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35 Most Famous Paintings of All Times

The best paintings simply take your breath away! They have a unique theme or a new painting style that makes it to standout in this crowded field.

Many of these paintings are a testimony to the skill and talents of many artists from different parts of the world. Pablo Picasso rightly said that every child is a born artist, the problem is to retain that artist within themselves.

This universe is full of art and inspiration, which is what everyone can see, but it takes a really talented and visionary artist to pick paint and brush and illustrate their thoughts, visions, and this beautiful universe into paintings.

We have listed the most famous painting of all time.

Most Beautiful and Expensive Paintings

To blow you off the ground, we have gone through the great detail to find some of the best art work that has ever been produced. Below are 35 most beautiful, famous and expensive paintings of all times.

1. Monalisa

  • Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
  • Location: Louvre Museum (since 1797)
  • Title: Lisa del Giocondo
  • Created: 1503

Probably the most famous painting in the world is Monalisa by Leonardo da Vinci. It is a portrait of a lady called Gherardini and is famous because the lady’s expression is indecipherable. This painting is currently displayed in Louvre, France.

mona lisa leonardo da vinci most famous painting

2. School of Athens

  • Artist: Raphael
  • Location: Apostolic Palace, Vatican City
  • Title: Ancient Greece
  • Created: 1509 To 1511

Painted by Raphael, this painting contains pictures of famous philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle walking in the middle along with other philosophers on the sides. It is now located in the Vatican.

school of athens raphael painting

3. Night Watch

  • Artist: Rembrandt
  • Location: Rijksmuseum
  • Title: Frans Banninck Cocq, Schutterij
  • Created: 1642

Night Watch is one of the most popular pieces of work by Rembrandt. It depicts an entire city moving out led by its captain. A unique aspect is its dark varnish that gives an impression of night scene. It is currently housed in Riksmuseum in Amsterdam.

night watch rembrandt wallpaper

4. Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

  • Artist: Caravaggio
  • Location: St. John’s Co-Cathedral
  • Title: John the Baptist
  • Created: 1608

This painting by Caravaggio shows a realistic depiction of a murder moment in a prison. The gloom of the picture and the expressions of the onlookers make it a true classical masterpiece. It is displayed in St. John’s Cathedral in Valletta, Malta.

Beheading of Saint John the Baptist caravaggio

5. Girl with a Pearl Earring

  • Artist: Johannes Vermeer
  • Location: Rijksmuseum
  • Title: Dutch Golden Age
  • Created: 1665

The Girl With a Pearl Earring is often known as Dutch Monalisa because the expression on the girl’s face is hard to understand. This painting by Johannes Vermeer has her pearl earrings as the focal point.

girl with a pearl earring johannes painting

6. The Birth of Venus

  • Artist: Sandro Botticelli
  • Location: Uffizi Galleries
  • Title: Venus
  • Created: 1485–1486

The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli is a painting that depicts the emergence of Goddess Venus from the sea as a beautiful woman. The most striking part of this simple painting is the beautiful face of Goddess Venus and her shy posture. It is currently housed in Florence’s Uffizi Gallery.

The Birth of Venus

7. Dogs Playing Poker

  • Artist: Cassius Marcellus Coolidge
  • Location:  Cassius Marcellus Coolidge Gallery
  • Title: The Dogs
  • Created: 1894 -1910

Painted in 1903 by C.M. Coolidge, this painting has 16 images of dogs sitting around a poker table and playing cards. This painting was an iconic depiction of Americans during the early part of 19th century.

the bold bluff painting

8. Portrait of Madame Recamier

  • Artist: Jacques-Louis David
  • Location: Louvre Museum
  • Title: Juliette Récamier
  • Created: 1800

This portrait shows Juliette Recamier sitting on a style sofa in a simple dress with bare arms. This painting steeped in neoclassical fashion is now located at Louvre in France.

Portrait of Madame Récamier

9. No.5, 1948

  • Artist: Jackson Pollock
  • Location: Private collection, New York
  • Year: 1948

This famous painting by Jackson Pollock is a signature piece of art that depicts the chaos raging within Pollock at the time of painting. The many swirls and meshes make it a unique piece of work. For these reasons, it is one of the most expensive paintings ever sold by an American artist as it was sold for a huge $140 million.

