Masterpieces of painting (33 masterpieces of world painting - a selection). The most famous and significant paintings of the world for the history of art The best works of art in the world

The most famous and significant for the history of art pictures of the world for your inspiration.

The immortal paintings of great artists are admired by millions of people. Art, classical and modern, is one of the most important sources of inspiration, taste and cultural education of any person, and even more creative.

There are definitely more world-famous paintings than 33. There are several hundred of them, and all of them would not fit in one review. Therefore, for ease of viewing, we have selected a few that are most significant for world culture and are often copied. Each work is accompanied by an interesting fact, an explanation of the artistic meaning or the history of its creation.

Raphael "Sistine Madonna" 1512

Stored in the Old Masters Gallery in Dresden.

The picture has a little secret: the background, which looks like clouds from a distance, upon closer examination turns out to be the heads of angels. And the two angels depicted in the picture below have become the motif of numerous postcards and posters.

Rembrandt "The Night Watch" 1642

Stored in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

The true name of the painting by Rembrandt is "The performance of the rifle company of Captain Frans Banning Cock and Lieutenant Willem van Ruytenburg." Art critics who discovered the painting in the 19th century thought that the figures were standing against a dark background, and they called it “Night Watch”. Later it was discovered that a layer of soot makes the picture dark, and the action actually takes place during the day. However, the picture has already entered the treasury of world art under the name "Night Watch".

Leonardo da Vinci "The Last Supper" 1495-1498

Located in the monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan.

Over the more than 500-year history of the work, the fresco has been destroyed more than once: a doorway was made through the painting, and then a doorway was laid, the refectory of the monastery, where the image is located, was used as an armory, a prison, and bombed. The famous fresco has been restored at least five times, with the most recent restoration taking 21 years. Today, to view the work of art, visitors must book tickets in advance and can only spend 15 minutes in the refectory.

Salvador Dali "The Persistence of Memory" 1931

According to the author himself, the picture was painted as a result of associations that arose in Dali at the sight of processed cheese. Returning from the cinema, where she went that evening, Gala quite correctly predicted that no one who saw "The Persistence of Memory" once would forget it.

Pieter Brueghel the Elder "Tower of Babel" 1563

Stored at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.

According to Brueghel, the failure that befell the construction of the Tower of Babel was not due to language barriers that suddenly arose according to the biblical story, but to mistakes made during the construction process. At first glance, the huge structure seems solid enough, but upon closer inspection, it is clear that all the tiers are laid unevenly, the lower floors are either unfinished or are already collapsing, the building itself is tilting towards the city, and the prospects for the entire project are very sad.

Kazimir Malevich "Black Square" 1915

According to the artist, he painted the picture for several months. Subsequently, Malevich made several copies of the "Black Square" (according to some sources, seven). According to one version, the artist was unable to complete the work on the painting in the right time, so he had to cover up the work with black paint. Subsequently, after the recognition of the public, Malevich painted new "Black Squares" already on blank canvases. Malevich also painted the paintings "Red Square" (two copies) and one "White Square".

Kuzma Sergeevich Petrov-Vodkin "Bathing the red horse" 1912

Located in the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.

Painted in 1912, the picture turned out to be visionary. The red horse acts as the Destiny of Russia or Russia itself, which the fragile and young rider is unable to hold. thus, the artist symbolically predicted with his painting the “red” fate of Russia in the 20th century.

Peter Paul Rubens "The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus" 1617-1618

Stored in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich.

The painting "The Abduction of the Daughters of Leucippus" is considered the personification of courageous passion and bodily beauty. The strong, muscular arms of young men pick up young naked women to put them on horseback. The sons of Zeus and Leda steal the brides of their cousins.

Paul Gauguin "Where did we come from? Who are we? Where are we going?" 1898

Stored at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

At the direction of Gauguin himself, the picture should be read from right to left - the three main groups of figures illustrate the questions posed in the title. Three women with a child represent the beginning of life; the middle group symbolizes the daily existence of maturity; in the final group, according to the artist's intention, "an old woman approaching death seems reconciled and indulged in her thoughts", at her feet "a strange white bird ... represents the futility of words."

Eugene Delacroix "Liberty Leading the People" 1830

Stored in the Louvre in Paris

Delacroix created a painting based on the July Revolution of 1830 in France. In a letter to his brother on October 12, 1830, Delacroix writes: "If I did not fight for the Motherland, then at least I will write for her." The bare chest of a woman leading the people symbolizes the selflessness of the French people of that time, who with “bare chest” went to the enemy.

Claude Monet "Impression. Rising Sun" 1872

Stored at the Musée Marmottan in Paris.

The name of the work "Impression, soleil levant" with the light hand of the journalist L. Leroy became the name of the artistic direction "Impressionism". The painting was painted from nature in the old outport of Le Havre in France.

Jan Vermeer "Girl with a pearl earring" 1665

Stored in the Mauritshuis Gallery in The Hague.

One of the most famous paintings by the Dutch artist Jan Vermeer is often referred to as the Northern or Dutch Mona Lisa. Very little is known about the painting: it is not dated, the name of the depicted girl is not known. In 2003, based on the novel of the same name by Tracey Chevalier, the feature film "Girl with a Pearl Earring" was shot, in which the history of the creation of the canvas is hypothetically restored in the context of Vermeer's biography and family life.

Ivan Aivazovsky "The Ninth Wave" 1850

Stored in St. Petersburg in the State Russian Museum.

Ivan Aivazovsky is a world famous Russian marine painter who has dedicated his life to depicting the sea. He created about six thousand works, each of which received recognition during the life of the artist. The painting "The Ninth Wave" is included in the book "100 Great Paintings".

Andrei Rublev "Trinity" 1425-1427

The icon of the Holy Trinity, painted by Andrei Rublev in the 15th century, is one of the most famous Russian icons. The icon is a board in a vertical format. The tsars (Ivan the Terrible, Boris Godunov, Mikhail Fedorovich) "encrusted" the icon with gold, silver and precious stones. Today the salary is stored in the Sergiev Posad State Museum-Reserve.

Mikhail Vrubel "Seated Demon" 1890

Stored in the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.

The plot of the picture is inspired by Lermontov's poem "The Demon". The demon is an image of the strength of the human spirit, internal struggle, doubts. Tragically clasping his hands, the Demon sits with sad, huge eyes directed into the distance, surrounded by unprecedented flowers.

William Blake "The Great Architect" 1794

Stored in the British Museum in London.

