The most famous world artists. The most famous paintings by Russian artists
There are millions of paintings in the world that are created and shown in galleries and museums around the world. However, not all of them are as famous and recognizable as those listed below. Here is a list with photos of ten of the most famous paintings in the world.
Guernica
Guernica is a famous painting by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, painted in May 1937. It is an oil painting in black and white, done at incredible speed - in just a month. The canvas, 3.5 m high and 7.8 m long, depicts scenes of death, violence, atrocity, suffering and helplessness. It is believed that the reason for its creation was the bombing of the city of the Basque Country - Guernica. Kept in the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, the capital of Spain.
Self-Portrait of Vincent van Gogh without a Beard is by far the most famous of the few portraits of Vincent van Gogh that depicts him without a beard. In total, Vincent Van Gogh painted more than 38 of his portraits. It is believed that the artist created this painting as a gift for his mother's birthday. Today it is one of the most expensive paintings of all time. It was sold for $71.5 million in 1998, and is now stored in private collection.
The night Watch
The night Watch or “The Performance of the Rifle Company of Captain Frans Banning Cock and Lieutenant Willem van Ruytenburg” is a famous painting by the famous artist Rembrandt van Rijn, painted in 1642. Is one of the most famous Dutch paintings Golden Age. The canvas is famous for three characteristics: its colossal size (363 cm × 437 cm), its effective use of light and shadow, and its perception of movement. The painting is now kept in State Museum(Rijksmuseum) in Amsterdam.
Girl with a Pearl Earring is a famous painting by the Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer, painted around 1665. She is often called the Dutch or Northern Mona Lisa. Very little is known about the painting. According to one version, it depicts the artist’s daughter Maria. The canvas measures 44.5 × 39 cm and is now kept in the Mauritshuis Museum in The Hague, the Netherlands.
The Persistence of Memory is one of the most recognizable and famous paintings by the Spanish painter Salvador Dali. It was written in 1931. This small canvas (24x33 cm) was first shown at the Julien Levy Gallery in 1932. Now kept in the Museum contemporary art in NYC.
Scream
The Scream is a famous painting painted by Norwegian expressionist artist Edvard Munch in 1893. This is the most famous of the four oil versions of The Scream that the artist created between 1893 and 1910 using various techniques. Stored in National Museum Norway.
Starlight Night
Starry Night is a famous painting painted by post-impressionist Vincent van Gogh in June 1889. Considered one of his best works, as well as one of the most famous in history. Western culture. Kept in the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Creation of Adam - famous fresco Italian master Renaissance painting by Michelangelo, painted around 1511. Forms part of the ceiling Sistine Chapel and illustrates the biblical account from the Book of Genesis in which God breathes life into Adam, the first man. Along with Leonardo da Vinci's painting, The Last Supper is the most religious painting of all times.
The Last Supper is a world-famous monumental painting by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, created in 1495-1498 on the back wall of the refectory of the Dominican monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy. The painting depicts a scene described in the Bible as the Last Supper - Christ's last supper with his disciples. The size of the painting is approximately 460×880 cm.
Mona Lisa, aka Gioconda, is perhaps the most famous painting in the world, by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, painted approximately between 1503-1505. It is believed to be a portrait of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a silk merchant from Florence. The most recognizable painting in the world belongs to the French government and is kept in the Louvre in Paris.
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Today we present to your attention twenty paintings that are worthy of attention and recognition. These paintings were painted famous artists, and they should be known not only by those who engage in art, but also by ordinary mortals, since art colors our lives, aesthetics deepens our view of the world. Give art its due place in your life...
1. “The Last Supper.” Leonardo Da Vinci, 1495 - 1498
Monumental painting by Leonardo da Vinci depicting the scene of Christ's last meal with his disciples. Created in 1495-1498 in the Dominican monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan.
The painting was commissioned by Leonardo from his patron, Duke Ludovico Sforza and his wife Beatrice d'Este. The lunettes above the painting, formed by a ceiling with three arches, are painted with the Sforza coat of arms. The painting began in 1495 and was completed in 1498; work proceeded intermittently. The date of the start of work is not certain, since "the archives of the monastery were destroyed, and the negligible part of the documents that we have dates back to 1497, when the painting was almost completed."
The painting became a milestone in the history of the Renaissance: the correctly reproduced depth of perspective changed the direction of the development of Western painting.
It is believed that many secrets and hints are hidden in this picture - for example, there is an assumption that the image of Jesus and Judas was copied from the same person. When Da Vinci painted the picture, in his vision Jesus personified good, while Judas was pure evil. And when the master found “his Judas” (a drunkard from the street), it turned out that, according to historians, this drunkard several years earlier served as a prototype for painting the image of Jesus. Thus, we can say that this picture captured a person at different periods of his life.
