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“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free” — Michelangelo
“I sense a scream passing through nature. I painted … the clouds as actual blood. The colour shrieked.” – Edvard Munch, on his painting The Scream.
“One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.” — Leonardo da vinci
“On the floor I am more at ease. I feel nearer, more a part of the painting, since this way I can walk around it, work from the four sides and literally be in the painting.” – Jackson Pollock (1912-1956)
“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.” — Pablo Picasso
“No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.” — Oscar Wilde
The Last Supper, 1495-1498 – by: Leonardo da Vinci
A fifteenth century mural painting done in Milan by da Vinci, The Last Supper depicts the final feast Jesus had with his Twelve Apostles.
School of Athens, c. 1510 – by: Raphael
The School of Athens (or Scuola di Atene in Italian) was one of Raphael’s commissions in the Stanze di Raffaello in the Vatican.
Mona Lisa, c. 1503-1519 – by: Leonardo da Vinci
This painting depicts Lisa del Giocondo whose expression is well-known for the enigmatic aura emanating from it.
The Night Watch (De Nachtwacht), 1642 – by: Rembrandt van Rijn
Rembrandt’s painting of a city guard led by Captain Frans Banning Cocq moving out is famous.
Las Meninas, 1656 – by: Diego Velazquez
Las Meninas, or The Maids of Honor, depicts a room in the Madrid palace of Spain’s King Philip IV.
Girl with a Pearl Earring, c. 1665 – by: Johannes Vermeer
One of Vermeer’s masterpieces, this painting utilizes a pearl earring as a focal point.
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1884-1886 – by: Georges Seurat
One of Seurat’s most famous works, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte features extensive use of a technique known as pointillism.
Bal du moulin de la Galette, 1886 – by: Pierre-Auguste Renoir
The 19th century painting by Renoir portrays working class people dressed up and enjoying a Sunday afternoon at the Moulin de la Galette in Paris.
Whistler’s Mother, 1871 – by: James McNeill Whistler
Whistler painted his mother, Anna McNeill Whistler, when the original model failed to come to the appointment.
Starry Night over the Rhone, c.1888 – by: Vincent van Gogh
One of van Gogh’s paintings of Arles at a riverbank not far from the Yellow House he was residing at the time.
The Starry Night, 1889 – by: Vincent van Gogh
Considered to be the best and most famous work of Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night was created from memory and portrays the sight outside the window of his sanitarium room at night.
The Scream, 1893 – by: Edvard Munch
In a series of paintings reproduced with various media known as Scream, Edvard Munch conveys an extremely anxious and trembling person standing at the fenced edge of a road.
Dogs Playing Poker, 1903 – by: C.M. Coolidge
Dogs Playing Poker is the collective name of sixteen oil paintings by C.M. Coolidge.
The Kiss, 1908 – by: Gustav Klimt
The Kiss, or Der Kuss, was Gustav Klimt’s most renowned art piece. He was done during the peak of his “Golden Period.”
La Trahison des Images (Ceci N’est pas une Pipe), 1928-29 – by: Rene Magritte
La Trahison des Images, or The Treachery of Images, was painted by Magritte in 1928-1929.
American Gothic, 1930 – by: Grant Wood
American Gothic was inspired by the Dibble House in Iowa. Wood saw its Gothic architectural style and decided to paint the house along with the kind of people he imagined might live in it.
The Persistence of Memory, 1931 – by: Salvador Dali
A widely known surrealist piece often referenced in pop culture. The Persistence of Memory depicts melting watches at a beach scene.
Guernica, 1937 – by: Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso’s detest of the Spanish Civil War is manifested in an art piece known as Guernica. The piece was commissioned by the Spanish Republican government to portray the pain and suffering caused by wars. Guernica would become a monumental symbol of anti-war and peace.
No. 5, 1948, 1948 – by: Jackson Pollock
No. 5, 1948 was done on an 8 feet by 4 feet sheet of fiberboard, splattered with brown and yellow paint to give a nest-like appearance.
The Son of Man, 1964 – by: Rene Magritte
Magritte painted The Son of Man, or Le fils de l’homme, as a self-portrait.
The Great Wave off Kanagawa, c. 1829-32 – by: Katsushika Hokusai
The Great Wave off Kanagawa is a woodblock print that is Hokusai’s most famous work. This woodblock is the most well-known piece of Japanese art in the world.