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Art for Your Zoom Background

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco / Jul 1, 2021

Do you want to inject some creativity into your Zoom meetings? Why not bring some art into your meeting? We’re thrilled to present twenty-four images of works of art and architecture, each hand-picked by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, that you can use for your Zoom meeting background. Browse the images of artworks and architecture ahead, follow the easy steps to download the image you would like to use, and bring some artistic inspiration to your next team meeting, family get-together, or online hangout with friends.

Make an artwork your Zoom background with these steps:

Click on the “Download” button in the lower right-hand corner below the image you’d like to use and save it to your computer. Or, to download all images, click on the “Download all background images” button.
Open your Zoom app, log in to your account, and click “Host a Meeting.”
While in a meeting, click the “^” button next to “Start Video” in the bottom left-hand corner. Click “Choose Virtual Background”, then “Background and Filters,” then the “+” icon to add the image as an option.
Select the image to make it your background.

To apply the background on mobile devices, refer to Zoom’s official guidelines.

famsf-zoom-backgrounds.zip

Download all background images (8.87 MB)

Salon Doré from the Hôtel de la Trémoille, Paris, ca. 1781. Gilt and painted wood, plaster, stone, mercury gilded glass, 914.4 x 944.9 cm (360 x 372 in.), Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Rheem, 1959.123.2. Photograph by Randy Dodson, © Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

de Young Tower. Photograph by Randy Dodson, © Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Legion Court of Honor. Photograph by Randy Dodson, © Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Attributed to Lederle and Geissler (New York), Iris, lily, and cattail window (detail), ca. 1904. Stained, leaded, and plated glass with wood frame, 57 15/16 x 51 3/8 x 2 in. (147.2 x 130.5 x 5.1 cm). Museum Purchase, Calvin L. Malone American Arts and Crafts Fund, 2017.18. Photograph by Randy Dodson, courtesy Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Auguste Rodin's The Thinker as seen in the Legion Court of Honor. Photograph by Randy Dodson, © Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

de Young Exterior. Photograph by Randy Dodson, © Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910), Burnt Mountain, 1892. Watercolor with traces of graphite underdrawing on wove paper, 13 15/16 x 20 in. (354 x 508 mm). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd, 1979.7.55. Photograph by Randy Dodson, courtesy Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900), Rainy Season in the Tropics, 1866. Oil on canvas, 56 1/4 x 84 1/4 in. (142.9 x 214 cm). Museum purchase, Mildred Anna Williams Collection, 1970.9. Photograph courtesy Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Kilim (detail), 19th century, Afghanistan. Wool; tapestry weave, 69 x 108 in. (175.3 x 274.3 cm). Museum purchase, Gift of Thomas Weisel, 1983.84. Photograph by Randy Dodson, courtesy Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

William Morris (English, 1834–1896), designer, Morris and Company (manufacturer), Bird Curtain, 1878–1881. Wool; doublecloth (jacquard woven), 82 1/2 x 51 in. (209.6 x 129.5 cm). Museum purchase, Art Trust Fund, 1996.47. Photograph by Joseph McDonald, courtesy Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858), artist, Uoya Eikichi, publisher, Precincts of the Tenjin Shrine at Kameido (Kameido Tenjin keidai) (detail), no. 57 from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei), Sixth month of 1856 (series published 1856–1858). Color woodcut, 13 7/16 x 8 3/4 in. (342 x 222 mm). Gift of Miss Carlotta Mabury, 54755.761. Photograph courtesy Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849), artist, Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo), publisher, Fuji in Clear Weather (Red Fuji) (Gaifu kaisei), from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei), ca. 1830–1832. Color woodcut, 9 7/8 x 14 1/2 in. (251 x 368 mm). Gift of Miss Carlotta Mabury, 54755.456. Photograph courtesy Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Willard Leroy Metcalf (American, 1858–1925), Winter's Festival, 1913. Oil on canvas, 26 x 29 in. (66 x 73.7 cm). Gift of Mrs. Herbert Fleishhacker, 47.5.3. Photograph by Randy Dodson, courtesy Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Anonymous, The Royal Chamber in the Public Audience Hall in the Middle of Yazdah Darreh, with the Ruler, Alam Bahador Badshah, and the Great Commanders, a page from the Lady Coote Album, ca. 1780. Ink, transparent and opaque watercolor, and gold paint on paper mounted to an album page with elaborately ornamented borders in ink, transparent and opaque watercolor, and gold paint, sheet: 11 7/8 x 16 3/8 in. (30 x 41.5 cm); album page: 17 3/4 x 24 1/8 in. (45 x 61.3 cm). Museum purchase, partial gift of Mr. and Mrs. John D. MacDonald and Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts Endowment Fund. Photograph by Randy Dodson, courtesy Fine Arts Museums of San Franciscound, 1982.2.70.3

