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Most Famous Paintings Ever
Persona
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Persona wrote:
41. 

Title: The Astronomer

Artist: Johannes Vermeer

Date: c1668

Location: Louvre, Paris

Fun fact: The model was this painting (as well as Vermeer's The Geographer) is believed to be Antonie van Leeuwenhoek.
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Date: 08-12-2017 13:36
Persona
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Persona wrote:
42. 

Title: The Wave

Artist: William-Adolphe Bouguereau

Date: 1896

Location: Private collection (from what I can make out... while researching, I saw that someone mentioned it being in the Seattle Art Museum, but could find no further confirmation of this. It's possible the person was mistaken, or that it was loaned as part as an exhibition at some point)

Fun fact: N/A
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Date: 08-12-2017 14:00
Persona
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43. 

Title: The Fall of the Damned

Artist: Peter Paul Rubens

Date: c1620

Location: Alte Pinakothek, Munich

Fun fact: In 1959 an art vandal threw an acid on the painting.
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Date: 08-12-2017 14:50
Persona
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44. 

Title: A Bar at the Folies-Bergère

Artist: Édouard Manet

Date: 1882

Location: Courtauld Gallery, London

Fun fact: The woman at the bar is a real person, known as Suzon, who worked at the Folies-Bergère in the early 1880s.
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Date: 08-12-2017 17:47
Persona
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45. 

Title: The Storm on the Sea of Galilee 

Artist: Rembrandt 

Date: 1633

Location: Unknown, but previously Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Massachusetts

Fun fact: On the morning of March 18, 1990, thieves disguised as police officers broke into the museum and stole The Storm on the Sea of Galilee and 12 other works. The painting has still not been located.
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Date: 09-12-2017 06:39
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Persona wrote:
2. 

Title: Starry Night

Artist: Vincent Van Gogh

Date: 1889

Location: Museum of Modern Art, New York City

Fun fact: Van Gogh painted Starry Night whilst being committed to an asylum. It depicts the view from his room.
oh that's my favorite painting!
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Date: 09-12-2017 08:10
Persona
Streetmusician



Persona wrote:
46. 

Title: The Laughing Cavalier 

Artist: Frans Hals

Date: 1624

Location: Wallace Collection, London

Fun fact: The unknown subject is in fact not laughing, but can be said to have an enigmatic smile, much amplified by his upturned moustache.
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Date: 09-12-2017 08:34
Aske
Prince of Pop



Aske wrote:
Persona wrote:
42. x

Title: The Wave

Artist: William-Adolphe Bouguereau

Date: 1896

Location: Private collection (from what I can make out... while researching, I saw that someone mentioned it being in the Seattle Art Museum, but could find no further confirmation of this. It's possible the person was mistaken, or that it was loaned as part as an exhibition at some point)

Fun fact: N/A
this painting is so incredibly textured, thanks for introducing me to this artist
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Date: 09-12-2017 08:51
Persona
Streetmusician



Persona wrote:
47. 

Title: Paris Street; Rainy Day

Artist:  Gustave Caillebotte

Date: 1877

Location: Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois 

Fun fact: Caillebotte's interest in photography is evident in the painting. The figures in the foreground appear "out of focus", those in the mid-distance (the carriage and the pedestrians in the intersection) have sharp edges, while the features in the background become progressively indistinct.
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Date: 09-12-2017 11:18
Persona
Streetmusician



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48. 

Title: Foxes

Artist: Franz Marc

Date: 1913

Location: Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf 

Fun fact: N/A
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5. 

Title: The Kiss

Artist: Gustav Klimt

Date: 1907-08

Location: Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna

Fun fact: The painting initially created a scandal and was criticized as both 'pornography' and evidence of 'perverted excess'.
That is one ugly painting
Date: 09-12-2017 21:52
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Persona wrote:
46. 

Title: The Laughing Cavalier 

Artist: Frans Hals

Date: 1624

Location: Wallace Collection, London

Fun fact: The unknown subject is in fact not laughing, but can be said to have an enigmatic smile, much amplified by his upturned moustache.
I don't understand how people can draw like that
Date: 09-12-2017 21:53
Persona
Streetmusician



Persona wrote:
49. 

Title: Lady with an Ermine

Artist: Leonardo da Vinci

Date: 1489-90

Location: National Museum, Krakow 

Fun fact: The subject of the portrait is Cecilia Gallerani, painted at a time when she was the mistress of Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, and Leonardo was in the service of the duke. 
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6. 

Title: The Arnolfini Portrait

Artist: Jan van Eyck

Date: 1434

Location: National Gallery, London

Fun fact: It depicts the Italian merchant Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini and his wife, presumably in their home in the Flemish city of Bruges.
he looks a bit like the Russian president Putin
Date: 11-12-2017 10:43
Persona
Streetmusician



Persona wrote:
50. 

Title: Watson and the Shark

Artist: John Singleton Copley 

Date: 1778

Location: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Fun fact: The painting is based on an attack that took place in Havana harbour in 1749. Brook Watson, then a 14-year-old cabin boy, lost his leg in the attack and was not rescued until the third attempt, which is the subject of the painting
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Date: 11-12-2017 10:56
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