20 New Years Paintings

Written by Teresita Blanco (The Artsy Sister)

New year doesn’t often appear in artworks in the West. I suppose that most folks are celebrating new years. They are too busy partying to bother to paint.

I saw more Japanese prints featuring new years. It is a bigger celebration in Asia. Perhaps, the impressionists made New Years popular thanks to the Japanese prints. The first New Years tradition is to wait until midnight.

I saw an interesting painting that features turning off a candle. The New Years Baby showed up around the turn of the century. Champagne is also a pretty common tradition.

Just showing champagne is associated with New Years. Father Frost bringing in the New Years is more of a Russian thing. The fireworks at New Years was depicted in the painting above is from the 1950s.

I like a lot Angy Warhol’s champagne glasses with confetti. It screams new years. I think I ranted enough about New Years for one day. You can check out the video blog in my Artsy Sister Youtube channel. Please give a like and subscribe.