2. “Sunflowers.” Vincent Van Gogh, 1887
The title of two cycles of paintings by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh. The first series was made in Paris in 1887. It is dedicated to lying flowers. The second series was completed a year later, in Arles. She depicts a bouquet of sunflowers in a vase. Van Gogh's friend Paul Gauguin acquired two Parisian paintings.
The artist painted sunflowers eleven times. The first four paintings were created in Paris in August - September 1887. Large cut flowers lie like some strange creatures dying before our eyes.
3. “The Ninth Wave.” Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky?, 1850.
One of the most famous paintings by the Russian marine painter Ivan Aivazovsky is kept in the Russian Museum.
The painter depicts the sea after a severe night storm and shipwrecked people. The rays of the sun illuminate the huge waves. The largest of them - the ninth shaft - is ready to fall on people trying to escape on the wreckage of the mast.
Despite the fact that the ship is destroyed and only the mast remains, the people on the mast are alive and continue to fight the elements. The warm colors of the picture make the sea not so harsh and give the viewer hope that people will be saved.
Created in 1850, the painting “The Ninth Wave” immediately became the most famous of all his marinas and was acquired by Nicholas I.
4. “Makha naked.” Francisco Goya, 1797-1800
Painting by Spanish artist Francisco Goya, painted around 1797-1800. Pairs with the painting “Maja Dressed” (La maja vestida). The paintings depict Macha, a Spanish townswoman of the 18th-19th centuries, one of the artist’s favorite subjects. "Maha Nude" is one of early works Western art, depicting a completely naked woman without mythological or negative connotations.
5. “Flight of Lovers.” Marc Chagall, 1914-1918
Work on the painting “Above the City” began back in 1914, and finishing touches The master applied it only in 1918. During this time, Bella turned from a lover not only into an adored wife, but also the mother of their daughter Ida, forever becoming the painter’s main muse. The union of the rich daughter of a hereditary jeweler and a simple Jewish youth, whose father made a living by unloading herring, can only be called a misalliance, but love was stronger and overcame all conventions. It was this love that inspired them, lifting them to heaven.
Karina portrays Chagall’s two loves at once – Bella and Vitebsk, dear to her heart. The streets are presented in the form of houses separated by a high dark fence. The viewer will not immediately notice a goat grazing on the left side of the center of the picture, and a simple man with his pants down foreground- humor from the painter, breaking out of the general context and romantic mood of the work, but this is all Chagall...
6. “The Face of War.” Salvador Dali, 1940.
Painting by Spanish artist Salvador Dali, painted in 1940.
The painting was created on the way to the USA. Impressed by the tragedy unfolding in the world and the bloodthirstiness of politicians, the master begins work on the ship. Located in the Boijmans-van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam.
Having lost all hope for normal life in Europe, an artist from his beloved Paris leaves for America. War covers the Old World and seeks to take over the rest of the world. The master does not yet know that his stay in the New World for eight years will make him truly famous, and his works will become masterpieces of world painting.
7. "Scream" Edvard Munch, 1893
“The Scream” (Norwegian Skrik) is a series of paintings by Norwegian expressionist artist Edvard Munch created between 1893 and 1910. They depict a woman screaming in despair human figure against a blood-red sky and an extremely generalized landscape background. In 1895, Munch created a lithograph on the same subject.
The red, fiery hot sky covered the cold fjord, which, in turn, gives birth to a fantastic shadow, similar to some kind of sea monster. Tension has distorted space, lines are broken, colors are inconsistent, perspective is destroyed.
Many critics believe that the plot of the picture is the fruit of the sick imagination of a mentally ill person. Some people see a premonition in the work environmental disaster, someone is deciding which mummy inspired the author for this work.
8. “The Girl with a Pearl Earring.” Jan Vermeer, 1665
The painting “Girl with a Pearl Earring” (Netherlands: “Het meisje met de parel”) was painted around 1665. IN given time stored in the Mauritshuis Museum, The Hague, the Netherlands, and is business card museum. The painting, nicknamed the Dutch Mona Lisa, or Mona Lisa of the North, is painted in the Tronie genre.
Thanks to Peter Webber’s film “Girl with a Pearl Earring” in 2003, a huge number of people far from painting learned about the wonderful Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer, as well as about his most famous painting “Girl with a Pearl Earring”.
9. "Tower of Babel." Pieter Bruegel, 1563
Famous painting by artist Pieter Bruegel. The artist created at least two paintings based on this subject.
