Elm - The Elm in Art

The Elm in Art

Many artists have admired elms for the ease and grace of their branching and foliage, and have painted them with sensitivity. Elms are a recurring element in the landscapes and studies of, for example, John Constable, Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Frederick Childe Hassam, Karel Klinkenberg, and George Inness.

  • John Constable, 'Study of an Elm Tree'

  • John Constable, 'The Cornfield' (Ulmus × hollandica )

  • Constable, 'Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Garden' (Ulmus × hollandica )

  • Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, 'Alte Ulmen im Prater' (:Old Elms in Prater)

  • James Duffield Harding, 'The Great Exhibition of 1851' (Ulmus procera, centre)

  • Arthur Hughes, 'Home from Sea' (Ulmus procera )

  • Ford Madox Brown, 'Work' (Ulmus procera )

  • Johannes Karel Christiaan Klinkenberg, 'Amsterdam' (Ulmus x hollandica ‘Belgica’ )

  • Frederick Childe Hassam, 'Champs Elysées, Paris' (Ulmus × hollandica, 'orme femelle' )

  • Frederick Childe Hassam, 'Washington Arch, Spring' (Ulmus americana)

  • Frederick Childe Hassam, 'Church at Old Lyme' (Ulmus americana)

  • Frederick Childe Hassam, 'Church at Old Lyme' (Ulmus americana)

  • George Inness, 'Old Elm at Medfield' (Ulmus americana)

  • Unknown artist, 'The Cam near Trinity College, Cambridge', England (Ulmus minor)

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