Discovering Europe

Take a virtual tour to beautiful and historical places throughout Europe through paintings on ArtUK

Curation inspired by Europeana's Discovering Europe season

Artists featured in this Curation: Eggert Gudmundsson (1906–1983), Jacqueline Stanley (b.1928), Johannes Frederik Hulk (1829–1911), Harold Gilman (1876–1919), Robin Darwin (1910–1974), Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865–1931), Eduards F. Kalniņš (1904–1988), D. K., Chana Kowalska (1904–1942), Robert Polhill Bevan (1865–1925), and 60 more See all

75 artworks

Storyline Album Showcase

Pingvellir, Iceland 1935
Eggert Gudmundsson (1906–1983)
Oil on canvas laid on board
H 52.7 x W 80.4 cm
The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, University of Leeds

© the copyright holder. Image credit: The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, University of Leeds
Warrington Square, Dublin
Jacqueline Stanley (b.1928)
Oil on panel
H 43.5 x W 49 cm
The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

© the artist / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
Amsterdam Canal Scene, The Netherlands
Johannes Frederik Hulk (1829–1911)
Oil on canvas
H 75 x W 100 cm
Doncaster Deaf Trust

© Doncaster Deaf Trust. Image credit: Doncaster Deaf Trust
Canal Bridge, Flekkefjord c.1913
Harold Gilman (1876–1919)
Oil on canvas
H 46.4 x W 61.5 cm
Tate

Image credit: Tate
From the Town Hall, Stockholm 1936
Robin Darwin (1910–1974)
Oil on canvas
H 80 x W 59.1 cm
Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

© the artist's estate. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
Lake Keitele 1905
Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865–1931)
Oil on canvas
H 53 x W 66 cm
The National Gallery, London

Image credit: The National Gallery, London
The First Snow 1937
Eduards F. Kalniņš (1904–1988)
Oil on canvas
H 79.5 x W 98.8 cm
Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives

© the copyright holder. Image credit: Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives
Krakow Market, Poland 2005
D. K. (active 2005)
Oil on canvas
H 22 x W 27.3 cm
Anglo-Polish Organisation

© the copyright holder. Image credit: Anglo-Polish Organisation
The Bridge 1937
Chana Kowalska (1904–1942)
Oil on paper
H 58.5 x W 47 cm
Ben Uri Collection

Image credit: Ben Uri Collection
Mydlow Village, Poland 1907
Robert Polhill Bevan (1865–1925)
Oil on canvas
H 60 x W 79 cm
Southampton City Art Gallery

Image credit: Southampton City Art Gallery
Osakeyhtiö Toppila 1951
Aale Hakava (1909–1995)
Oil on canvas
H 72.5 x W 92.5 cm
Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre

© DACS 2023. Image credit: Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre
Forest in Finland early 1870s
Berndt Lindholm (1841–1914)
Oil on canvas
H 148.5 x W 223 cm
Walker Art Gallery

Image credit: Walker Art Gallery
Rye Field, Sweden
Stephen Bone (1904–1958)
Oil on wood
H 27.9 x W 35.5 cm
Alfred East Art Gallery Permanent Collection

© estate of Stephen Bone. All rights reserved, DACS 2023. Image credit: Alfred East Art Gallery Permanent Collection
Lofoten, Norway, Mountains 2005
Charles Bezzina (b.1950)
Oil on canvas
H 61 x W 92 cm
Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge

© the artist. Image credit: Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge
Svendborg Harbour, Denmark 1934
Martin Bloch (1883–1954)
Oil on canvas on board
H 69 x W 79 cm
Ben Uri Collection

© Martin Bloch Trust. Image credit: Ben Uri Collection
The Church of Ramsau 1832
Wilhelm Ferdinand Bendz (1804–1832)
Oil on paper
H 28.9 x W 24.5 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Image credit: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Black Forest 1988–1989
Louis Emery (1918–1993)
Oil on canvas
H 178 x W 115.4 cm
Birmingham Museums Trust