No.5, 1948 painting

10. The Son of Man

  • Artist: René Magritte
  • Location: Private collection
  • Title: René Magritte
  • Created: 1964

The Son of Man, painted by Rene Magrittees, is a piece of work that shows his own self in a black suit, but with an apple instead of his face.

the son of a man painting

11. Royal Red and Blue

  • Artist: Mark Rothko
  • Location: Washington Color School
  • Year: 1954

This recent painting by Mark Rothko shows royal blue and red squares on a canvas. The highlight of this painting is its hand-made canvas, and it is currently placed in the Art Institute at Chicago.

royal red and blue painting

12. Massacre of the Innocents

  • Artist: Peter Paul Rubens
  • Location: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
  • Created: 1611–1612

Based on the biblical massacre of innocents in Bethlehem, this painting by Peter Paul Rubens strikes a chilling note in the minds of viewers.

Massacre of the Innocents painting

13. A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte

  • Artist: Georges Seurat
  • Location: The Art Institute of Chicago
  • Title: Sunday Afternoon
  • Created:1884 to 1886

Created by Georges Suerat, it shows the relaxed atmosphere of people on a lazy Sunday afternoon in an island. This painting is an excellent example of pointillism, where many dots are joined together to create an image.

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte painting

14. The Wounded Angel

  • Artist: Hugo Simberg
  • Location: Ateneum, Helsinki
  • Title: Wounded Angel
  • Created: 1903

The painting with two gloomy boys carrying an angel on a stretcher with bandaged forehead and a bloodied wing makes people curious in a second. And the direct gaze of the boy to the right touches the viewers ‘soul. The composition is still considered as one of the finest work of art since 1903, and it is in the same year it was produced by Finnish symbolist painter Hugo Simberg.

The_Wounded_Angel by Hugo_Simberg

15. American Gothic

  • Artist: Grant Wood
  • Location: Art Institute of Chicago Building (since 1930), Royal Academy of Arts (2017)
  • Title: Farmer, Midwestern United States
  • Created: 1930

American Gothic symbolizes the grit and determination of Americans during the Great Depression. In this painting, Grant Wood, shows a stern-looking couple standing in front of a house with Gothic windows.

American Gothic grant wood painting

16. The Flower Carrier

  • Artist: Diego Rivera
  • Location: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
  • Title: Flower
  • Created: 1935

Painted by the most popular Mexican painter of the 20th century, this painting shows how a person is struggling to carry a huge flower basket on his back. Its bright colors are a trademark of Diego Rivera.

The Flower Carrier diego rivera painting

17. Whistler’s Mother

  • Artist: James McNeill Whistler
  • Location: Louvre Abu Dhabi (until 2019) Musée d’Orsay (since 2019)
  • Title: Anna McNeill Whistler
  • Created: 1871

Also known as “Arrangement in Grey and Black. The Artist’s Mother,” it is one of the most famous painting by American artist James McNeill Whistler. In this painting, Whistler depicts his mother sitting on a chair against a grey wall. This painting is so called because the artist has used only black and grey shades in this painting.

Whistler’s Mother james mcneill whistler painting

18. The Persistence of Memory

  • Artist: Salvador Dalí
  • Location: The Museum of Modern Art
  • Created: 1931

This painting by the Spanish artist Salvador Dali is a classic example of surrealism where hard and soft things are present side by side. In this picture, a soft image of clock slides in the background of a hard table.

The Persistence of Memory salvador deli painting

19. Portrait of Dora Maar

  • Artist: Pablo Picasso
  • Location: Musée Picasso, Paris
  • Title: Dora Maar, Chair
  • Created: 1937

Pablo Picasso is one of the most accomplished Spanish painter, and his skill is most evident in this painting. He is the founder of a style called Cubism that shows the same picture from different angles. This picture is about a woman’s face, believed to that of Picasso’s lover, shown from different angles, thereby marking the first of many paintings in cubism style.

Portrait of Dora Maar pablo picaso

20. Portrait de L’Artiste Sans Barbe

  • Artist: Vincent van Gogh
  • Location: Musée d’Orsay in Paris
  • Created: 1889

This painting by Van Gogh is an interesting piece because it shows the artist without his beard. It is also one of the few paintings sold by Van Gogh, and it fetched a whopping $71.5 million in 1998, making it one of his most expensive paintings ever sold.