The name of the painting "The Ancient of Days" literally translates from English as "Ancient of Days". This phrase was used as the name of God. The main character of the picture is God at the moment of creation, who does not establish order, but limits freedom and marks the limits of the imagination.

Edouard Manet "Bar at the Folies Bergère" 1882

Stored at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London.

The Folies Bergère is a variety show and cabaret in Paris. Manet frequented the Folies Bergère and ended up painting this painting, his last before his death in 1883. Behind the bar, in the midst of a drinking, eating, talking, and smoking crowd, is a bartender absorbed in her own thoughts, watching a trapeze acrobat, who can be seen in the upper left corner of the picture.

Titian "Earthly Love and Heavenly Love" 1515-1516

Stored in the Galleria Borghese in Rome.

It is noteworthy that the modern name of the painting was not given by the artist himself, but began to be used only two centuries later. Until that time, the painting had various titles: "Beauty Embellished and Unadorned" (1613), "Three Types of Love" (1650), "Divine and Secular Women" (1700), and, in the end, "Earthly Love and Heavenly Love » (1792 and 1833).

Mikhail Nesterov "Vision to the youth Bartholomew" 1889-1890

Stored in the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.

The first and most significant work from the cycle dedicated to Sergius of Radonezh. Until the end of his days, the artist was convinced that “The Vision of the Young Bartholomew” was his best work. In his old age, the artist liked to repeat: “It’s not me who will live. The “Youth Bartholomew” will live.” Now, if in thirty, fifty years after my death he will still say something to people - that means he is alive, which means that I am also alive ."

Pieter Bruegel the Elder "The Parable of the Blind" 1568

Stored in the Capodimonte Museum in Naples.

Other names of the painting are “The Blind”, “Parabola of the Blind”, “The Blind Leading the Blind”. It is believed that the plot of the picture is based on the biblical parable of the blind: "If the blind lead the blind, then both of them will fall into the pit."

Viktor Vasnetsov "Alyonushka" 1881

Stored in the State Tretyakov Gallery.

The fairy tale "About sister Alyonushka and brother Ivanushka" is taken as a basis. Initially, Vasnetsov's painting was called "Fool Alyonushka". Orphans were called “fools” at that time. “Alyonushka,” the artist himself later said, “as if she had been living in my head for a long time, but in reality I saw her in Akhtyrka when I met one simple-haired girl who struck my imagination. There was so much longing, loneliness and purely Russian sadness in her eyes ... Some special Russian spirit emanated from her."

Vincent van Gogh Starry Night 1889

Stored at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Unlike most of the artist's paintings, Starry Night was painted from memory. Van Gogh was at that time in the Saint-Remy hospital, tormented by bouts of insanity.

Karl Bryullov "The Last Day of Pompeii" 1830-1833

Stored in the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg.

The painting depicts the famous eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. e. and the destruction of the city of Pompeii near Naples. The image of the artist in the left corner of the picture is a self-portrait of the author.

Pablo Picasso "Girl on a ball" 1905

Stored in the Pushkin Museum, Moscow

The painting ended up in Russia thanks to the industrialist Ivan Abramovich Morozov, who bought it in 1913 for 16,000 francs. In 1918, the personal collection of I. A. Morozov was nationalized. At the moment, the painting is in the collection of the State Museum of Fine Arts named after A.S. Pushkin.

Leonardo da Vinci "Madonna Litta" 1491

Stored in the Hermitage in St. Petersburg.

The original title of the painting is Madonna and Child. The modern name of the painting comes from the name of its owner, Count Litta, owner of a family art gallery in Milan. There is an assumption that the figure of the baby was not painted by Leonardo da Vinci, but belongs to the brush of one of his students. This is evidenced by the baby's pose, which is unusual for the author's manner.

Jean Ingres "Turkish Baths" 1862

Stored in the Louvre in Paris.

Ingres finished painting this picture when he was already over 80 years old. With this picture, the artist sums up a peculiar result of the image of bathers, the themes of which have long been present in his work. Initially, the canvas was in the form of a square, but a year after its completion, the artist turned it into a round picture - a tondo.

Ivan Shishkin, Konstantin Savitsky "Morning in a pine forest" 1889

Stored in the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow

“Morning in a Pine Forest” is a painting by Russian artists Ivan Shishkin and Konstantin Savitsky. Savitsky painted bears, but the collector Pavel Tretyakov, when he acquired the painting, erased his signature, so now only Shishkin is indicated as the author of the painting.

Mikhail Vrubel "The Swan Princess" 1900

Stored in the State Tretyakov Gallery

The picture was painted on the basis of the stage image of the heroine of the opera "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" by N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov based on the plot of the fairy tale of the same name by A. S. Pushkin. Vrubel created sketches for the scenery and costumes for the premiere of the opera in 1900, and his wife sang the part of the Swan Princess.

Giuseppe Arcimboldo "Portrait of Emperor Rudolf II in the form of Vertumnus" 1590

Located in Skokloster Castle in Stockholm.

One of the few surviving works of the artist, who made portraits from fruits, vegetables, flowers, crustaceans, fish, pearls, musical and other instruments, books, and so on. "Vertumnus" is a portrait of the emperor, represented as the ancient Roman god of the seasons, vegetation and transformation. In the picture, Rudolph consists entirely of fruits, flowers and vegetables.

Edgar Degas "Blue Dancers" 1897

Located in the Museum of Art. A. S. Pushkin in Moscow.

Degas was a big fan of ballet. He is called the artist of ballerinas. The work "Blue Dancers" refers to the late period of Degas's work, when his eyesight weakened, and he began to work with large color spots, giving paramount importance to the decorative organization of the surface of the picture.

Leonardo da Vinci "Mona Lisa" 1503-1505

Stored in the Louvre, Paris.

The Mona Lisa might not have gained worldwide fame if it had not been stolen in 1911 by an employee of the Louvre. The painting was found two years later in Italy: the thief responded to an ad in a newspaper and offered to sell the Gioconda to the director of the Uffizi Gallery. All this time, while the investigation was going on, "Mona Lisa" did not leave the covers of newspapers and magazines around the world, becoming an object of copying and worship.

Sandro Botticelli "The Birth of Venus" 1486

Stored in Florence at the Uffizi Gallery

The painting illustrates the myth of the birth of Aphrodite. The naked goddess floats to the shore in an open shell, driven by the wind. On the left side of the picture, Zephyr (the west wind), in the arms of his wife Chlorida, blows on a shell, creating a wind filled with flowers. On the shore, the goddess is met by one of the graces. The Birth of Venus is well preserved due to the fact that Botticelli applied a protective layer of egg yolk to the painting.

