Doing the Laundry - 20C Europe & Britain

Thomas CS Benham (English painter, 1878- 1922) Jour de séchage

Abram Efimovich Arkhipov  (Russian artist, 1862-1930) The Washer Women

Aristide Maillol (French artist, 1861-1944) Laundry

William Orpen (Irish Painter, 1878-1931)  The Wash House

Louis Valtat (French artist, 1869-1952) Woman with a Wash Tub 1909

Pierre Auguste Renoir (French Impressionist painter, 1841-1919) Laundresses 1912

Marie van Regteren Altena (Dutch artist, 1868-1958) The Linen Room

Pierre Bonnard, (French painter, 1867-1947). The Linen 1900 Detail

Abram Efimovich Arkhipov (Russian artist, 1862-1930) Washer Women

Franz Marc (German painter, 1880-1916) Laundry Fluttering in the Wind

William Orpen (Irish Painter, 1878-1931)  Lottie of Paradise Walk

Egon Schiele (Austrian Expressionist Painter, 1890-1918) House with Drying Laundry 1917

1900 Carlo Cressini (Italian 1864-1938) Laundry

Jean-Eugene Buland (French painter, 1852-1927)  Le déjeuner des laveuses

Rik Wouters (Belgian artist, 1882-1916) Woman Ironing 1912


Andrei Andreevich Tutunov (Russian artist, 1928) The Laundry Drying 1945

Stanley Spencer, (English painter, 1891 – 1959) Sorting Laundry

Doing the Laundry - Ironing in 19C Europe & Britain

Louis Joseph Anthonissen (French artist, 1849-1913)  Atelier de repasseuses à Trouville

Armand Desire Gautier (French, 1825-1894) Woman Ironing

1869 Edgar Degas (French painter, 1834–1917) Woman Ironing.

1870s Edgar Degas (French painter, 1834–1917) Woman Ironing

1882 Edgar Degas (French painter, 1834–1917) . Woman Ironing

1887 Edgar Degas (French painter, 1834–1917) Woman Ironing

Edgar Degas (French artist, 1834–1917) Girl at Ironing Board

Francois Bonvin (French Realist Painter, 1817-1887) A Woman Ironing The Laundress

Francois Bonvin (French Realist Painter, 1817-1887) Woman Ironing 1858

Emmanuel Zairis (Greek artist, 1876-1948) Women Ironing

Max-Liebermann (German painter, 1847 - 1935) A Woman Ironing

Paul Mathey (French artist, 1844-1929) Interior with Woman and Child

 Louis GalliacLouis Galliac (1849-1934) Ironing

Ivana Kobilca (Slovene painter 1861-1926) Ironing Women - 1891

Pablo Picasso (Spanish-born artist, 1881-1973) Woman Ironing 1904

 Unknown artist English school, Laundry Maid c 1880

1893 Albert Edelfelt (Finnish Academic Painter, 1854-1905) Laundresses

Doing the Laundry - Camille Pissarro 1830-1903

 Camille Pissarro (French artist, 1830-1903) Laundresses at Eragny

 Camille Pissarro (French artist, 1830-1903) The Laundry Woman

 Camille Pissarro (French artist, 1830-1903) Laundresses at Eragny

 Camille Pissarro (French artist, 1830-1903) Laundress at Eragny

 Camille Pissarro (French artist, 1830-1903) Laundress on the Banks of the River

Camille Pissarro (French artist, 1830-1903) The Laundry Woman

 Camille Pissarro (French artist, 1830-1903) Woman Hanging Laundry

Camille Pissarro (French artist, 1830-1903) Woman Hanging Laundry Study

 Camille Pissarro (French artist, c 1830-1903)  Les laveuses

Camille Pissarro (French artist, 1830-1903) Family Garden

Doing the Laundry - 19C Europe & Britain

Gustave Caillebotte (French painter, 1848–1894), Laundry Drying, Petit Gennevilliers 1892

When I was a child, Monday was laundry day. Today we just toss soiled linens into the washer, no matter the hour or day of the week. But when I drive through the nearby Amish countryside, where electric appliances are not allowed, I realize that laundry has been drying on the lines & blowing in the winds for centuries, even when snow covers the ground.

John Thomas Peele (English-born genre artist, 1822–1897) The Song of the Shirt (This artist also painted in the United States.)


Berthe Morisot (French artist, 1841-1895). Woman Hanging Out the Wash


Berthe Morisot (French artist, 1841-1895). Hanging the Laundry Out To Dry

Charles Rossiter (British painter, 1827-1897) Song of the Shirt - Folding the Laundry

Elin Kleopatra Danielson-Gambogi (Finnish painter, 1861-1919) A Sunny Day

Edgar Degas (French painter, 1834–1917) Laundress Carrying Linen 1876

Frederic Ulrich (American expatriate painter, 1858-1908) Washerwomen Seville

Helen Allingham (née Helen Mary Elizabeth Paterson) (English painter, 1848–1926) Hanging the the Washing

Helene Schjerfbeck (Finnish artist, 1862-1946) Drying Laundry, 1883.

Jean-François Millet (French painter, 1814–1875) Les lavandières

Pierre Auguste Renoir (French Impressionist painter, 1841-1919)

Gustave Caillebotte (French painter, 1848–1894) Laundry Drying 1892


Willibald Alfred Reuter (German artist, 1868-1899) Auf dem Wäschetrockenplatz 1899


Edgar Degas (French artist, 1834-1917). In a Laundry 1884

Edgar Degas (French painter, 1834–1917) Washer Women

Thomas Liddall Armitage (1800-1900) Washing Day

Désiré François Laugée (French artist, 1823 - 1896) Le linge de la ferme

Emile Claus (Belgian artist, 1849-1924) Sunny Day 1899