Portrait de L'Artiste Sans Barbe van gogh painting

21. Cafe Terrace at Night

  • Artist: Vincent van Gogh
  • Location: Kröller-Müller Museum
  • Title: Cafe Terrace
  • Created: 1888

Painted by Vincent Van Gogh, this painting shows an everyday setting in bright colors. A simple dinner at a cafe along a street is well-depicted in this simple painting.

Cafe Terrace at Night van gogh painting

22. Composition 8

  • Artist: Wassily Kandinsky
  • Location: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
  • Title: Geometric Forms
  • Created: 1923

Kandinsky is often known as the founder of abstract art, a form that uses shapes and symbols instead of real people. Composition 8 is one of his first paintings that expound this form of art.

Composition 8 kandinsky painting

23. The Kiss

  • Artist: Gustav Klimt
  • Location: Belvedere Palace
  • Title: Couple Embracing
  • Created: 1907–1908

One of the first pieces of art in the Art Nouveau style, this painting used gold leaf as the background. Created by Gustav Klimt, this painting is renowned for this style.

The Kiss

24. La Moulin de la Galette

  • Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir
  • Location: Musée d’Orsay
  • Title: Le Moulin de la Galette
  • Created: 1876

The name of this painting translates to “Pastry Chef” and is a vivid description of a city life. This painting by Renoir is also one of the most expensive paintings ever bought.

la moulin de la galette renoir painting

25. Olympia

  • Artist: Édouard Manet
  • Location: Musée d’Orsay
  • Title: Woman
  • Created: 1863

Olmpia by Edouard Manet created quite a controversy as it showed a woman with a gaze and subtlety that indicated that she is a mistress. It is also a good early example of realism style.

26. The Third of May

  • Artist: Francisco Goya
  • Location: Museo Nacional del Prado
  • Title: Spanish resistance to Napoleon’s
  • Created: 1814

This painting by Francisco Goya shows Napoleon’s attack on Spaniards. This is one of the first SPanish paintings to show war in bad light.

The Third of May francisco goya painting

27. Las Meninas

  • Artist: Diego Velázquez
  • Location: museo nacional del prado
  • Title: Philip IV of Spain, Margaret Theresa of Spain,
  • Created: 1656

Las Meninas portrays Margarita Teresa of Spain as a young child along with the King and Queen of Spain. Painted by Diego Valazquez, this is conisdered to be an important baroque painting.

las meninas de diego velázquez painting

28. The Arnolfini Marriage

  • Artist: Jan van Eyck
  • Location: The National Gallery
  • Title: Marriage
  • Created: 1434

This painting is one of the oldest preserved ones dating back to 1434. It was done by Jan van Eyck and portrays the Italian businessman Giovanni Arnolfini and his pregnant wife in their home in the city of Bruges.

The Arnolfini Marriage painting

29. The Scream

  • Artist: Edvard Munch
  • Location: National Museum
  • Title: Psychological Anguish
  • Created: 1893

The Scream is a painting by Edvard Munch of Norway and it shows the distorted face of a figure against a bloody sky. The hill landscape in the background adds to this picture’s charm. It is also one of the first few paintings done in expessionism style where the reality is blurred to give more importance to emotions.

the scream edvard munch poster

30. Water Lilies

  • Artist: Claude Monet
  • Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris
  • Title: Flower Garden
  • Created: 1840–1926

Water lilies, painted by Claude Monet, is a series of 250 oil paintings based on his own flower garden. These paintings are located in different art museums world over.

Water lilies by Claude Monet

31. Starry Night

  • Artist: Vincent van Gogh
  • Location: The Museum of Modern Art
  • Title: Saint-Rémy-de-Provence
  • Created: 1889

Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh shows the village of Saint-Remy under a swirling sun. It is one of the most well-known images in modern culture and is currently housed in the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh painting

32. Landscape with the Fall of Icarus

  • Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
  • Location: Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
  • Title: Icarus
  • Year: 1560

This painting by Dutch artist Pieter Bruegel shows man’s indifference to the suffering of his fellowmen. It is a powerful theme shown in a rather simple way with Icarus, the Greek character suffering under water and people going on with their work.

landscape with the fall of icarus pieter bruegel

33. The Creation of Adam

  • Artist: Michelangelo
  • Location: Sistine Chapel
  • Title: Adam
  • Created: 1512

The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo shows how God created Adam. It is one of the paintings that adorn the 12,000 square feet area of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City.