Michelangelo "Creation of Adam" 1511

Located in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican.

“Every portrait painted with feeling is, in essence, a portrait of the artist, and not of the one who posed for him” Oscar Wilde

What does it take to be an artist? Mere imitation of work cannot be considered art. Art is something that comes from within. The author's idea, excitement, searches, desires and sorrows, which are embodied on the artist's canvas. Throughout the history of mankind, hundreds of thousands, and perhaps millions of paintings have been written. Some of them, indeed, masterpieces, are known all over the world, they are known even to people who are not related to art. Is it possible to single out 25 of the most outstanding among such paintings? The task is very difficult, but we tried ...

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The Persistence of Memory, Salvador Dali

Thanks to this painting, Dali became famous at a fairly young age, he was 28 years old. The picture has several more names - "Soft watch", "Hardness of memory". This masterpiece has attracted the attention of many art historians. Basically, they were interested in the interpretation of the picture. It is said that the idea of ​​Dali's canvas is connected with Einstein's theory of relativity.

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"Dance", Henri Matisse

Henri Matisse was not always an artist. He discovered his love for painting after receiving a degree in law in Paris. He studied art so zealously that he became one of the greatest artists in the world. This picture has very little negative criticism of art critics. It reflects a combination of pagan rituals, dance and music. People are dancing in a trance. Three colors - green, blue and red - symbolize the Earth, Sky and Humanity.

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The Kiss, Gustav Klimt

Gustav Klimt has often been criticized for being nude in his paintings. The Kiss was critically acclaimed as it merged all forms of art. The painting could be an image of the artist himself and his lover, Emilia. Klimt painted this canvas under the influence of Byzantine mosaics. The Byzantines used gold in their paintings. Similarly, Gustav Klimt mixed gold in his paints to create his own style of painting.

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Sleeping Gypsy, Henri Rousseau

No one but Rousseau himself could describe this picture better. Here is his description - “a nomadic gypsy who sings her songs to a mandolin, sleeps on the ground from fatigue, her jug ​​of drinking water lies nearby. A lion passing by came up to sniff her, but did not touch her. Everything is bathed in moonlight, a very poetic atmosphere.” It is noteworthy that Henri Rousseau is self-taught.

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"The Last Judgment", Hieronymus Bosch

Without further ado - the picture is simply magnificent. This triptych is the largest of Bosch's surviving paintings. The left wing shows the story of Adam and Eve. The central part is the "Last Judgment" on the part of Jesus - who should go to heaven and who should go to hell. The earth we see here is on fire. On the right wing is depicted a disgusting image of hell.

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Everyone knows Narcissus from Greek mythology - a man who was obsessed with his appearance. Dali wrote his own interpretation of Narcissus.

The story is like this. The beautiful young man Narcissus easily broke the hearts of many girls. The gods intervened and, to punish him, showed him his reflection in the water. Narcissus fell in love with himself and ended up dying because he couldn't hug himself. Then the Gods regretted that they had done this to him, and decided to immortalize him in the form of a narcissus flower.

On the left side of the picture is Narcissus looking at his reflection. Then he fell in love with himself. The right panel shows the events that unfolded after, including the resulting flower, the daffodil.

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The plot of the picture is based on the biblical massacre of the babies in Bethlehem. After the birth of Christ became known from the Magi, King Herod instructed to kill all the small male children and babies in Bethlehem. In the picture, the carnage is at its peak, the last few children taken from their mothers are waiting for their merciless death. Also visible are the corpses of children for whom everything is behind them.

Thanks to the use of rich colors, Rubens' painting has become a world-famous masterpiece.

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Pollock's work is very different from other artists. He placed his canvas on the ground and moved around the canvas and walked on it, dripping paint from above onto the canvas with sticks, brushes and syringes. Thanks to this unique technique, he was nicknamed "Sprinkler Jack" in artistic circles. For some time this painting held the title of the most expensive painting in the world.

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Also known as "Dancing at Les Moulins de la Galette". This painting is considered one of Renoir's most joyful paintings. The idea of ​​the picture is to show the audience the fun side of Parisian life. With a detailed study of the picture, you can see that Renoir placed several of his friends on the canvas. Because the painting appears slightly washed out, it was initially criticized by Renoir's contemporaries.

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The story is taken from the Bible. The Last Supper depicts Christ's last supper before his arrest. He had just spoken to his apostles and told them that one of them would betray him. All the apostles are saddened and tell him that it is certainly not them. It was this moment that da Vinci beautifully portrayed with his lively image. It took the great Leonardo four years to complete this painting.

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Monet's "Water Lilies" can be found everywhere. You've probably seen them on wallpapers, posters, and art magazine covers. The fact is that Monet was obsessed with lilies. Before he started painting them, he had grown countless of these flowers. Monet built a Japanese-style bridge in his garden over a lily pond. He was so pleased with what he did that he drew this story seventeen times in one year.

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There is something sinister and mysterious in this picture, there is an aura of fear around it. Only such a master as Munch was able to portray fear on paper. Munch made four versions of The Scream in oils and pastels. According to Munch's diary entries, it is pretty clear that he himself believed in death and spirits. In the painting “The Scream”, he depicted himself at the moment when one day, walking with friends, he felt fear and excitement, which he wanted to paint.

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The painting, which is usually referred to as a symbol of motherhood, should not have become one. It is said that Whistler's model, who was supposed to pose for the picture, did not show up, and he decided to paint his mother instead. We can say that the sad life of the artist's mother is depicted here. This mood is due to the dark colors that are used in this painting.

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Picasso met Dora Maar in Paris. It is said that she was intellectually closer to Picasso than all his previous mistresses. Using cubism, Picasso was able to convey movement in his work. It seems that Maar's face is turning to the right, towards the face of Picasso. The artist made the woman's presence almost real. Maybe he wanted to feel that she was there, always.

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Van Gogh painted Starry Night while in treatment, where he was only allowed to paint when his condition improved. Earlier in the same year, he cut off his left earlobe. Many considered the artist insane. Of Van Gogh's entire collection of works, Starry Night is the most famous, perhaps due to the unusual spherical light around the stars.

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In this painting, Manet recreated Titian's Venus of Urbino. The artist had a bad reputation for depicting prostitutes. Although the gentlemen at that time visited the courtesans quite often, they did not think that it would occur to someone to draw them. Then it was preferable for artists to paint pictures on historical, mythical or biblical themes. However, Manet, contrary to criticism, showed the audience their contemporary.

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This painting is a historical canvas depicting Napoleon's conquest of Spain.