Albert Bierstadt (American, b. Germany, 1830–1902), California Spring, 1875. Oil on canvas, 54 1/4 x 84 1/4 in. (137.8 x 214 cm). Presented to the City and County of San Francisco by Gordon Blanding, 1941.6. Photograph by Randy Dodson, courtesy Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Willem van Aelst (Dutch, 1625–1683), Flowers in a Silver Vase (detail), 1663. Oil on canvas, 26 5/8 x 21 1/2 (67.6 x 54.6 cm). Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Hermann Schuelein, 51.21. Photograph courtesy Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Martin Johnson Heade (American, 1819–1904), Singing Beach, Manchester, Massachusetts, 1863. Oil on canvas, 20 x 36 in. (50.8 x 91.4 cm). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd, 1993.35.12. Photograph by Randy Dodson, courtesy Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926), Waves Breaking, 1881. Oil on canvas, 23 1/2 x 32 in. (59.7 x 81.3 cm). Gift of Prentis Cobb Hale, 1970.10. Photograph by Randy Dodson, courtesy Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926), Sailboats on the Seine at Petit-Gennevilliers, 1874. Oil on canvas, 21 1/4 x 25 3/4 in. (54 x 65.4 cm). Gift of Bruno and Sadie Adriani, 1962.23. Photograph by Joseph McDonald, courtesy Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Pierre Langlois (French, 1738–1781), maker, Strawberry Hill Commode (detail), 1763. Chinese lacquer, English Japanned oak, gilt brass mounts, and verde antico marble top, 34 7/8 x 58 1/4 x 23 1/2 in. (88.6 x 148 x 59.7 cm). Gift of Mrs. William P. Roth, 1985.58a–b. Photograph by Joseph McDonald, © Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926), Water Lilies (detail), ca. 1914–1917. Oil on canvas, 65 3/8 x 56 in. (166.1 x 142.2 cm). Museum purchase, Mildred Anna Williams Collection, 1973.3. Photograph by Joseph McDonald, courtesy Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Théo van Rysselberghe (Belgian, 1862–1926). Garden of the Generalife in Granada, 1913. Oil on hardboard, 31 3/4 x 33 in. (80.6 x 83.8 cm). Gift of B. Gerald Cantor, 1969.1. Photograph by Randy Dodson, courtesy Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Skirt panel (sarong) (detail), ca. 1900, Indonesia. Cotton; plain weave, wax-resist dyeing (batik), 78 5/8 x 41 5/16 in. (199.7 x 105 cm). Museum purchase, Textile Arts Council Endowment Fund, 2004.106.4. Photograph by Randy Dodson, courtesy Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Skirt panel (sarong) (detail), ca. 1900, Indonesia. Cotton; plain weave, wax-resist dyeing (batik), 78 5/8 x 41 5/16 in. (199.7 x 105 cm). Museum purchase, Textile Arts Council Endowment Fund, 2004.106.4. Photograph by Randy Dodson, courtesy Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco