A selection of paintings of the River Wye from its source at Plynlimon in the Cambrian mountains in Ceredigion, through Powys and the historic border between Wales and England in Monmouthshire and Herefordshire and Gloucestershire to its mouth on the Severn Estuary at Chepstow. Stretching over 250km, it is the fourth longest river in the UK. Developed in association with Grant Waters, Art Detective Group Leader: South East England, East England and the Midlands.

48 artworks
  • Plinlimmon and the Sources of the Wye

    Plinlimmon and the Sources of the Wye c.1834
    William Shayer (1787–1879)
    Oil on canvas
    H 102 x W 89.2 cm
    Walker Art Gallery
    Plinlimmon and the Sources of the Wye
    Image credit: Walker Art Gallery

  • View on Plynlimmon

    View on Plynlimmon
    Gordon Bradshaw (b.1931)
    Oil on canvas
    H 62 x W 89 cm
    Portsmouth Museums and Visitor Services
    View on Plynlimmon
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Portsmouth Museums and Visitor Services

  • Upper Reaches of the River Wye, Mervach (Dorstone)

    Upper Reaches of the River Wye, Mervach (Dorstone)
    Brian Hatton (1887–1916)
    Oil on canvas
    H 24.3 x W 35 cm
    Hereford Museum and Art Gallery
    Upper Reaches of the River Wye, Mervach (Dorstone)
    Image credit: Hereford Museum and Art Gallery

  • On the Wye below Rhayader

    On the Wye below Rhayader 1863
    Thomas Baker (1809–1864)
    Oil on canvas
    H 25 x W 41 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    On the Wye below Rhayader
    Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • The Wye Valley

    The Wye Valley c.1955
    Gyrth Russell (1892–1970)
    Oil on board
    H 88 x W 122 cm
    National Railway Museum

  • Doldowlod on the Wye

    Doldowlod on the Wye c.1935
    Alexander Jamieson (1873–1937)
    Oil on canvas
    H 69.5 x W 90 cm
    Bury Art Museum
    Doldowlod on the Wye
    Image credit: Bury Art Museum

  • On the Wye

    On the Wye
    Richard Wilson (1713/1714–1782) (studio of)
    Oil on canvas
    H 25.4 x W 31.1 cm
    Tate
    On the Wye
    Image credit: Tate

  • The Golden Vale (Junction of the Wye and Irfran near Builth Wells, Powys)

    The Golden Vale (Junction of the Wye and Irfran near Builth Wells, Powys) 1895
    John Clayton Adams (1840–1906)
    Oil on canvas
    H 99.8 x W 152.5 cm
    Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
    The Golden Vale (Junction of the Wye and Irfran near Builth Wells, Powys)
    Image credit: Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery

  • Cold Landscape, Builth

    Cold Landscape, Builth 1975
    David Tinker (1924–2000)
    Oil on canvas
    H 101.5 x W 127 cm
    Aberystwyth University School of Art Museum and Galleries
    Cold Landscape, Builth
    © Tracy Tinker. Image credit: Aberystwyth University School of Art Museum and Galleries

  • River Scene of the Wye

    River Scene of the Wye
    Thomas Jones (1742–1803)
    Oil on paper
    H 40.7 x W 59 cm
    y Gaer Museum, Art Gallery & Library
    River Scene of the Wye
    Image credit: y Gaer Museum, Art Gallery & Library

  • Autumn on the Wye

    Autumn on the Wye 1930
    Joseph Edward Hennah (1896–1963)
    Oil on canvas
    H 44.2 x W 59.5 cm
    Newport Museum and Art Gallery
    Autumn on the Wye
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Newport Museum and Art Gallery

  • Hay-on-Wye

    Hay-on-Wye 1977
    Christopher Hall (1930–2016)
    Oil on canvas
    H 26 x W 31 cm
    Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales
    Hay-on-Wye
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

  • Hay-on-Wye and the Brecon Beacons

    Hay-on-Wye and the Brecon Beacons 1846
    Joseph Murray Ince (1806–1859)
    Oil on board
    H 34 x W 44.4 cm
    Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales
    Hay-on-Wye and the Brecon Beacons
    Image credit: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales

  • Climate Stripes: Warming Stripes, Hay-on-Wye, 2017

    Climate Stripes: Warming Stripes, Hay-on-Wye, 2017 2018
    Ed Hawkins
    Digital
    University of Reading Art Collection
    Climate Stripes: Warming Stripes, Hay-on-Wye, 2017
    © Ed Hawkins. Image credit: Prof. Ed Hawkins, National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading

  • Monnington-on-Wye, Herefordshire

    Monnington-on-Wye, Herefordshire
    John Everett (1876–1949)
    Oil on canvas
    H 45 x W 60.9 cm
    Hereford Museum and Art Gallery
    Monnington-on-Wye, Herefordshire
    Image credit: Hereford Museum and Art Gallery

  • Ice Floes on the River Wye

    Ice Floes on the River Wye 1953
    Donald Henry Floyd (1892–1965)
    Oil on canvas
    H 100 x W 125 cm
    Newport Museum and Art Gallery
    Ice Floes on the River Wye
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Newport Museum and Art Gallery

  • The Wye, Belmont Woods, Herefordshire

    The Wye, Belmont Woods, Herefordshire 1908
    Brian Hatton (1887–1916)
    Oil on canvas
    H 42 x W 60.5 cm
    Hereford Museum and Art Gallery
    The Wye, Belmont Woods, Herefordshire
    Image credit: Hereford Museum and Art Gallery

  • On the River Wye at Moccas

    On the River Wye at Moccas
    Thomas Hearne (1744–1817)
    Pencil & watercolour
    H 17 x W 25.4 cm
    Eton College
    On the River Wye at Moccas
    Image credit: Eton College

  • River Wye, Hereford

    River Wye, Hereford 1949
    John L. Merry (active 1945–1950)
    Oil on board
    H 37.5 x W 49 cm
    Government Art Collection
    River Wye, Hereford
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Government Art Collection

  • Ross-on-Wye

    Ross-on-Wye 1962
    Hugh Melvill Crowther (1914–2003)
    Oil on board
    H 44 x W 70 cm
    Monmouthshire Museums Service
    Ross-on-Wye
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Monmouthshire Museums Service

  • Wilton Bridge, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire

    Wilton Bridge, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire 1943
    Bertram Nicholls (1883–1974)
    Oil on canvas
    H 49.5 x W 74 cm
    Buxton Museum & Art Gallery
    Wilton Bridge, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Buxton Museum & Art Gallery

  • The Wye at Kern Bridge

    The Wye at Kern Bridge c.1890
    Samuel Henry Baker (1824–1909)
    Oil on canvas
    H 44 x W 75.6 cm
    Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales
    The Wye at Kern Bridge
    Image credit: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales

  • On the Wye

    On the Wye 1830s
    Frederick W. Watts (1800–1870)
    Oil on canvas
    H 85.1 x W 118.4 cm
    Paintings Collection
    On the Wye
    Image credit: Victoria and Albert Museum, London

  • Chapel Farm and the River Wye

    Chapel Farm and the River Wye
    Hanmer Griffith (1880–1969)
    Oil on canvas
    H 44 x W 59.5 cm
    Monmouthshire Museums Service
    Chapel Farm and the River Wye
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Monmouthshire Museums Service

  • Railway Bridge, Monmouth

    Railway Bridge, Monmouth 1987
    Otto Maciąg (1918–2000)
    Oil on board
    H 39 x W 49.5 cm
    Monmouthshire Museums Service
    Railway Bridge, Monmouth
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Monmouthshire Museums Service

  • Wye Bridge and Monmouth School

    Wye Bridge and Monmouth School
    John Arthur Evans (1854–1936)
    Oil on canvas
    H 45 x W 80 cm
    Monmouthshire Museums Service
    Wye Bridge and Monmouth School
    Image credit: Monmouthshire Museums Service

  • River Wye, Bigsweir

    River Wye, Bigsweir 1988
    Otto Maciąg (1918–2000)
    Oil on board
    H 38.6 x W 49 cm
    Monmouthshire Museums Service
    River Wye, Bigsweir
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Monmouthshire Museums Service

  • Tintern Abbey

    Tintern Abbey 1792
    Thomas Girtin (1775–1802)
    Watercolour on paper
    The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

  • The River Wye at Tintern Abbey

    The River Wye at Tintern Abbey 1805
    Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740–1812)
    Oil on canvas
    H 108 x W 161.9 cm
    The Fitzwilliam Museum
    The River Wye at Tintern Abbey
    Image credit: The Fitzwilliam Museum

  • Tintern Abbey

    Tintern Abbey
    Daniel Sherrin (1869–1940)
    Oil on canvas
    H 49.4 x W 74.8 cm
    Williamson Art Gallery & Museum
    Tintern Abbey
    Image credit: Williamson Art Gallery & Museum

  • Tintern Abbey

    Tintern Abbey 1949
    Leonard Richmond (1889–1965)
    Oil on canvas
    H 111.5 x W 126.8 cm
    National Railway Museum