The painting is located in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
There is a story in the Bible about how the inhabitants of Babylon tried to build a high tower to reach heaven, but God made them speak different languages, ceased to understand each other, and the tower remained unfinished.
10. "Algerian women." Pablo Picasso, 1955
“Women of Algeria” is a series of 15 paintings created by Picasso in 1954–1955 based on the paintings of Eugene Delacroix; the paintings are distinguished by the letters assigned by the artist from A to O. “Version O” was painted on February 14, 1955; for some time it belonged to the famous American art collector of the 20th century, Victor Ganz.
Pablo Picasso's painting "Women of Algeria (Version O)" sold for $180 million.
11. "New Planet". Konstantin Yuon, 1921
Russian Soviet painter, master of landscape, theater artist, art theorist. Academician of the USSR Academy of Arts. People's Artist THE USSR. Laureate Stalin Prize first degree. Member of the All-Union Communist Party since 1951.
This is an amazing painting, created in 1921 and not at all typical of the realist artist Yuon, “ New planet” is one of the brightest works that embodied the image of the changes that became in the second decade of the 20th century October Revolution. New system new way And new image thinking just born Soviet society. What awaits humanity now? Bright future? They didn’t think about it then, but what Soviet Russia and the whole world is entering an era of change, obviously, as is the rapid birth of a new planet.
12. “Sistine Madonna.” Raphael Santi, 1754
A painting by Raphael, which has been in the Old Masters Gallery in Dresden since 1754. It belongs to the generally recognized peaks of the High Renaissance.
Huge in size (265 × 196 cm, this is how the size of the painting is indicated in the catalog Dresden gallery) the canvas was created by Raphael for the altar of the church of the monastery of St. Sixtus in Piacenza, commissioned by Pope Julius II. There is a hypothesis that the painting was painted in 1512-1513 in honor of the victory over the French who invaded Lombardy during the Italian Wars, and the subsequent inclusion of Piacenza into the Papal States.
13. “Repentant Mary Magdalene.” Titian (Tiziano Vecellio), painted around 1565
Painting painted around 1565 Italian artist Titian Vecellio. Belongs to the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. Sometimes the date of creation is given as "1560s".
The model for the painting was Julia Festina, who amazed the artist with her shock of golden hair. The finished canvas greatly impressed the Duke of Gonzaga, and he decided to order a copy of it. Later, Titian, changing the background and posing of the woman, wrote a couple more similar works.
14. "Mona Lisa". Leonardo Da Vinci, 1503-1505
Portrait of Mrs. Lisa del Giocondo, (Italian. Ritratto di Monna Lisa del Giocondo) - a painting by Leonardo da Vinci, located in the Louvre (Paris, France), one of the most famous works of painting in the world, which is believed to be a portrait of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of the Florentine silk merchant Francesco del Giocondo, painted around 1503-1505 .
According to one of the put forward versions, “Mona Lisa” is a self-portrait of the artist.
15. “Morning in a pine forest”, Shishkin Ivan Ivanovich, 1889.
Painting by Russian artists Ivan Shishkin and Konstantin Savitsky. Savitsky painted bears, but the collector Pavel Tretyakov erased his signature, so that the author of the painting is often indicated alone.
The idea for the painting was suggested to Shishkin by Savitsky, who later acted as a co-author and depicted the figures of the bear cubs. These bears, with some differences in poses and numbers (at first there were two of them), appear in preparatory drawings and sketches. Savitsky turned out the animals so well that he even signed the painting together with Shishkin.
16. “We didn’t expect it.” Ilya Repin, 1884-1888
Painting by Russian artist Ilya Repin (1844-1930), painted in 1884-1888. It is part of the State Assembly Tretyakov Gallery.
The painting shown on XII traveling exhibition, is part of a narrative cycle dedicated to the fate of the Russian revolutionary populist.
17. “Bal at the Moulin de la Galette”, Pierre Auguste Renoir, 1876.
A painting painted by the French artist Pierre Auguste Renoir in 1876.
The place where the painting is located is the Musée d’Orsay. Moulin de la Galette is an inexpensive tavern in Montmartre, where students and working youth of Paris gathered.
18. “Starry Night.” Vincent Van Gogh, 1889.
De sterrennacht- a painting by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh, painted in June 1889, with a view of the pre-dawn sky over a fictional town from the eastern window of the artist’s home in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. Since 1941 it has been kept at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Considered one of the best works Van Gogh and one of the most significant works Western painting.
19. “The Creation of Adam.” Michelangelo, 1511.
Fresco by Michelangelo, painted around 1511. The fresco is the fourth of nine central compositions ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
“The Creation of Adam” is one of the most outstanding compositions of the Sistine Chapel painting. God the Father flies in infinite space, surrounded by wingless angels, with a flowing white tunic. Right hand stretched out towards Adam's hand and almost touches it. Adam's body lying on the green rock gradually begins to move and awakens to life. The entire composition is concentrated on the gesture of two hands. The hand of God gives the impulse, and the hand of Adam receives it, giving vital energy to the whole body. By the fact that their hands do not touch, Michelangelo emphasized the impossibility of connecting the divine and the human. In the image of God, according to the artist’s plan, it is not the miraculous principle that prevails, but gigantic creative energy. In the image of Adam, Michelangelo glorifies the strength and beauty of the human body. In fact, what appears before us is not the creation of man itself, but the moment at which he receives a soul, a passionate search for the divine, a thirst for knowledge.
20. “Kiss in the starry sky.” Gustav Klimt, 1905-1907
Painting Austrian artist Gustav Klimt, painted in 1907-1908. The canvas belongs to the period of Klimt’s work, called “golden”, last piece the author in his “golden period”.
On a rock, on the edge of a flower meadow, in a golden aura, lovers stand completely immersed in each other, fenced off from the whole world. Due to the uncertainty of the place of what is happening, it seems that the couple depicted in the picture is moving into a cosmic state that is not subject to time and space, on the other side of all historical and social stereotypes and cataclysms. Complete solitude and the man's face turned back only emphasize the impression of isolation and detachment in relation to the observer.
Source – Wikipedia, muzei-mira.com, say-hi.me
British newspaper The Times made a rating 200 best artists who lived from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day.
As a result, according to British readers, first place took the great spanish artist Pablo Picasso.
Second place given to post-impressionist Paul Cezanne, the third - the founder of Austrian Art Nouveau Gustav Klimt. The last line is occupied by modern Japanese artist Hiroshi Sujimoto.
French artists appear in the top ten Claude Monet, Henri Matisse, Marcel Duchamp And American artist Jackson Pollock.
The top ten is completed by the legend of pop art Andy Warhole, representative of abstract art Willem de Kooning and famous modernist Piet Mondrian.
It is impossible not to notice the overestimation of some artists and the ignoring of others, no less talented. The editors of The Times, summing up the results of the survey, are perplexed: “What is Martin Kippenberger doing in the top 20? Why is he rated higher than Rothko, Schiele and Klee? Is Munch (46th place) worse than Frida Kahlo? Most likely, this is explained by the desire of women to place the fair sex as high as possible in the ranking.
From Russian artists appear in the ranking Basil Kandinsky(15th), creator of "Black Square" " Casimir Malevich(17th). Ukrainian-American artist Alexander was awarded 95th Archipenko. 135th - one of the founders of constructivism Alexander Rodchenko. Also on the list were Marc Chagall-71st, and Vladimir Tatlin- 145th.
Here 20 best artists of the 20th century, according to British art lovers
Twenty best artists of the XX and beginning of the XXI century
1. Pablo Picasso
2. Paul Cezanne
3. Gustav Klimt
4. Claude Monet
5. Marcel Duchamp
6. Henri Matisse
7. Jackson Pollock
8. Andy Warhol
9. Willem de Kooning
10. Piet Mondrian
11. Paul Gauguin
12. Francis Bacon
13. Robert Rauschenberg
14. Georges Braque
15. Wassily Kandinsky
16. Constantin Brancusi
17. Kazimir Malevich
18. Jasper Johns
19. Frida Kahlo
20. Martin Kippenberger
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Yes, if such a survey had been conducted here, the list would have been completely different. As well as lists of the best literary works- in each country they differ significantly.
But so far we only have this list, in which we do not know many of the artists.
Therefore - here short story about the first twenty artists.
A full list 200 best artists of the 20th and early 21st centuries- at the end of the post.
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1.Picasso Pablo- Spanish artist, graphic artist
8. Andy Warhol(real name - Andrew Warhola, Rusyn. Andriy Vargola; 1928-1987) - American artist and producer, a prominent person in the history of pop art and modern art in general. Founder of the “homo universale” ideology.
Warhol created several paintings that became a sensation in the art world. In 1960, he created the design for Coca-Cola cans, which brought him fame as an artist with an extraordinary vision of art. And in 1960-1962 a series of works appeared depicting cans of Campbell's soup. 
Warhol one of the first to use screen printing and silk-screen printing as a method for creating paintings.
Warhol created a number of paintings in which he depicted idols modern society. Among the stars that Andy painted: repeated Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Lenin and others. These drawings in bright colors became Warhol’s “calling card”. recreating the atmosphere of America in the 60s. 
