Sunset Paintings

A LOOK AT

THE SUNSET AS A SUBJECT

Since the sun plays such a huge role in our everyday lives and functioning, it has also been the subject of exploration in painting for many artists.

THE TOP 9 MOST FAMOUS SUNSET PAINTINGS OF ALL TIME

Sunset (Brothers) (1830 – 1835)  by Caspar David Friedrich

Sun Setting over a Lake (c. 1840)  by J. M. W. Turner

The Ninth Wave (1850)  by Ivan Aivazovsky

The Angelus (1857 – 1859)  by Jean-François Millet

Sunset in the Rockies (1866)  by Albert Bierstadt

The Red Vineyard (1888)  by Vincent van Gogh

Sunset at Eragny (1890)  by Camille Pissarro

The Scream (1893)  by Edvard Munch

The Houses of Parliament, Sunset (1903)  by Claude Monet