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The background paintings on this site are in the public domain (CC0) and come from the Art Institute of Chicago’s open collection. Book covers come from Open Library and Google Books.

• Sunrise, Charles François Daubigny, 1850. Art Institute of Chicago
• Moonlight at Valmondois, Charles François Daubigny, 1877. Art Institute of Chicago
• The Beach at Sainte-Adresse, Claude Monet, 1867. Art Institute of Chicago
• The Bay of Marseille, Seen from L'Estaque, Paul Cezanne, c. 1885. Art Institute of Chicago
• Catskill Mountains, George Inness, 1870. Art Institute of Chicago
• The Petite Creuse River, Claude Monet, 1889. Art Institute of Chicago
• The Poet's Garden, Vincent van Gogh, 1888. Art Institute of Chicago
• Nocturne: Blue and Gold—Southampton Water, James McNeill Whistler, 1872. Art Institute of Chicago
• Bathers in a Forest, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1895/97. Art Institute of Chicago
• View of Cotopaxi, Frederic Edwin Church, 1857. Art Institute of Chicago
• Approaching Storm, Eugène Louis Boudin, 1864. Art Institute of Chicago
• Icebound, John Henry Twachtman, c. 1889. Art Institute of Chicago
• The Moon at Night, George Inness, 1890. Art Institute of Chicago
• The Winter Sun, George Gardner Symons, about 1909. Art Institute of Chicago
• Landscape: Window Overlooking the Woods, Édouard Jean Vuillard, 1899. Art Institute of Chicago