight
Claude Monet, 1894
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
The City Rises
Umberto Boccioni, 1910
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York
Simultaneous Windows on the City
Robert Delaunay, 1912
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
Street, Berlin
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1913
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York
The City
Fernand Léger, 1919
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
The Little Street
Johannes Vermeer, 1657
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Rouen Cathedral, West Façade, Sunlight
Claude Monet, 1894
Boulevard Montmartre at Night
Camille Pissarro, 1897
National Gallery, London
The Boulevard Montmartre on a Winter Morning
Camille Pissarro, 1897
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Wall Street Riches
Jesse Johnson, 2021
Rouen Cathedral, The Gate and The Tower
Claude Monet
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Rouen Cathedral in the Fog
Claude Monet
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Rouen Cathedral 02
Claude Monet
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Evening on Karl Johan Street
Edvard Munch
Rasmus Meyer Collection, Bergen, Bergen
Rouen Cathedral, red, Sunlight
Claude Monet
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
The Grand Canal, Looking toward the Rialto Bridge
Francesco Guardi
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
Rouen Cathedral, evening, harmony in brown
Claude Monet
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
The Unwelcome Companion (A Street Scene in Cairo)
John William Waterhouse
Towneley Hall Art Gallery and Museum, Burnley, Burnley
Rouen Cathedral, The Portal and the Tour d'Albene, Grey Weather
Claude Monet
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
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Genre is what a painting shows: a landscape, a portrait, a still life. Style, or movement, is how and when it was made, like Impressionism or Baroque. They're separate, so a landscape can be Romantic, Impressionist or Cubist.
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What is the difference between genre and style in art?
Genre is what a painting shows: a landscape, a portrait, a still life. Style, or movement, is how and when it was made, like Impressionism or Baroque. They're separate, so a landscape can be Romantic, Impressionist or Cubist.
Where can I see cityscape paintings?
In our listings, Musée d'Orsay, Private Collection, National Gallery hold the most cityscape paintings. Each artwork page has the museum, location and visiting details.