The Best Snow Scenes In Art

Pieter Bruegel the Elder's "The Hunters in the Snow"

Flemish landscapes are lovely this time of the year, don't you agree?

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, "The Hunters in the Snow," 1565. Oil on, 117 cm × 162 cm (46 in × 63¾ in). Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

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Utagawa Hiroshige's "Night Snow at Kambara

Your walk to work is nothing compared to this snowy jaunt in Kambara.

Utagawa Hiroshige, "Night Snow at Kambara," 1833 (Wikipedia)

Grant Wood's "January" Ominous footprints and all.

January, oil on Masonite painting by Grant Wood, 1940-41, Cleveland Museum of Art (Wikimedia)

Edvard Munch's "New Snow in the Avenue"

No need to scream in this snowy painting.

Edvard Munch, "New Snow in the Avenue," 1906, Munch Museum, © Munch Museum/Munch-EllingsendGroup/DACS 2012

Camille Pissarro's "Road to Versailles at Louveciennes (The Snow Effect)"

Pissarro painted the road to Versailles in various seasons, but we love the crisp white brushstrokes of winter the best.

Camille Pissarro, "Road to Versailles at Louveciennes (The Snow Effect)," 1869, oil on canvas, 38.4 × 46.3 cm (15.1 × 18.2 in) (Wikimedia)

Limbourg Brothers' "Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry"

Here are the Limbourg brothers letting us know that by the time you hit February, you are in the thick of snowmageddon season.

Limbourg brothers, "Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, Folio 2, verso February," between 1412 and 1416, illumination on vellum, 22.5 cm (8.9 in).

Width: 13.6 cm (5.4 in), Musée Condé (Wikimedia)

Vincent van Gogh's "Winter (The Vicarage Garden under Snow)"

A spattering of snow from van Gogh.

Vincent van Gogh, "Winter (De tuin van de Vicaris onder sneeuw)," January 1885 (Wikimedia)

Wassily Kandinsky's "Winter Landscape"

We like this depiction of snow -- notice there's hardly any white paint to be seen?

Wassily Kandinsky, "Winter Landscape," 1909, oil on cardboard, 75.5 x 97.5 cm, The State Hermitage Museum, St.Petersburg, Russia (Wikimedia)

Claude Monet's "The Magpie"

Fifty shades of white.

Claude Monet, "The Magpie," Musée d'Orsay (Wikimedia)

Ivan Shishkin's "In the Wild North"

The Griswold family Christmas tree, courtesy of Ivan Shishkin.

Ivan Shishkin, "In the Wild North," 1891, oil on canvas, 161 cm (63.4 in) x118 cm (46.5 in), Museum of Russian Art in Kiev (Wikimedia)