  • The Wyndcliffe, River Wye

    The Wyndcliffe, River Wye 1842
    David Cox the elder (1783–1859)
    Oil on canvas
    H 35.2 x W 45.9 cm
    Birmingham Museums Trust
    The Wyndcliffe, River Wye
    Image credit: Birmingham Museums Trust

  • The Wye Valley below Wynd Cliff

    The Wye Valley below Wynd Cliff
    Donald Henry Floyd (1892–1965)
    Oil on canvas
    H 68.9 x W 89 cm
    Newport Museum and Art Gallery
    The Wye Valley below Wynd Cliff
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Newport Museum and Art Gallery

  • The Wye at Lancaut

    The Wye at Lancaut 1934
    Charles March Gere (1869–1957)
    Oil on canvas
    H 40.7 x W 51 cm
    Royal Academy of Arts
    The Wye at Lancaut
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Royal Academy of Arts

  • Wye Valley

    Wye Valley 1938
    Frederick Gregory Brown (1887–1941)
    Oil on canvas
    H 101.2 x W 63.6 cm
    National Railway Museum

  • Wye Valley – River and Steam Train

    Wye Valley – River and Steam Train
    Otto Maciąg (1918–2000)
    Oil on canvas
    H 24 x W 34 cm
    Monmouthshire Museums Service
    Wye Valley – River and Steam Train
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Monmouthshire Museums Service

  • Autumn in the Wye Valley

    Autumn in the Wye Valley
    Leonard W. Pike (1887–1959)
    Oil on canvas
    H 55.9 x W 73.7 cm
    Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
    Autumn in the Wye Valley
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Hastings Museum and Art Gallery

  • Chepstow Castle on the Wye

    Chepstow Castle on the Wye 1872
    Edmund John Niemann (1813–1876)
    Oil on canvas
    H 40.5 x W 61 cm
    Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
    Chepstow Castle on the Wye
    Image credit: Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council

  • Chepstow Castle from across the River Wye

    Chepstow Castle from across the River Wye
    David Muirhead (1867–1930)
    Oil on canvas
    H 61 x W 76.3 cm
    Kirklees Museums and Galleries
    Chepstow Castle from across the River Wye
    Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

  • On the Wye, Chepstow

    On the Wye, Chepstow
    Frederick Brown (1851–1941)
    Oil on canvas
    H 70 x W 90 cm
    Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery
    On the Wye, Chepstow
    Image credit: Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery

  • River Wye Approaching the Severn Estuary

    River Wye Approaching the Severn Estuary c.1947
    Ernest Wallcousins (1883–1976)
    Oil on canvas
    H 88 x W 134 cm
    Southend Museums Service
    River Wye Approaching the Severn Estuary
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Southend Museums Service

  • The Wye at Chepstow

    The Wye at Chepstow
    Claude Grahame Muncaster (1903–1974)
    Oil on canvas
    H 51 x W 76.8 cm
    Worthing Museum and Art Gallery
    The Wye at Chepstow
    © by kind permission of Claude Muncaster's estate. Image credit: Worthing Museum and Art Gallery

  • Chepstow Castle

    Chepstow Castle c.1755–1775
    John Inigo Richards (1731–1810)
    Oil on canvas
    H 75.4 x W 104.4 cm
    Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales
    Chepstow Castle
    Image credit: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

  • Chepstow Castle

    Chepstow Castle
    Bertram Nicholls (1883–1974)
    Oil on canvas
    H 71 x W 91.2 cm
    Worthing Museum and Art Gallery
    Chepstow Castle
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Worthing Museum and Art Gallery

  • Chepstow Castle

    Chepstow Castle 1907
    James Dickson Innes (1887–1914)
    Oil on canvas
    H 51.3 x W 76.5 cm
    Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales
    Chepstow Castle
    Image credit: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

  • Chepstow Castle

    Chepstow Castle c.1920
    Joseph Edward Hennah (1896–1963)
    Oil on canvas
    H 54.4 x W 67 cm
    Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales
    Chepstow Castle
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales

  • The Mouth of the Wye

    The Mouth of the Wye early 19th C
    Thomas Wright (1792–1849)
    Oil on canvas
    H 75.6 x W 95.6 cm
    Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales
    The Mouth of the Wye
    Image credit: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

  • Junction of the Wye and the Severn

    Junction of the Wye and the Severn
    John Joseph Hughes (1820–1909)
    Oil on canvas
    H 39.5 x W 59.5 cm
    Monmouthshire Museums Service
    Junction of the Wye and the Severn
    Image credit: Monmouthshire Museums Service