The 24th Winter Olympic Games will be held from February 4 to February 20, 2022 in Beijing and Zhangjiakou, China. On 14 January 2022, the United Nations Postal Administration announced that the United Nations would issue stamps with the theme "Sport for Peace" to celebrate the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. This is the first time that the United Nations has issued a stamp for the Winter Olympics. So what are the winter sports in art history? Let's enjoy the charm of winter sports in the long river of art
Dutch snowscapes and skaters
Jan Griffier I (c. 1652–1718) Jan Griffier
Walpole's description is in line with Griffel's Dutch Snow and the Skater, in which the little figures dressed in red, orange, and rustic brown costumes illuminate the frozen lake and shores. The pink buildings were like red halos on the white cheeks, making the gray snow come alive. Horses, sleds and hand-pulled sleds, along with those depicted in sports, provide a winter scene for the otherwise drowsy and frozen townscape.
Landscapes, including winter scenes and skating scenes, have recurred throughout Griffier's career and are trademarks of his visual dictionary.
Winter Scene Jan Griffy I (c.1652–1718)
Born in Amsterdam, Jan Griffier I moved to London after the Fire of 1666. It is believed that during his early training in the Netherlands, he worked as an apprentice to carpenters, tile painters and floral painters. Griffier developed his etching and painting skills as a student under Dutch artist Roelant Roghman.
In London, Griffier studied under Jan Looten. His works of this period feature small, highly polished, and exquisitely executed urban and rural landscapes. Horace Walpole notes in Anecdotes of English Painting (1762) that the scenes were "presented in rich and concise colours and animated by small people, cows, and buildings." Walpole also identified "mixed scenes of rivers and rich countries" as Griiffel's favorite theme.
Star sleigh
An advertisement for a colorful lithograph of a Star sled in 1886 showing people skiing during the day
Ladies skating on ice 1882
Ludovico Marchetti (1853–1909)
The women in Ludovico Marchetti's Ice Skater are as elegant as the women's skaters in the women's event today.
Skating on Duddingston Lake in 1795
Reverend Dr Robert Walker (1755–1808)
Henry Reben (1756–1823)
Friesland Boor Skating
Henry Heinsling Hainsselin (1815–1886)
The man in Hainsselin's photo is so skilled that he can skate while smoking a pipe.
Alpine skiing
As with figure skating, alpine skiing is undoubtedly the sport most relevant to the Winter Olympics: men's and women's alpine skiing downhill competitions are often considered the culmination of the Olympic Games.
Millicent Emily Ayrton shows skiers arriving in the Swiss alpine resort of Wengen, famous for hosting one of the world's most attended winter sports events: the annual Laubersberg Ski Race.
Millisente Emily Elton (1913–2000)
Wengen, Switzerland, 1955
The painter depicts a busy scene where skiers gather in the foreground while the looming mountains in the background make them small. This contrast emphasizes that many winter sports are not only competing against other competitors, but also fighting against harsh and dangerous terrain.
Skating scenes — moonlight, winter sports
Antique prints, 1868
A picturesque winter scene in the American countryside, many couples and individuals skate in the light of a full moon on a naturally frozen pond or lake surrounded by pine forests. The trees in the foreground and some of the fallen branches were covered with snow. The print was ranked 19th out of 50 in the List of Best Small Folio Prints by the American Association of Historical Print collectors in June 1990, and the print was made by Hundreds of prints by Currier.
Biathlon
Biathlon was developed from military exercises in the snow of Scandinavian countries. In fact, when the sport debuted at the first Winter Olympics in 1924, it wasn't called biathlon, but rather "military patrol." Happily, however, participants now only aimed at the target, not at each other – or unarmed ducks.
In the winter of 1825, the duck was shot
Henry Thomas Alkon (1785–1851)
In Henry Thomas Alken's Winter Duck Shooting, we see a person using a skill — shooting in the snow — along with cross-country skiing, one of the two skills tested in the Winter Olympics in biathlon.
1885 colored lithograph showing people skating
L. Prang & Co. Published in 1885, a colored lithograph showing people skating.
ice hockey
As many hockey enthusiasts know, Canada has won six of the first seven Olympic ice hockey gold medals. But even in Britain, many don't remember that in 1936, Britain won another.
The two images of the same name preserve images of a period when British hockey players could compete with anyone in the world.
Ice hockey at the Westover Ice Rink in Bournemouth, 1920-1940
Henry George Gossan (1879–1941)
From 1920 to 1940, George Henry Gawthorn's Bournemouth Westover Ice Rink's ice hockey was a monochromatic piece of pencil and watercolor that showcased players wearing jerseys and shorts that today we are more likely to associate with rugby.
curling
Most curling paintings on Art UK are in the Scottish Collection, invented in Scotland, where teams representing the United Kingdom at the Winter Olympics – such as Lorna Martin's team that won the gold medal at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics – are usually made up entirely of Scots.
John McGee (1867–1952)
Curling on Lake Kilconquhar in 1905
John McGhie's curling at Kilconquhar Loch and Charles Martin Hardie's curling at Carsebreck demonstrate how much Scotland has long taken the sport. McGee did this by showing the concentration of a small group of curlers, while Hardy's densely populated photographs showed the large number of players and spectators the sport attracted. Although the broom used in curling has changed a lot compared to the ridiculously old broom depicted by McGhie and Martin (to us), the curling stone seems to have changed little.
Winter landscape of skaters and bird catchers in 1565
Pieter Bruegel (c. 1525 – 9 September 1569)
This painting depicts a winter landscape on the outskirts of the city. The painter is from the height of a hillside to overlook this silver-clad countryside. A piece of white snow on the painting gives people a feeling of cold condensation and slaughter. In the frozen pond, where people skate and play games, these tiny people dot the desolation and silence of winter. The tones of the picture are harmonious with brown, white and green, and the viewer can understand an inner rhythm from it.
Late 18th century curling competition
A sports print of a late 18th-century curling competition at the foot of the castle – presumably a festive ice castle in Quebec. A large army of reds is stationed on the left side of the game, and onlookers enjoy festive entertainment in the background.
Curling is performed on ice, with flat-bottomed ice cubes sliding toward concentric circle targets, with players sweeping the ice with a broom in front of the ice cubes to adjust the speed.
The print was apparently released to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Royal Montreal Curling Club, the first curling club to be founded in North America
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