The Creation of Adam

34. The Last Supper

  • Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
  • Location: Santa Maria delle Grazie
  • Title: Jesus
  • Year: 1495–1498

The Last Supper is a painting that depicts the last meal that Jesus had with his disciples. Displayed at the dining hall of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, this painting has also created much controversy around Mary Magdalene, the supposed character sitting next to Jesus.

the last supper mary magdalene painting

35. Guernica

  • Artist: Pablo Picasso
  • Location: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
  • Title: Spanish Civil War
  • Created: 1937

Guernica by Picasso depicts the bombing of the city of the Spanish city of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. It is a black and white painting that shows the role of Italians and Germans in this bombing.

Guernica by Picasso painting

Sum Up

All these details are about the most famous paintings of all time. These paintings reflect human art and a sense of adoption history from different eras. From Adams’s birth concepts to Jesus and the Spanish War to Monalisa painting, each painting has its own charm and history.

Ahmed Raza

Ahmad in a nutshell is product of passion, enthusiasm and adventure. He loves to write around anything that involves behaviors, art, business and what makes people happier. He also shares his business and lifestyle content on entrepreneur.com and lifehack.org.

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106 Comments

  1. I dont think there can be ONE compiled list of the most famous paintings since there are a lot of countries with their own cultures and eras and mindsets, and its a broad area to categorize, but I think you did a good enough job anyway. However I feel that this list is quite narrow, there are quite a few revolutionary movements you missed like dadaism, de stijl, minimalism, abstract expressionism, to name a few. However you did a good job, thank you

    1. Dadaism and surrealism are so closely related I’ll count it, de Stijl might as well be minimalism ( which is covered in Mark Rothko’s piece #30), but is definitely congruent with Kandinsky’s innovation (piece #19), Jackson Pollock’s piece is THE DEFINITION of abstract expressionism and you sir are dumb.

    2. Agree. So many men, so many minds! What one considers interesting, someone may consider absurd. Is it actually possible to make a list of the best paintings?

    3. I think this is a well group of choices. Of course, there are millions of paintings, but I can go with this list. I lean towards, Monet, Picasso, Van Goh,, I have no additions to your list, you made good choices.

  2. As I exited an art gallery some years ago the curator of the museum asked if I enjoyed my visit. I told him that there were a few exhibits that I really liked. He told me that that pleased him as if there was but one that I liked they had done their job.

    1. honestly same like i don’t know why i feel like i could stare at it for hour at most but i just could like it’s so pretty and i’m just so drawn to it like even other paintings Vincent does that are really nice but i’m mostly drawn to starry night

    1. It’s based majorly on the experience of looking at it. Try visiting the Rothko chapel if you’re ever in Huston. He was a very emotional and contemplative man.

  3. I have seen 5 of them so far and it makes me sad that some are not possible to see. It’s a good thing we can at least see them like this.

  4. The Pollock shown in entry #32 isn’t No. 5 — it’s actually Autumn Rhythm, located at the Met in NYC. 🙂

  5. This cannot be possible that no painting from the Indian or Arab or Chinese Culture can be present on this list. I could ask “Why is that so?”
    The only present are the Western Cultures . Does
    other cultures of the world haven’t got any grandeur?

    1. Dear Friend, I don’t know about Indian or chineese, but as far as the arab world is concerned, they did not paint in those early days, or if they did it was on the snad. Nevertheless they wrote poetry 🙂
      However now I have gathered around 150 middle eastern artists in my website:
      plastic-artist.fr/

  6. The Mona Lisa isn’t famous because of her smile.

    There are two main factors that experts believe contributed to the painting’s immense fame.

    1). All the publicity it got when it was stolen.

    2.) The fact that Da Vinci always carried the painting with him, died with it next to him, and said “This is my best painting.”

  7. I like several of them, the Van Goghs, the Rivera, the Seurat. Pls note that the caption has Suerat, which is incorrect. I have long loved the Dali, have tried for years to write a poem based on it, but nothing says it better than the image itself.

    I think the Pollock IS No. 5 and not No. 32 as someone has suggested. No. 32 is quite different in colour but I am no expert, and searching on the numbers also brings up the NO. 5 when looking for 32.

  8. La Moulin de la Galette and Massacre of the Innocents are the reality of the history.
    Monalisa is my favorite.

  9. There are a few mistakes to correct in here. As an earlier commenter pointed out, the Pollack painting depicted is not No. 5, 1948; it is in fact One: Number 31, 1950, on display at MoMA (which your picture clearly shows, rather than the privately held No. 5, 1948). Also, painting number 17 is fully titled ‘Bal du moulin de la Galette’ and does not translate to ‘Pastry Chef’, but to ‘Dance at the Moulin de Galette’ (which in turn is a place name/windmill and would roughly translate to ‘brown bread/crusty cake windmill’).

