Images of European Christmas Traditions

Viggo Johansen (Danish artist, 1851–1935) Silent Night

Jan Havicksz. Steen (Dutch artist, c 1626-1679). Feast of St Nicholas 1665

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (Austrian artist, 1793-1865) A traveling family of beggars is rewarded by poor peasants on Christmas Eve 1834

Carlton Alfred Smith (English artist, 1853-1946), Christmas Eve

Franz Ignaz Pollinger (Austrian artist) First Christmas Tree in Ried 1848
Felix Ehrlich (German artist, 1866–1931) Christmas

Joseph Clarke (English-born artist, 1844-1890) Christmas Morning
David Jacob Jacobson (German painter, 1818–1891) Selling Christmas Trees

George Bernard O’Neil (Irish artist, 1828-1917) Hanging the Mistletoe 1892
Hans Stubenrauch (German artist, 1875– 1941) Christmas Time
Genrich Manizer (Russian artist, 1847–1925) Christmas Tree Market
Franz Skarbina (German artist, 1849 –1910) Under the Christmas Tree
Franz Skarbina (German artist, 1849–1910) Boy from the Berlin Christmas Market

William Ewart Lockhart (Scottish artist, 1846-1900) Old Father Christmas
Heinrich Max (Czech artist, 1847-1900) A Christmas Read 1877

Albert Chevallier Tayler (British painter, 1862-1925) The Christmas Tree 1911

Gustave Brion (French Realist Painter, 1824-1877) Christmas Singers detail 1856

Franz Krüger (German painter, 1797-1857), Father & Son Picking Christmas Tree

Franz Skarbina (German artist, 1849-1910) The Christmas Market in Berlin 1892

Zinaida Yevgenyevna Serebriakova (Russian artist, 1884-1967) Katya in Blue Dress by Christmas Tree 1922

Frederick Daniel Hardy (English artist, 1827-1911) The Christmas Hamper 1874

Fetching Home the Christmas Dinner. From The London Illustrated News, Christmas Supplement. 1848.

Heinrich Ferdinand Werner (German artist, 1867-1928) The Christmas Tree 1909

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (Austrian artist, 1793-1865), Christmas Morning 1844

Hildebrandt Ferdinant Theodor (German painter, 1804–1874) Children Anticipating the Christmas Feast 1840

Joseph Clark (British artist, 1834-1926) A Christmas Dole 1800s

Callcott Horsley (English artist,1817-1903), Under the Mistletoe 1865

Lovis Corinth (German painter, 1858-1925) Distributing Christmas Presents 1913

Augusto Giacometti (Swiss artist, 1877-1947) Christmas 1939

Unknown French artist, Women and Children around the Christmas Tree c 1890 

Anders Zorn, (Swedish artist, 1860–1920) Christmas Morning Service 1908

Franz Cižek (Austrian artist, 1865-1946) Santa with Toys 1910-20

Alois Hänisch (Austrian artist, 1866-1937) Christmas Spirit 1921

Jozsef Rippl-Ronai (Hungarian, 1861-1927) Christmas 1903-4

Jozsef Rippl-Ronai (Hungarian artist, 1861-1927) Christmas 1910

Eugen Kirchner (German artist, 1865-1938) Christmas Eve 1927