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Chess Through the Artist's Eye
The 'Art of Chess': Chess as a subject in a painting, a drawing, or an illustration

The 'art of chess' can mean many things. Here it means chess seen by an artist as a subject in a painting, a drawing, or an illustration. Sometimes the chess board is central, but more often it is part of a bigger story, told visually.

Aranda, José Jiménez
Aranda, José Jiménez (Spanish, 1837-1903) • 'The Chess Party' (1899)

Aranda, José Jiménez
Becker, Carl
Becker, Carl • 'Franz, Adelaide, and the Bishop of Bamberg' (1892)

Becker, Carl
Borione, Bernard Louis
Borione, Bernard Louis (French, 1865-?) • 'A Game of Chess' (1906)

Borione, Bernard Louis
Brozik, Václav
Brozik, Václav (Czech, 1851–1901) • 'Dagmar and Strange Ebbesen at the Chess Table' (1880?), Illustreret Tidende)

Brozik, Václav
Caro-Delvaille, Henri
Caro-Delvaille, Henri (French, 1876-1926) • 'Ma Femme et ses Soeurs' (1904)

Caro-Delvaille, Henri
Cruikshank, George
Cruikshank, George (1792-1878) • 'Game of Chess' (1835)

Cruikshank, George
de Man, Cornelis
de Man, Cornelis (Dutch, 1621-1706) • 'The Chess Players' (1670), Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

de Man, Cornelis
Duboy, M
Duboy, M. • 'Nachträgliche Kritik' (1890)

Duboy, M
Eakins, Thomas
Eakins, Thomas (American, 1844-1916) • 'The Chess Players' (1876)

Eakins, Thomas
Gaisser, Jakob Emmanuel
Gaisser, Jakob Emmanuel (German, 1825-1899) • 'Une Table de Jeu Improvisée' (1880)

Gaisser, Jakob Emmanuel
Gerome, Jean-Leon
Gerome, Jean-Leon (French, 1824-1904) • 'Game of Chess'

Gerome, Jean-Leon
Horsley, John Callcott
Horsley, John Callcott (1817-1903) • 'Checkmate-Next Move' (1862), Illustrated London News

Horsley, John Callcott
Hyde, John Newton
Hyde, John Newton (1846-1927) • 'Mate in One Move' (1871), Frank Leslie’s Illustrated

Hyde, John Newton
Irving, J.B.
Irving, J.B. • 'The End of the Game' (1876) Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia; engraved by S.J.Ferris

Irving, J.B.
Kolossi, Ferenc
Kolossi, Ferenc (Hungarian) • 'The Chess Game' (1902)

Kolossi, Ferenc
Lesrel, Adolphe Alexander
Lesrel, Adolphe Alexander (French, 1839-1929) • 'An Interesting Game' (1898), Goupil

Lesrel, Adolphe Alexander
Makovsky, Konstantin Yegorovich
Makovsky, Konstantin Yegorovich (Russian, 1839-1915) • 'The Death of Ivan the Terrible' [Makovskij, Makowski, Egorovich, Egorovic]

Makovsky, Konstantin Yegorovich
Meissonier, Jean Louis Ernest
Meissonier, Jean Louis Ernest (French, 1815-1891) • 'The Chess Players', Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News (1878)

Meissonier, Jean Louis Ernest
Neal, David Dalhoff
Neal, David Dalhoff (American, 1838-1915) • 'The Sultan Saladin and his sister Sittah' (Typogravure, 1892) from 'Nathan the Wise' by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Neal, David Dalhoff
Peczely, Anta
Peczely, Antal (Anton) (Hungarian, 1891-1944) • 'Arabs Playing Chess'

Peczely, Anta
Schleicher, Carl
Schleicher, Carl (Austrian, 19th cent.) • 'Monks Playing Chess'

Schleicher, Carl
van Leyden, Lucas
van Leyden, Lucas (Dutch, 1494–1533) • 'Chess Players', a variant game called 'courier'; Staatliche Museum, Berlin

van Leyden, Lucas
Waugh, Frederick Judd
Waugh, Frederick Judd (American, 1861-1940) • 'Chess Players' (1891)

Waugh, Frederick Judd
Weber, Alfred
Weber, Alfred (Swiss, 1859-1922) • 'The Lunch of His Eminence' (1913)

Weber, Alfred

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