  10. Not a single woman artist is represented here. This is another list simply perpetuating the myth of western male superiority. There are many great paintings by women and it is tedious that lists like this systematically overlook the work of women and no one even comments on it.

  11. My favorite artist is Van Gogh because I think the way he does his work is amazing. The way he draws pictures, he put marks. Like he puts a lot of marks and then it turns into a picture. I think that’s pretty impressive.

  12. I don’t understand paintings but The scream by Edward Munch has dragged me in into this wonderful world. Old guitarist by Pablo Picasso is also my favourite painting. I emphasise again I don’t understand paintings.

    1. Yes 35 paintings and not one female artist named! Also, not one Japanese artist named, not one black artist named, not one artist under sixteen named. None of these are complaining but we simply must complain if there is a gender imbalance, right?
      Please!
      There is no doubt that women have produced great art but the point here is not to fight a crusade for equality but to admire paintings.

      1. If there was interest in female paintings then it would be viewed or popular. Painting wasnt exactly a female profession until recent times. Name me 2 famous female generals, 3 famous astronomers, 4 female pioneer medical researchers. It is a struggle because they werent involved to the same extent as men. Next you will claim obese gays, or eskimos are under represented. For fucks sake

      2. I are right but this is just example what adverts do to people mind
        Ugly painting are sold for million and the art is forgotten

  13. I also agree that Picasso was a great artists, but I believe Las Meninas by Valazquez is an amazing piece. As well as Dali.

  14. I know these paintings are beautiful, I like several of them, the Van Goghs, the Rivera, the Seurat. i also have listed some of the famous indian painters and Famous paintings techniques. the link is in My name . Kudos to your efforts 😀

  15. The “Meninas” of Velazquez is for me the best, you can feel the atmosphere in the room of the painting, it is like a photo taken at that moment, for the revolutionary method of painting, innovation and beauty it is The Painting.

  16. Very nice images. But I’m quite disappointed because there is no painting from India.
    Raja Ravivarma ‘s paintings are rearlly great painting and please add those paintings. Indians are the real Art lovers..

  17. You could have mentioned the artist name along with the painting details. Makes us do extra homework by googling the artist of the painting.

  18. Where is the art of Degas?? Any masterpiece would fetch an astronomical price if it ever landed on tbe art market (as the Pollocks did) so I have trouble with the decision to include multiple Picassos and Van Goghs, and instead choosing to omit at least one painting by another master, like Whistler, or even a Boldoni (my personal favorite portaiter if the 19th century). And the name of the artist of the Juliette Recamier portrait is missing.

  19. Great job Ahmed Raza. The very nature of the topic, choosing from the world’s best artwork, is mind boggling. No one can make a ‘complete ‘ list or a ‘perfect’ list. You came closest to completion or perfection than most others who dared take up this daunting task. Congratulations. Please give us more. May be the best statues. Or the best architectural masterpieces. Thanks.

  20. My favorite is the girl with the pearl necklace, soemthing about her eyes, good looking women too, for the top piece has to be The Creation of Adam, its epic on a scale I cant even imagine.

  21. The girl with the pearl earring touches me with her look….it transcends over centuries. Most other paintings I find a bit boring children of their own time.

  22. I love everything in the world EVERYTHING even bugs and paintings. But the best picture is the don of man. HE HAS (Chuckles) An APPLE FOR A FACE!

  23. Just like a list of favourite pop, rock or classical songs or the most beautiful women in the world,these compilations will be highly subjective so I will take them as entertaining & fun rather than comprehensive and exhaustive. Just back from Morocco, and some of the art there was simply stunning. No Asian ,Persian,Chinese,female artists’ or my favourite, Carravaggio in the style of Chiaroscuro. Where is the super at Emmaus?

  24. Nothing by Piero della Francesca! Rothke compared to Piero is a kindergartner dipping his hands in paint and saying, Gee! , what a good boy am I.

  25. Unbelievable that dogs playing poker would make this list, and not a single Titian or Georgia O’Keeffe.

  26. The Creation of Adam,
    Excellent and Pure Painting
    Like the handing over of authority, power; in such an enduring, strikingly innocent gait.

