Hammock in Painting (1)

Hammock in Painting (2)

Joseph DeCamp, The Hammock, c.1895

William Chadwick

Irwing R. Wiles. Afternoon Tea on the Terrace

A hammock, as many other useful things, was invented by South American Indians. It would save them from the damp of the topical jungle, from creeping and crawling insects. It was brought in the Old World by the sailors, who used hammocks instead of beds. In Europe, hammocks were rarely used for their intended purpose, basically it was an exotic decoration, a place for a short rest and a nap.
Psychologists claim that one will need much less time for recuperation, resting in a hammock, as a human body weight is distributed among hundreds of threads, thereby providing rest for the vestibular system.

Robert Thegerstrom

In the Hammock, Giuseppe De Nittis, 1884

Edward John Gregory, The Sound of Oars

Sir John Lavery, The Red Fan

Giovanni Boldini, 1982

Gijsbertus Derksen

Girl in a Hammock, Winsler Homer, 1873

Sir John Lavery, Red Hammock

James Jacques Tissot, The Hammock

Henri Joseph Pauwels

Henri Lebasque, Young Girl in Hammock

Gaston Haustrate

Anders Zorn

Jules Octave Triquet, Girl in a Hammock

Francis Davis Millet

Henri Lebasque, Hammock

Emily Mary Osborn, A Golden Day Dream

Leon Jean Perrault

Jan van Beers, In the Hammock

Arthur John Elsley

Gustave Courbet

Sir John Lavery

Helen Lamb

James Carroll Beckwith

Henri Gaston Darien

Henri Gaston Darien. Summer Garde

Joseph Frederic Charles Soulacroix, Flirtation

Jean Robert Pinet