Having received an order for paintings depicting the struggle of the people of Spain with Napoleon, the artist did not paint heroic and pathetic canvases. He chose the moment of execution of the Spanish rebels by French soldiers. Each of the Spaniards is experiencing this moment in his own way, someone has already reconciled, but for someone the main battle has just come. War, blood and death, that's what Goya actually portrayed.

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It is believed that the depicted girl is the eldest daughter of Vermeer, Maria. Her features are present in many of his works, but it is difficult to compare them. A book with the same title was written by Tracey Chevalier. But Tracy's version of who is depicted in this picture is completely different. She claims that she took this topic because there is very little information about Vermeer and his paintings, and this particular painting has a mysterious atmosphere. Later, a film was made based on her novel.

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The exact name of the painting is “The performance of the rifle company of Captain Frans Banning Cock and Lieutenant Willem van Ruytenbürg.” The rifle society was a civilian militia that was called upon to defend the city. In addition to the militia, Rembrandt added a few extra people to the composition. Considering that he bought an expensive house at the time of writing this picture, it may well be true that he received a huge fee for The Night Watch.

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Although the painting contains an image of Velázquez himself, it is not a self-portrait. The main character of the canvas is Infanta Margherita, daughter of King Philip IV. It depicts the moment when Velazquez, working on a portrait of the king and queen, is forced to stop and look at the Infanta Margherita, who has just entered the room with her retinue. The picture looks almost alive, awakening curiosity in the audience.

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This is the only painting by Brueghel that was painted in oils and not in tempera. There are still doubts about the authenticity of the painting, mainly for two reasons. Firstly, he did not paint in oils, and secondly, recent studies have shown that under the layer of painting there is a schematic drawing of poor quality, which does not belong to Brueghel.

The painting depicts the history of Icarus and the moment of his fall. According to the myth, Icarus' feathers were attached with wax, and as Icarus rose very close to the sun, the wax melted and he fell into the water. This landscape inspired Wystan Hugh Auden to write his most famous poem on the same subject.

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The School of Athens is perhaps the most famous fresco by the Italian Renaissance artist, Raphael.

On this mural in the School of Athens, all the great mathematicians, philosophers and scientists gathered under one roof, they share their theories and learn from each other. All the heroes lived at different times, but Raphael placed them all in the same room. Some of the figures are Aristotle, Plato, Pythagoras and Ptolemy. A closer look shows that there is a self-portrait of Raphael himself in this picture. Every artist would like to leave their mark, the only difference is the form. Although maybe he considered himself one of these great figures?

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Michelangelo never considered himself an artist, he always thought of himself more as a sculptor. But, he managed to create an amazing exquisite fresco, before which the whole world reveres. This masterpiece is on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. Michelangelo was commissioned to paint several biblical stories, one of which is the creation of Adam. In this picture, the sculptor in Michelangelo is just visible. Adam's human body is rendered with incredible fidelity, with vibrant colors and precise muscular form. So, one can agree with the author, after all, he is more of a sculptor.

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"Mona Lisa", Leonardo da Vinci

Although it is the most studied painting, the Mona Lisa is still the most mysterious. Leonardo said that he never stopped working on it. Only his death is said to have completed the painting. "Mona Lisa" is the first Italian portrait in which the model is shown to the waist. Mona Lisa's skin seems to glow due to the use of several layers of transparent oils. As a scientist, Leonardo da Vinci applied all his knowledge to make the image of the Mona Lisa realistic. As for who exactly is depicted in the painting, it still remains a mystery.

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The painting depicts Venus, the goddess of love, floating on a shell in the wind, which is blown by Zephyr, the god of the west wind. On the shore, Ora, the goddess of the seasons, meets her, she is ready to dress the newborn deity. The model for Venus is Simonetta Cattaneo de Vespucci. Simonetta Cattaneo died at 22, and Botticelli wished to be buried next to her. He had an unrequited love for her. This painting is the most exquisite work of art ever created.

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Conclusion

It was an article TOP 25 most famous paintings in the world. Thank you for your attention!

Art is almost as old as humanity itself, and countless unique works have been created over the centuries of our existence.

It would probably be too bold to make a list of the most outstanding masterpieces, because the criteria for evaluating creativity are too subjective. That is why our rating contains paintings and sculptures that are certainly the most recognizable in the world, which does not mean at all that they are somehow better than other brilliant works.
What creations are the most famous? Find out right now! Perhaps you are not familiar with everyone, and it's time to test your erudition and horizons.

25. Bathers by Paul Cézanne

This painting is considered a real masterpiece of modern art. "Bathers" is one of the most famous works of Paul Cezanne. For the first time, the work was presented to the general public at an exhibition in 1906. Cezanne's oil painting paved the way for the artists of the future, allowing them to move away from traditional patterns, and built a bridge between post-impressionism and the art of the 20th century.

24. Discus Thrower by Miron

The Discobolus is a legendary Greek statue made by the famous Greek sculptor Myron of Eleutherae between about 460 and 450 BC. e. The Romans admired the work a lot, and they even made several copies of this sculpture before its original disappeared without a trace. Subsequently, "Discobolus" became a symbol of the Olympic Games.

23. Apollo and Daphne by Bernini

Apollo and Daphne is a life-size sculpture created by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini around 1622-1625. The masterpiece depicts a half-naked woman trying to escape her pursuer. The sculpture clearly demonstrates the high skill of its creator, who recreated the culmination of the famous story of Ovid (Ovid) about Daphne and Phoebus (Daphna, Phoebus).

22. Night Watch by Rembrandt

A masterpiece by the internationally acclaimed Danish artist Rembrandt, The Night Watch is one of the most famous paintings of the 17th century. The work was completed in 1642 and commissioned to depict a group portrait of the rifle company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq and Lieutenant Willem van Ruytenburg (Frans Banning Cocq, Willem van Ruytenburgh). Today, the painting adorns the exhibition of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

21. Massacre of the Innocents by Rubens

“The Massacre of the Innocents” is a picture that tells about the terrible order of the Jewish king Herod, by whose command all the babies of Bethlehem and its environs up to 2 years old were killed. The tyrant believed in the prediction that the day was coming when the King of Israel would remove him from the throne, and he hoped that his future rival would be among the children killed. A representative of the Flemish baroque, Rubens wrote two versions of the famous biblical story with a difference of 25 years. The first version of the picture is now in front of you, and it was painted between 1611 and 1612.