  27. Whatever the value of this list may be, it’s quite astonishing to see a relative majority of the pieces (9!) comes from the low countries, besting culturally ever-dominant France (7). Van Gogh alo seems the most famous painter, according to the list (3)

  28. La moulin de Gallette seemed so life like and depicted a casual evening in a loving city.
    “Pastry Chef” that’s how you paint!

  29. Drawing is my chilhood hobby and visvualizing these paintings of these famous artists really made my day. Thanks for Sharing!

  30. Love “Massacre of the Innocents” by Peter Paul Rubens the most. It is very difficult to paint multi-figure painting.

  31. I am at the beginning of a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours and for me it is a toss up between Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ & Matisse’s ‘The Dance’. Both for their colour, movement and composition.

  32. Shame on you for not including Georgia O’Keefe. There are many great paintings that this list neglected to include. It’s only male artists who have created the best paintings in the history of fine art…really?

  33. I love looking at these most famous paintings. I usually spend a long time soaking in the particular elements which lend to the overall attraction. One of these that stops me every time – I can’t get by it without being rapt by its haunting appeal – is Vermeer’s Girl With a Pearl Earring. Amazing and captivating.

  34. I am saddend by the lack of knowledge, & deplorable writing skills of some of these comments. Western culture did not allow women to openly paint, let alone read. This is why you see very few women artists represented until the present time. Other cultures (China, India…) do have their own beautiful examples of art & culture, but oil paints, cloth canvas, ghesso, acrylics… were not typically utilised until more recent times. This is why we have museums, to learn, study, enjoy, & appreciate every cultures’ unique artistry. You may not find all visually appealing, but art is for individual interpretation & provokes inner contemplation. Just a thought. I enjoyed viewing the paintings & appreciate that in my modern world, I have the ability to see that which was at one time, unattainable. No Alphonse Mucha??

  35. I paint and now I believe I am an unknown genius because by definition I paint only from my mind and not from real life. I love those capable of realism for their ability to put reality on canvas or board but I frustrate my self trying to emulate them, I soar when I paint with the freedom of my thoughts. My canvases are given not sold, they are like children to me and now as I age, I wish them to return, it will not happen. perhaps a few hundred years from now they will still be hung and admired, discussed and interpreted, studied and imitated and valued.

  36. Arts(Paintings)are my hobby from childhood, I love
    Everything in the world even bugs and paintings.
    My favourite is the culture of India, something about
    Cultural festival and images on temples the famous to message to add together in the world.

  37. My favorite from this list is the Mona Lisa because it most clearly depicts the essence of woman – how she can be deep in thought yet not betray anything but calm tranquility on the surface. Makes one wonder at her strength.

  38. Great pieces of work, unfortunately Black Artists, Caribbean Paintings, Paintings of India and Africa are not represented.

  39. Great collection. I haven’t seen the “Old musician” by Picasso before. He is a genius, so use of color. My first thing was “The only alive here is the guitare”, second one followed: “Ars longa, vita brevis est”.

  40. Actually “Starry Night” is only one of a number of paintings by Van Gogh on the subject.One hangs in the Musee d’orsay in Paris. Its title is Starry night over the Rhone and I much prefer it to the one That hangs in Museum of Modern Art .

  41. You might also check what Blue Poles is worth . The Australian Government bought it back in the 1970’s for a World record price of $1.3 million many moons ago and it may not have cost them $140.million but I am sure it is worth much more than that lets say $350-400 million ?

  42. all the drawings are beatyful and hard to draw.also theres some drawing I know is fameouse when I was little.so when I was little it look like it a hard work to do and it gave me the idea that it was famouse.

  43. Three brilliant female artists:

    The Dance – painting by Paula Rego.
    Self Portrait – painting by Suzanne Valadon.
    A Little Night Music – painting by Dorothea Tanning.

    Not even one of them included!

    Nevertheless, I enjoyed your selection of male artists work, and have always thought that the expressions on the faces of the Mona Lisa, and The Girl With A Pearl Earring both show a particularly high degree of female intelligence. I think they are both just saying non-verbally…please don’t underestimate me! My personal opinion only. Delia Marheineke.

  44. The one I like most is the scream by Munch. I have had in gallery for about 2 years but every time I look at it, it evokes a certain emotion, can actually hear the shrill of nature screaming.

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