1. The Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci is one of the most famous paintings in the world. It was finished between 1503 and 1519 and features a portrait of Lisa del Giocondo. It is now on exhibit in Paris at the Louvre Museum.
2. Starry Night
Despite the fact that Vincent van Gogh produced several well-known works, such as his painting Starry Night, which depicts the view from his hospital room where he was staying at the time—is often regarded as his masterpiece.
3. The Scream
Edvard Munch’s most famous painting, The Scream, was painted in 1893 using oil and pastel on cardboard. The figure in the painting is said to be inspired by the host from Tales from the Crypt, and the backdrop is believed to be Oslo, Norway.
4. Guernica
The 1937 bombing of Guernica, Spain, during the Spanish Civil War served as inspiration for Pablo Picasso to produce the iconic picture Guernica. The Spanish government commissioned the artwork to represent the misery caused by conflict and serve as a peace symbol.
5. The Persistence of Memory
The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali in 1931 is one of the most recognizable and individual works of art history, depicting a dismal shoreline draped with melting clocks from Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity.
6. Three Musicians
The oil painting Three Musicians by Pablo Picasso was finished in 1921. The Philadelphia Museum of Art and the New York MoMA both include paintings titled Three Musicians that are comparable to one another.
7. A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
Georges Seurat’s most famous piece, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, is created using the unique technique of pointillism, in which an image is made up of only distinct individual dots.
8. Girl with a Pearl Earring
Some people consider the “Girl with a Pearl Earring” painting by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer to be the “Mona Lisa of the North.” The painting, completed around 1665, features a girl wearing a pearl earring. It is now located in the Mauritshuis Gallery in the Hague.
9. Whistler’s Mother
Whistler’s Mother is a very famous portrait by Whistler, James McNeill It is one of the few American works on this list and was painted in 1871. It is rarely seen because it belongs to a Parisian museum.
10. Portrait de L’artiste Sans Barbe
Van Gogh’s Self-Portrait without Beard is a notable painting for several reasons. Firstly, One of the rare portraits that show him without a beard is this one. Second, it was one of the most expensive paintings when it sold in 1998 for $71.5 million.
11. The Night Watch
De Nachtwacht is the most commonly used word in modern culture. Rembrandt (van Rijn) was hired by a militia captain and his 17 militia guards in 1642 to paint their company in an attempt to impress the French queen who would be visiting.
12. The Kiss
The Kiss, Gustav Klimt’s most popular painting, was also a realistic yet geometric representation of a kissing couple, created in 1908.
13. Water Lilies
Claude Monet, a French painter, created a series of 250 pieces known as Water Lilies between 1840 and 1926, which is exactly what it sounds like, 250 paintings depicting a water lily pond from his backyard, which is deserving on this list.
14. The Flower Carrier
Diego Rivera painted The Flower Carrier, also known as “Cargador de Flores,” in 1935. The Flower Carrier is another of Rivera’s straightforward works distinguished by its vibrant colors.
15. American Gothic
American Gothic, painted by Grant Wood in 1930, is an iconic piece of American art. It is a dry depiction of a farmer and his Plain-Jane daughter, personifying the Great Depression.
16. Cafe Terrace at Night
Although Van Gogh’s never-prolific Vincent Van Gogh’s Cafe Terrace at Night (1888) is one of the most realistic representations of such a mundane setting, he does mention his famous Cafe masterpiece in several personal papers.
17. The Son of Man
Rene Magrittees The Son of Man, the most recent Despite being a self-portrait, the piece on this list, which has a floating green apple that largely obscures his face, his series of paintings titled The Great War on Facades.
18. No. 5, 1948
The impersonally named No. 5, 1948, although tumultuous, is still a signature work of art and a piece of art that provides insight into Pollock’s turbulent times.
19. Bal du moulin de la Galette
This painting, by French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir, is one of the most expensive paintings of all time, selling for $78.1 million. The painting is famous for its imagery, which is not immediately recognizable.
20. Dogs Playing Poker
C.M. Coolidge, an American artist, was commissioned by Brown & Begelow Cigars to create 16 iconic paintings of dogs playing poker. This sequence of dogs playing cards at a table has been frequently imitated in greeting cards and culture.
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