© the copyright holder. Image credit: Birmingham Museums Trust
Kurfürstendamm, Berlin, Germany
Martin Bloch (1883–1954)
Oil on canvas
H 81.3 x W 99.1 cm
Leeds Museums and Galleries

© Martin Bloch Trust. Image credit: Bridgeman Images
Schloss Schleissheim, near Munich (II) c.1920
Winston Spencer Churchill (1874–1965)
Oil on canvas board
H 35.5 x W 50.5 cm
National Trust, Chartwell

© The Churchill Heritage Ltd. Image credit: National Trust Images
Concarneau, France 1910
Alfred Aaron Wolmark (1877–1961)
Oil on board
H 45.7 x W 37.5 cm
The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, University of Leeds

© Estate of Alfred Aaron Wolmark. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, University of Leeds
Street View in Bielany
Ewa Tudorska (b.1954)
Oil on board
H 48.4 x W 63.2 cm
Ealing Local History Centre

© the copyright holder. Image credit: Ealing Local History Centre
Tychy, Poland
unknown artist
Oil on board
H 12 x W 16.5 cm
Halton Borough Council

© the copyright holder. Image credit: Halton Borough Council
Prague, Nostalgia 1938
Oskar Kokoschka (1886–1980)
Oil on canvas
H 56 x W 76 cm
National Galleries of Scotland

© Foundation Oskar Kokoschka/DACS 2024. Image credit: National Galleries of Scotland
Kiev, Vinnitsa, Kal'disao, Ukraine 1957
Fedor Z. Konovalyuk (1890–1984)
Oil on cardboard
H 32 x W 23 cm
Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery

© the copyright holder. Image credit: Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery
Souvenir of the Danube, View in Hungary c.1868–1874
Joséphine Bowes (1825–1874)
Oil on canvas
H 128.7 x W 180 cm
The Bowes Museum

Image credit: The Bowes Museum
Night Scene in Capri 1931
Marcel Ronay (1910–1998)
Oil on canvas
H 74 x W 39.5 cm
Ben Uri Collection

© the copyright holder. Image credit: Ben Uri Collection
Parliament Building, Budapest 2011
Kevin Lancelot Dunn (b.1962)
Acrylic on canvas
H 41 x W 50.5 cm
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

© the artist. Image credit: The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Lake near the Spa, Ballynahinch 1977
Desmond Turner (1923–2011)
Oil on canvas
H 51 x W 61 cm
Queen's University Belfast

© the artist's estate. Image credit: Queen's University Belfast
Belfast Landscape towards Cavehill from Bedford House 2005
Colin Davidson (b.1968)
Oil on canvas
H 76 x W 102 cm
Queen's University Belfast

© the artist. Image credit: Queen's University Belfast
Campo San Stin, Venice
Bernardo Bellotto (1722–1780)
Oil on canvas
H 62 x W 99 cm
National Trust, Penrhyn Castle

Image credit: National Trust Images
Panel from London and North Eastern Railway Steamer SS 'Prague' 1930
Jaroslav Šetelík (1881–1955)
Oil on canvas
H 160.6 x W 114.4 cm
National Railway Museum

© the copyright holder. Image credit: National Railway Museum / Science & Society Picture Library
Dark Afternoon, Transylvania, Romania c.1962
Hanna Weil (1921–2011)
Oil on board
H 69 x W 106.5 cm
Rugby Art Gallery and Museum Art Collections

© the copyright holder. Image credit: Rugby Art Gallery and Museum Art Collections
Brusen, Bulgaria 1911
Roger Eliot Fry (1866–1934)
Oil on board
H 15.4 x W 34.3 cm
Leeds Museums and Galleries

Image credit: Leeds Museums and Galleries
Hafen, La Ciotat 1929
Arthur Segal (1875–1944)
Oil on canvas
H 68.5 x W 88.3 cm
Ben Uri Collection

Image credit: Ben Uri Collection
Village Street c.1915
Maurice Utrillo (1883–1955)
Oil on canvas
H 53 x W 76.6 cm
Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

© ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2024. Image credit: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales
Butrinto, Albania 1861
Edward Lear (1812–1888)
Oil on canvas
H 34.3 x W 54.6 cm
Yale Center for British Art

Image credit: Yale Center for British Art
Famagusta Harbour, Cyprus 1943
Georgios Polybius Georghiou (1901–1972)
Oil on board
H 125 x W 151 cm
National Trust, Chartwell

© the copyright holder. Image credit: National Trust Images
Paphos, Cyprus 1987
Joanne Hodgen (b.1964)
Oil on canvas
H 121.5 x W 182 cm
University of Reading Art Collection

© the artist. Image credit: University of Reading Art Collection
The Mosque of Suleiman of Istanbul mid-20th C
Jessie G. Galloway (active 1930–1980)
Oil on board
H 50.7 x W 60.4 cm
Aberystwyth University School of Art Museum and Galleries

© the copyright holder. Image credit: Aberystwyth University School of Art Museum and Galleries
Banja Luka 1998
Kevic
Acrylic on wood
H 52 x W 70 cm
Royal Military Police Museum

© the copyright holder. Image credit: Royal Military Police Museum
Belgrade, Serbia 1952
Milorad-Bata Mihajlović (1923–2011)
Oil on canvas
H 114 x W 155 cm
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum

© the copyright holder. Image credit: Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
View of Dubrovnik, Croatia
Sushila Singh (1904–1999)
Oil on board
H 61 x W 76 cm
Hinchingbrooke School

© the copyright holder. Image credit: Hinchingbrooke School
Sunrise, Split 1938
Ann Margaret Tooth (1912–1989)
Oil on plywood
H 59.1 x W 78.8 cm
UCL Culture

© the copyright holder. Image credit: UCL Culture
Sarajevo, Bosnia 1922
Stanley Spencer (1891–1959)
Oil on board
H 24.7 x W 28.6 cm
Roebuck Collection

© the estate of Stanley Spencer. All rights reserved / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Roebuck Collection
Lake Garda 1859
George Clarkson Stanfield (1828–1878)
Oil on canvas
H 50 x W 75.5 cm
Torre Abbey Museum

Image credit: Torre Abbey Museum
Souvenir of Istria
Kenneth Roberts (1932–1995)
Oil on board
H 63 x W 75 cm
Dundee Art Galleries and Museums Collection (Dundee City Council)

© the copyright holder. Image credit: Dundee Art Galleries and Museums Collection (Dundee City Council)
Monastery on the Island of Santorini, Greece 1934
Nicholas of Greece (1872–1938)
Oil on board
H 37.5 x W 46.5 cm
National Trust, Anglesey Abbey

Image credit: National Trust Images
Sunrise on the Parthenon, Athens 1933
Nicholas of Greece (1872–1938)
Oil on millboard
H 37.5 x W 45.7 cm
Birmingham Museums Trust

Image credit: Birmingham Museums Trust
Boats at St Paul's Bay, Malta 1991
David McClure (1926–1998)
Oil on board
H 68.5 x W 53.5 cm
Art in Healthcare

© the artist's estate. Image credit: Art in Healthcare
Rocky Scene in Sicily c.1930
Winston Spencer Churchill (1874–1965)
Oil on canvas
H 63.5 x W 76 cm
National Trust, Chartwell

© The Churchill Heritage Ltd. Image credit: National Trust Images
The Quay at Naples 1886
Edoardo de Martino (1838–1912)
Oil on canvas
H 40.5 x W 26.6 cm
Sudley House

Image credit: Sudley House
Campo Vaccino, Rome
Hendrik Frans van Lint (1684–1763)
Oil on canvas
H 44 x W 69 cm
Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution

Image credit: Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution
Little Venice
Louis Ginnett (1875–1946)
Oil on canvas
H 32 x W 42 cm
Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft

Image credit: Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft
Grand Canal, Venice 18th C
Italian (Venetian) School
Oil on canvas
H 34.3 x W 50.8 cm
National Trust for Scotland, Brodie Castle

Image credit: National Trust for Scotland, Brodie Castle
Church in Salzburg, Austria 1962
Francis Ferdinand Maurice Cook (1907–1978)
Tempera on board
H 29.5 x W 39.5 cm
Sir Francis Cook Collection

© the artist's estate. Image credit: Sir Francis Cook Collection
Cold Day, Schönbrunn, Vienna, Austria 1945
Carel Victor Morlais Weight (1908–1997)
Oil on board
H 36 x W 42.3 cm
Brighton & Hove Museums

© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums
Gorge near Gloggnitz in Austria 1962
Francis Ferdinand Maurice Cook (1907–1978)
Tempera on board
H 32 x W 40 cm
Sir Francis Cook Collection

© the artist's estate. Image credit: Sir Francis Cook Collection
Luxembourg 1930–1950
Noel Harry Leaver (1889–1951)
Watercolour on paper
H 50.8 x W 35.6 cm
Towneley Hall Art Gallery & Museum

Image credit: Towneley Hall Art Gallery & Museum
View from Messines Ridge, Belgium 2014
Robert Perry (b.1944)
Oil on board
H 58.5 x W 83 cm
Staffordshire Museum & Art Collection

© the artist. Image credit: Staffordshire Archives & Heritage
A Bridge at Bruges, Belgium
Louise Pickard (1865–1928)
Oil on canvas
H 54 x W 65 cm
Ferens Art Gallery

Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
View in Rotterdam
Simon van der Ley (active 1840–1860)
Oil on panel
H 35.6 x W 30.1 cm
Argyll and Bute Council

Image credit: Argyll and Bute Council
In Provence, France 1919
Alfred Henry Robinson Thornton (1863–1939)
Oil on canvas
H 44.6 x W 54 cm
The Wilson

Image credit: The Cheltenham Trust and Cheltenham Borough Council
Landscape in Provence
Frederick John Pym Gore (1913–2009)
Oil on canvas
H 70.5 x W 50.5 cm
Government Art Collection

© estate of Frederick Gore. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Government Art Collection
Quai des Chartrons, Bordeaux c.1949
Keith Baynes (1887–1977)
Oil on canvas
H 35.6 x W 45.7 cm
Glasgow Life Museums

© the artist's estate. Image credit: Glasgow Life Museums
The Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
C. K. Brown
Acrylic on board
H 51 x W 76 cm
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Image credit: Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Wetterhorn
William Callow (1812–1908)
Watercolour on paper
H 18 x W 25 cm
The Alpine Club Collection

Image credit: The Alpine Club Collection
Lake Geneva with Sailing Boats 1855
François Bocion (1828–1890)
Oil on millboard
H 25.4 x W 49 cm
Paintings Collection

Image credit: Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Feux d'artifices sur la principauté (Fireworks over the Principality) 1970
Danielle Baron (b.1944)
Oil on canvas
H 25.1 x W 60.7 cm
Worthing Museum and Art Gallery

© the copyright holder. Image credit: Worthing Museum and Art Gallery
Street of Flowers – Barcelona
James Kay (1858–1942)
Oil on canvas
H 71.1 x W 91.4 cm
Dundee Art Galleries and Museums Collection (Dundee City Council)

Image credit: Dundee Art Galleries and Museums Collection (Dundee City Council)
La Giralda, Seville
Eduardo Roldan (1926–2017)
Oil on board
H 22 x W 14.5 cm
The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

© the copyright holder. Image credit: The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
Costa de Caparica, Portugal 1957
P. Müller
Oil on canvas
H 60 x W 84 cm
Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service: Ipswich Borough Council Collection

© the copyright holder. Image credit: Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service: Ipswich Borough Council Collection
Town Scene in Lisbon 16th C
Northern European School
Oil on canvas
H 65 x W 95 cm
Society of Antiquaries of London

Image credit: Society of Antiquaries of London
Gibraltar from Algeciras 1902
Alfred East (1844–1913)
Oil on canvas
H 102.2 x W 153 cm
Walker Art Gallery

Image credit: Walker Art Gallery
Sierra Tejada
Bruce Killeen (1926–2014)
Oil on canvas
H 91 x W 120.5 cm
RWA (Royal West of England Academy)

© the artist's estate. Image credit: RWA (Royal West of England Academy)