20. Campbell - Beef Onion Soup by Warhol

Painted by American artist Andy Warhol in 1962, Campbell's Onion Soup with Beef is one of the most famous examples of contemporary art. In his work, Warhol masterfully demonstrated the monotony of the advertising industry by reproducing many copies of the same product on his giant canvas. Warhol also said that he ate these soups every day for 20 years. Perhaps that is why the can of onion soup became the object of his famous work.

19. Starry Night by Van Gogh

The Starry Night oil painting is by the Danish post-impressionist Vincent van Gogh, who completed this legendary work in 1889. The artist was inspired to write the picture, looking at the night sky through the window of his room in the Saint-Paul hospital, the city of Saint-Remy, Southern France (Saint-Paul Asylum, Saint-Remy). It was there that the famous creator at one time sought rest from the emotional suffering that haunted him until the end of his days.

18. Rock paintings of Chauvet cave

The drawings discovered in the south of France in the Chauvet cave are one of the most famous and best preserved prehistoric masterpieces of world art. The age of these works is approximately 30,000 - 33,000 years. The walls of the cave are masterfully depicted with hundreds of prehistoric animals, including bears, mammoths, cave lions, panthers and hyenas.

17. Kiss by Rodin

The Kiss is a marble statue created by the eminent French sculptor Auguste Rodin in 1889. The plot of the masterpiece was inspired by the sad story of Paolo and Francesca, characters from the legendary work of Dante Alighieri "The Divine Comedy" (Paolo, Francesca, Dante Alighieri). The lovers were killed by Francesca's husband, who suddenly caught the young people when the boy and girl, enchanted by each other, exchanged their first kiss.

16. Manneken Pis, author unknown

"Manneken Pis" or "Manneken Pis" is a small bronze sculpture that has become a real attraction of the fountain in the center of Brussels. The original authorship of the work is unknown, but in 1619 it was finalized by the Belgian sculptor Jerome Duquesnoy. The visiting card of the city, "Manneken Pis" was supposedly installed in memory of the events of the Grimbergen War, during which, according to one version, a pissing baby urinated on soldiers, and according to another, he extinguished enemy ammunition that threatened to destroy the entire city. On holidays, the sculpture is dressed up in themed costumes.

15. The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali

Painted in 1931 by the famous Spanish artist Salvador Dali, The Persistence of Memory is one of the most recognizable masterpieces of Surrealist art in the history of painting. The work depicts a gloomy sandy shore strewn with melting clocks. For such an unusual plot, Dali was inspired by the theory of relativity of Albert Einstein.

14. Pieta or Lamentation of Christ by Michelangelo

The Pieta is a famous Renaissance sculpture created by the Florentine artist Michelangelo between 1498 and 1500. The work describes a biblical scene - Mary holds in her arms the body of Jesus taken down from the cross. Now the sculpture is in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. Pieta is the only work by Michelangelo that he signed.

13. Water Lilies by Claude Monet

Water Lilies is a series of approximately 250 oil paintings by the world famous French Impressionist Claude Monet. The collection of these works is recognized as one of the most outstanding achievements of art of the early 20th century. If you place all the paintings together, it creates the illusion of an endless landscape filled with water lilies, trees and clouds reflected in the water.

12. Scream by Edvard Munch

The Scream is an iconic masterpiece by the Norwegian Expressionist Edvard Munch. He wrote 4 different versions of this story between 1893 and 1910. The famous work of the artist was inspired by the real experiences of the author associated with a walk in nature, during which Munch was abandoned by his companions (they are also depicted in the picture in the background).

11. Moai, author unknown

Moai statues are massive stone monoliths discovered on Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean, Western Polynesia. The statues are also known as Easter Island Heads, but in fact they all have bodies hidden underground. Moai statues date back to around 1400-1650 and were supposedly carved from stone by aborigines who once lived on the island of Rapa Nui (Rapa Nui, the local name for Easter Island). In total, about 1000 such gigantic masterpieces of antiquity were discovered in this area. The mystery of their movement around the island is still unsolved, and the heaviest figure weighs about 82 tons.

10. Thinker, by Rodin

The Thinker is the most famous work of the French sculptor Auguste Rodin. The author completed his masterpiece in 1880 and originally called the sculpture "The Poet". The statue was part of a composition called "The Gates of Hell" and personified Dante Alighieri himself, the author of the famous "Divine Comedy". According to Rodin's original idea, Alighieri leans over the circles of Hell, reflecting on his work. Subsequently, the sculptor rethought the character and made him a universal image of the creator.

9. Guernica by Pablo Picasso

An oil painting the size of an entire fresco, Guernica is one of the most famous works of the eminent Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. The black and white painting is Picasso's reaction to the Nazi bombardment of the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. The masterpiece demonstrates all the tragedy, the horrors of war and the suffering of all innocent citizens in the face of just a few characters.

8. The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci

You can admire this picture today while visiting the Dominican monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie (Santa Maria delle Grazie) in Milan. The legendary painting by Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper is one of the most famous masterpieces in the world. The artist worked on this fresco from 1494 to 1498, and depicted on it the famous biblical scene of the last supper of Jesus Christ surrounded by his disciples, which is described in detail in the Gospel of John.

7. Statue of Liberty by Eiffel, Bartholdi

The iconic sculpture is located on New York's Liberty Island and was once a gift of friendship between the peoples of France and the United States. Today, the Statue of Liberty is considered an international symbol of freedom and democracy. The author of the composition was the French sculptor Bartholdi, and it was designed and built by the architect Gustav Eiffel. The gift was presented on October 28, 1886.

6. Hermes with the baby Dionysus or Hermes Olympus, by Praxiteles (Praxiteles)

Hermes with the Infant Dionysus is an ancient Greek sculpture discovered during an 1877 excavation in the middle of the ruins of a temple of the goddess Hera in Greece. The right hand of Hermes is lost, but archaeologists believe that according to the plot, the god of trade and athletes held a vine in it, showing it to the infant Dionysus, the god of wine, orgies and religious ecstasy.

5. Creation of Adam by Michelangelo

The Creation of Adam is one of Michelangelo's most famous frescoes. It was created in the period from 1508 to 1512 and is considered the most popular composition of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, a cult Catholic center located in the Vatican. The painting illustrates the moment of the biblical creation of the first man in history, described in the book of Genesis in the Old Testament.

4. Venus de Milo, or Aphrodite from the island of Milos

"Venus de Milo" was born approximately between 130 and 100 BC and is one of the most famous ancient Greek sculptures. The marble statue was discovered in 1820 on the island of Milos (Milo), which is part of the Cyclades Archipelago in the Aegean Sea. The identity of the heroine has not yet been precisely established, but researchers suggest that the author of the masterpiece carved out of stone exactly Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty, who was often depicted as half-naked. Although there is a version that the statue is molded in the image of the sea goddess Amphitrite, who was especially revered on the island where the artifact was found.

3. The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli

The Birth of Venus is the work of the Italian artist Sandro Botticelli, painted between 1482 and 1485, and is considered one of the most famous and valuable masterpieces of art in the world. The painting illustrates a scene from Ovid's famous poem Metamorphoses, in which the goddess Venus first comes ashore from the sea foam. The work is on display at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.

2. David by Michelangelo

The legendary sculpture of the Renaissance was created between 1501 and 1504 by the brilliant creator Michelangelo. To date, "David" is considered the most famous statue in the world. This delightful masterpiece is the biblical hero David etched in stone. Artists and sculptors of the past traditionally depicted David during the battle, the victor over the formidable Goliath, a warlike husband and hero, but Michelangelo chose for his work the image of a charming young man who had not yet learned the art of war and murder.

1. Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci

Perhaps some of the works from this list were unknown to you, but Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is known to everyone. It is the most famous, most talked about, most celebrated and most visited painting in the world. The ingenious master wrote it in 1503-1506, and Lisa Gherardini, the wife of the silk merchant Francesco del Giocondo, posed for the canvas (Lisa Gherardini, Francesco del Giocondo). Famous for its enigmatic facial expression, the Mona Lisa is the pride of the Louvre, the oldest and richest museum in France and the world.

The greatest works of world painting, which had a significant impact on the development of world art and human culture in general. The works of painting included in this list have largely shaped the idea of ​​humanity about beauty and are the basis of the creative and cultural education of any person.

The main masterpieces of European and world painting

Duccio (c. 1260–1318/1319)
Madonna Rucellai
1285. Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Giotto (1266/1267–1337)
The Capture of Christ, or the Kiss of Judas
Between 1303 and 1305. Fresco of the Chapel del Arena (Scrovegni) in Padua

Simone Martini (c. 1284–1344)
Annunciation
1333. Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Andrei Rublev (c. 1360–1430)
Trinity
OK. 1425–1427 State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Masaccio (1401–1428)
Madonna and Child with Four Angels
The central part of the polyptych. 1426. National Gallery, London

Fra Beato Angelico (c. 1400–1455)
Transfiguration
Fresco. 1440–1441. Monastery of San Marco, Florence

Piero della Francesca (c. 1420–1492)
Baptism of Christ
OK. 1450. The central part of the polyptych. National Gallery, London

Jan van Eyck (c. 1390/1400–1441)
Ghent altarpiece
Closed everyday view. OK. 1425–1432 Cathedral of St. Bavo, Ghent
Ghent altar. Open holiday view
OK. 1425–1432 Cathedral of St. Bavo, Ghent
Portrait of a man in a red turban
1433. National Gallery, London
Portrait of the Arnolfini couple
1434. National Gallery, London

Rogier van der Weyden (1399/1400–1464)
St. Luke painting the Madonna
1450. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Andrea Mantegna (c. 1431–1506)
Plafond with false oculus
Fresco. OK. 1464–1474 Camera degli Sposi, Mantova
Dead Christ
After 1474. Brera Pinacoteca, Milan

Hugo van der Goes (between 1435 and 1445–1482)
Altar of Portinari
The central part of the triptych. OK. 1476–1478 Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Sandro Botticelli (1444/1445-1510)
Minerva and the centaur
1482. Uffizi Gallery, Florence
Spring
1478. Uffizi Gallery, Florence
Birth of Venus
OK. 1482–1483 Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Antonello da Messina (c. 1430–1479)
St. Jerome in the cell
Between 1456 and 1474. National Gallery, London
Giovanni Bellini (c. 1433–1576)
Sacred Allegory (Madonna of the Lake)
1490–1500. Uffizi Gallery, Florence
Madonna in the Meadow
OK. 1500. National Gallery, London

Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519)
Madonna in the rocks
1483–1486 Louvre, Paris
The Last Supper
1495–1498 Wall painting. Tempera, oil on plaster. Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan
Madonna Litta
1490s State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Mona Lisa (La Gioconda)
1503. Louvre, Paris

Hieronymus Bosch (c. 1460–1516)
Removing the Stupid Stone
Before 1500. Prado, Madrid
The Garden of Earthly Delights
Between 1510 and 1515. Triptych. Prado, Madrid
ship of fools
OK. 1500. Louvre, Paris
Carrying the Cross
1515–1516 Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent

Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528)
self-portrait
1493. Louvre, Paris
self-portrait
1500. Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Altar of All Saints, or Adoration of the Holy Trinity
1511. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Adam and Eve
1507. Diptych. Prado, Madrid
four apostles
1526. Diptych. Alte Pinakothek, Munich

Albrecht Altdorfer (c. 1480–1538)
Battle of Alexander the Great with Darius III at Issus
1529. Alte Pinakothek, Munich

Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472–1553)
Female portrait
1526. State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Adam and Eve
1526. Courtauld Institute of Art, London
Portrait of Duke Henry the Pious

Michelangelo (1475–1564)
The Sistine Chapel
Fresco. 1508–1512 General view of the ceiling painting. Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Rome
Creation of Adam

Fall and Expulsion from Paradise
Fresco. 1508–1512 Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Rome
Holy Family (Tondo Doni)
1504. Uffizi Gallery, Florence
Last Judgment
Fresco. 1536–1541 Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Rome

Titian Vecellio (1476/1477 or 1488/1490–1576)
Denarius of Caesar
1516–1518 Art gallery, Dresden
Heavenly love and earthly love
1518. Borghese Gallery, Rome
Venus Urbinskaya
OK. 1538. Uffizi Gallery, Florence
Danae
1560s. National Prado Museum, Madrid

Raphael (1483–1520)
Donna velata (veiled lady)
OK. 1516. Palazzo Pitti, Florence
Madonna in green
1506. Art History Museum, Vienna
Sistine Madonna
1514. Picture gallery, Dresden
Athenian school
Fresco. 1510–1511. Stanza della Senyatura, Vatican City, Rome
Portrait of Pope Leo X with Cardinals Giulio de' Medici and Luigi Rossi
1517. Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Hans Baldung (c. 1484/1485–1545)
Three ages of man and death
OK. 1541–1544 Prado, Madrid

Rosso Fiorentino (1494–1540)
Descent from the Cross
1521. City Pinakothek, Volterra

Jacopo Pontormo (1494–1557)
Descent from the Cross
1525–1528 Church of Santa Felicita, Florence

Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/1498–1543)
Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam
1523. Louvre, Paris
Ambassadors
1533. National Gallery, London
Portrait of King Henry VIII
OK. 1539. National Gallery, Rome

Agnolo Bronzino (1503–1572)
Portrait of Eleanor of Toledo with her son Giovanni
1544–1545 Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Parmigianino (1503–1540)
Madonna with a long neck
OK. 1535. Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Giorgione (1477/1478–1510)
Thunderstorm
Between 1506 and 1510. Accademia Gallery, Venice
Judith
Before 1504. State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Sleeping Venus
OK. 1508. Picture gallery, Dresden

Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Vertumn. Portrait of Emperor Rudolf II as Vertumn
1591. Skokloster Castle, Sweden

Paolo Veronese (1528–1588)
Adoration of the Magi
Early 1570s. National Gallery, London

Pieter Brueghel the Elder (between 1525 and 1530–1568)
The Battle of Carnival and Lent
1559. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Hunters in the snow
1565. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
tower of babel
1563. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

El Greco (1541–1614)
Burial of Count Orgas
1586–1588 Church of Santo Tome, Toledo
Laocoön
1613–614. National Gallery of Art, Washington
View of Toledo
OK. 1600. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Caravaggio (1573–1610)
Bacchus
1594. Uffizi Gallery, Florence
fortune teller
Before 1595. Louvre, Paris
Conversion of Saul
1600–1601 Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome.

Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640)
Self portrait with Isabella Brandt
1610. Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Procession of Silenus
1618. Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Toilet of Venus
1615. Private collection
The abduction of the daughters of Leucippus
OK. 1618. Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Portrait of the Maid Infanta Isabella
OK. 1625. State Hermitage, St. Petersburg
Three Graces

Frans Hals (between 1581 and 1585–1666)
Gypsy
1628–1630 Louvre, Paris

Jusepe de Ribera (1591–1652)
limp
1642. Louvre, Paris
Girl with a tambourine
1637. Private collection
St. Inessa in the dungeon
1641. Picture gallery, Dresden

Diego Velasquez (1599–1660)
Venus in front of a mirror
1649–1651 National Gallery, London
Spinners, or the Myth of Arachne
1650s National Prado Museum, Madrid
Meninas
1656. Prado, Madrid

Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641)
self-portrait
Between 1627 and 1632. State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg

Willem Claesz Heda (1593/1594–1680/1682)
Still life with cancer
1650–1659 National Gallery, London

Georges de Latour (1593–1652)
Sharpie with an ace of diamonds
1620s–1630s Louvre, Paris
Newborn (Christmas)
1640s Museum of Fine Arts, Rhine

Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665)
Landscape with Polyphemus
1649. State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
arcadian shepherds
1650. Louvre, Paris

Claude Lorrain (1600–1682)
The Abduction of Europa
OK. 1635. State Museum of Fine Arts. A. S. Pushkin, Moscow
Morning
1661. State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606–1669)
Self-portrait with Saskia on her knees
1635. Picture gallery, Dresden
Danae
1636. State Hermitage, St. Petersburg
Return of the prodigal son
OK. 1668. State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
The night Watch
1642. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Jacob van Ruisdael (1628/1629–1682)
Landscape with windmill
About 1670. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Jan Wermeer (1632–1675)
Artist's workshop (allegory of painting)
OK. 1667. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Lacemaker
1664. Louvre, Paris
Girl with a pearl earring
1664–1665 Royal Cabinet of Paintings, The Hague

Jean Antoine Watteau (1684–1721)
Gilles
1717–1719 Louvre, Paris
Pilgrimage to the island of Cythera
1717. Louvre, Paris

Canaletto (1697–1768)
Reception of the French Ambassador in Venice
1725–1726 State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg

William Hogarth (1697–1764)
Shrimp girl
1740–1745 National Gallery, London

Jean Baptiste Siméon Chardin (1699–1779)
Girl with a shuttlecock
OK. 1740. Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Jean Étienne Lyotard (1702–1789)
chocolate girl
1743–1745 Parchment paper, pastel. Art gallery, Dresden

François Boucher (1703–1770)
Toilet of Venus
1751. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792)
Portrait of Colonel of the Grenadiers Georg K. H. Kusmaker
1782. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Cupid unties the belt of Venus
1788. State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Young Hare
1788–1789 Louvre, Paris

Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788)
Portrait of a lady in blue
Late 1770s. State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Portrait of Robert Andrews with his wife Frances
OK. 1748. National Gallery, London

Anton Raphael Mengs (1728–1779)
self-portrait
OK. 1773. State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Jean Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806)
Happy Swing Opportunities
OK. 1768. Wallace Collection, London

Johann Heinrich Fuseli (1741–1825)
Nightmare
OK. 1790. Goethe Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Francisco Goya (1746–1828)
Umbrella
1777. Prado, Madrid
Maha nude
OK. 1800. Prado, Madrid
Maha dressed
OK. 1800. Prado, Madrid
Portrait of Dona Isabel Cobos de Porcel
1805. National Gallery, London
Milkmaid from Bordeaux
1827. Prado, Madrid

Jacques Louis David (1748–1825)
The First Consul Crosses the Alps at the Saint Bernard Pass
1801. National Palace Museum, Malmaison

Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840)
On a sailboat
Between 1818 and 1820. State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

John Constable (1776–1837)
Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Garden
1823. Victoria and Albert Museum, London
jumping horse
1825. Royal Academy of Arts, London
hay wagon
1821. National Gallery, London

William Turner (1775–1851)
The last voyage of the ship "Brave"
1838. National Gallery, London

Karl Bryullov (1799–1852)
The last day of Pompeii
1833. State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780–1867)
Portrait of Mademoiselle Caroline Riviere
1805. Louvre, Paris
Large odalisque
1814. Louvre, Paris

Théodore Géricault (1791–1824)
Raft "jellyfish"
1819. Louvre, Paris

Camille Corot (1796–1875)
woman with a pearl
1869. Louvre, Paris
Carriage of hay
1865–1870 State Museum of Fine Arts. A. S. Pushkin, Moscow

Eugene Delacroix (1798–1863)
Freedom at the Barricades (July 28, 1830)
1831. Louvre, Paris

Alexander Ivanov (1806–1858)
Appearance of Christ to the People
1837–1857 State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Theodore Rousseau (1812–1867)
Clearing. Les l'Isle-Adam
1849. Musee d'Orsay, Paris

Jean Francois Millet (1814–1875)
Gatherers of ears
1857. Musee d'Orsay, Paris
Angelus
1857–1859 Musee d'Orsay, Paris

Ivan Aivazovsky (1817–1900)
Ninth Wave
1850. State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

Gustave Courbet (1819-1877)
Artist's workshop
1855, Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824–1898)
Girls by the sea
Before 1894. Musee d'Orsay, Paris

Arnold Böcklin (1827–1910)
Dead island
1880. Art Museum, Basel

Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882)
Syrian Astarte
1877 City Art Gallery, Manchester

Alexey Savrasov (1830–1897)
The Rooks Have Arrived

Édouard Manet (1832–1883)
Flutist
1866. Musee d'Orsay, Paris
Breakfast on the grass
1863. Musee d'Orsay, Paris
Olympia
1863. Musee d'Orsay, Paris
Music at the Tuileries
1863. National Gallery, London

Ivan Shishkin (1832–1898)
Morning in a pine forest
1889. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

James Whistler (1834–1903)
Symphony in White No. 1: The Girl in White
1862. National Gallery of Art, Washington

Edgar Degas (1834–1917)
Absinthe (In a cafe)
1876. Musee d'Orsay, Paris
blue dancers
OK. 1899. State Museum of Fine Arts. A. S. Pushkin, Moscow
Combing woman
OK. 1886. Pastel. State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg

Ivan Kramskoy (1837–1887)
unknown
1883. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Alfred Sisley (1839–1899)
Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garenne
1872. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Flooding in Port Marly
1876. Musee d'Orsay, Paris

Paul Cezanne (1839–1906)
Maslenitsa (Pierrot and Harlequin)
1888. State Museum of Fine Arts. A. S. Pushkin, Moscow
Still life with apples and oranges
OK. 1900. Musee d'Orsay, Paris
Smoker
1890–1892 State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Mount Sainte Victoire
1900. State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
big bathers
1906. Location: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia

Claude Monet (1840–1926)
Camille Monet with her son Jean (Lady with an umbrella)
1875. National Gallery of Art, Washington
"Paddling pool"
1869. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Impression. Sunrise
1872. Museum Marmottan, Paris
Boulevard of the Capuchins
1873. State Museum of Fine Arts. A. S. Pushkin, Moscow
Poppies near Argenteuil
1873. Musee d'Orsay, Paris
Rouen Cathedral. Sun effect, sunset
1892. Museum Marmottan, Paris
A pond with nymphs. Pink harmony
1900. Musee d'Orsay, Paris

Odilon Redon (1840–1916)
With closed eyes
1890. Musee d'Orsay, Paris

Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841–1919)
Lodge
1874. Courtauld Institute Gallery, London
Ball at the Moulin de la Galette
1876. Musee d'Orsay, Paris
Rowers breakfast
1880–1881 Private collection
Nude
1876. State Hermitage, St. Petersburg
Portrait of Jeanne Samary
1877. State Museum of Fine Arts. A. S. Pushkin

Camille Pissarro (1830–1903)
red roofs
1877. Musee d'Orsay, Paris

Arkhip Kuindzhi (1841–1910)
Moonlit night on the Dnieper
1880. State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

Berthe Morisot (1841–1895)
At the cradle
1872. Musee d'Orsay, Paris

Vasily Vereshchagin (1842–1904)
Apotheosis of war
1871. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Henri Rousseau (1844–1910)
Jaguar attack on a horse
1910. State Museum of Fine Arts. A. S. Pushkin, Moscow
self-portrait
1890. National Gallery, Prague

Ilya Repin (1844–1930)
Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan November 16, 1581
1885. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Vasily Surikov (1848–1916)
Morning of the archery execution
1881. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Viktor Vasnetsov (1848–1926)
Bogatyrs
1898. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Paul Gauguin (1848–1903)
girl holding fruit
1893. State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Are you jealous?
1892. State Museum of Fine Arts. A. S. Pushkin, Moscow
Where did we come from? Who are we? Where are we going?
1897-1898. Museum of Fine Arts in Boston

Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890)
Self portrait with severed ear and pipe
1889. Private collection
Night cafe in Arles
1888. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven
Starlight Night
1889. Museum of Modern Art, New York

Georges Seurat (1859–1891)
Sunday walk on the island of Grand Jatte
1884–1886 Art Institute, Chicago

Valentin Serov (1865–1911)
girl with peaches
1887. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901)
Toilet (Redhead)

Gustav Klimt (1862–1918)
Kiss
1908. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Edvard Munch (1863–1944)
scream
1893. National Gallery, Oslo

Henri Matisse (1869–1954)
red fish
1912. State Museum of Fine Arts. A. S. Pushkin, Moscow
red room
1908–1909 State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Dance
1910. State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg

Kazimir Malevich (1878–1935)
Black suprematist square
1913. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Georges Braque (1882–1963)
Houses in Estaca
1908. Art Museum, Bern

Amedeo Modigliani (1884–1920)
Portrait of Jeanne Hebuterne in a yellow sweater
OK. 1919. S. Guggenheim Museum, New York

Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944)
Composition VIII
1923, Solomon Guggenheim Museum, New York

Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)
Absinthe drinker
1901. State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Girl with a dove
1901. National Gallery, London
Girl on the Ball
1905. State Museum of Fine Arts. A. S. Pushkin, Moscow
Avignon maidens
1907. Museum of Modern Art, New York
Portrait of Ambroise Vollard
1909–1910 State Museum of Fine Arts. A. S. Pushkin, Moscow

René Magritte (1898–1967)
Golconda
1953. Menil Collection, Houston

Salvador Dali (1904–1983)
Young woman standing by the window
1925. Reina Sofia Art Center, Madrid
The Persistence of Memory
1931. Museum of Modern Art, New York
Boiled Bean Soft Construction: A Premonition of Civil War
1935–1936 Museum of Art, Philadelphia
Appearance of a face and a bowl of fruit on the seashore
1938. Wordsworth's Athenium, Hartwood
A dream inspired by the flight of a bee around a pomegranate a moment before awakening
1944. Collection of Thyssen-Bornemisza, Lugano

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100 Great Paintings

100 Great Paintings is a 1980 British television series on the BBC. Series host and creator Edwin Mullins chose 20 themed groups and featured five well-known paintings in each group. The selection is quite varied, from 12th century China to the 1950s, with an emphasis on European paintings.

1000 Meister Werke

"1000 MeisterWerke2 (1000 masterpieces) is a German television series produced by the WDR television company from 1980 to 1994. In each of the 10-minute episodes, one picture is presented and analyzed with the help of art historians. The series was very popular and attracted up to five million viewers in the evening broadcast .