According to critics, these paintings reflected the vulgarity of mass consumer culture, the mentality Western civilization. Warhol is considered one of the representatives of pop art and conceptual art, such as Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns and Roy Lichtenstein. Currently, prices for his paintings reach tens of millions of dollars. An entire subculture has gathered around the figure of Warhol.
In 2015, the painting was sold to the Qatar Museum Authority for $300 million. 287\237\225
12. Francis Bacon-(1909-1992) - English artist- expressionist. Bacon's painting is always expressive, it is a kind of cry that conveys the tragedy of existence. The main theme of his work is human body- distorted, elongated, enclosed in geometric figures. Several works are included in the list of the most expensive paintings.
On May 14, 2008, Francis Bacon's 1976 Landmark of the Canonical 20th Century triptych sold at Sotheby's for $86.3 million. Sold by the Muy family, owners of Château Pétrus wine production, to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich. And the painter received the title of the most expensive post-war artist and took third place in the top ten dear artists world in general, second only to Picasso and Klimt. 180\122\96
13.Robert Rauschenberg(1925, Port Arthur -2008, Captiva Island, Florida) - American artist. A representative of abstract expressionism, and then conceptual art and pop art, in his works he gravitated toward collage and readymade techniques, and used garbage.
Like other representatives of pop art, he tried to express his vision of the world in unusual, shocking forms. For this purpose, canvases, collages, and installations were used.
In the early 50s, Rauschenberg went through three stages of creating paintings:
“White painting” - black numbers and some symbols are depicted on a white background.
“Black painting” - scraps of newspapers were glued onto the canvas, and the whole thing was covered with black enamel.
“Red painting” - abstract paintings in red tones, partly with stickers made from newspapers, nails, photographs, etc.
In 1953, Rauschenberg erased a Willem de Kooning drawing and exhibited it under the title “Erased De Kooning Drawing,” raising questions about the nature of art. 
Since the mid-50s, Rauschenberg has been creating spatial objects that he calls “combined paintings,” for example:
“Odalisque” (satin pillow, stuffed chicken, photographs and reproductions)
“Bed” - a bed splattered with paint and placed upright... 
In the late 50s, he mastered the technique of frottage (rubbing, introduced into art by Max Ernst) to transfer magazine photographs onto paper. Rauschenberg used it to create a graphic series of 34 illustrations for Dante's Inferno in the pop art style. In 1962, he mastered the silk-screen printing technique and created a number of large works using it. One of the paintings in this series " Path to Heaven» ( Skyway, 1964). On it, pop cultural symbols (for example, American astronauts) are side by side with images of Rubens.
Rauschenberg is the winner of many awards, including: Grand Prize on Venice Biennale, Grammy, US National Medal, Japanese Imperial Prize and others.
In the 60s and 70s, Rauschenberg was involved in the field of performance art, happenings and other theatrical events.
1 Pablo Picasso 21587
2 Paul Cézanne 21098
3 Gustav Klimt 20823
4 Claude Monet 20684
5 Marcel Duchamp 20647
6 Henry Matisse 17096
7 Jackson Pollock 17051
8 Andy Warhol 17047
9 Willem de Kooning 17042
10 Piet Mondrian 17028
11 Paul Gauguin 17027
12 Francis Bacon 17018
13 Robert Rauschenberg 16956
14 Georges Braque 16788
15 Wassily Kandinsky 16055
16 Constantin Brancusi 14224
17 Kazimir Malevich 13609
18 Jasper Johns 12988
19 Frida Kahlo 12940
20 Martin Kippenberger 12784
21 Paul Klee
22 Egon Schiele
23 Donald Judd
24 Bruce Nauman
25 Alberto Giacometti
26 Salvador Dali
27 Auguste Rodin
28 Mark Rothko
29 Edward Hopper
30 Lucian Freud
31 Richard Serra
32 Rene Magritte
33 David Hockney
34 Philip Gaston
35 Gery Cartier-Bresson 8779
36 Pierre Bonnard
37 Jean-Michel Basquiat
38 Max Ernst
39 Diane Arbus
40 Georgia O'Keefe
41 Cy Twombly
42 Max Beckmann
43 Barnett Newman
44 Giorgio de Chirico
45 Roy Lichtenstein 7441
46 Edvard Munch
47 Pierre August Renoir
48 Man Ray
49 Henry Moore
50 Cindy Sherman
51 Jeff Koons
52 Tracey Emin
53 Damien Hirst
54 Yves Klein
55 Henry Rousseau
56 Chaim Soutine
57 Archil Gorky
58 Amadeo Modigliani
59 Umberto Boccioni
60 Jean Dubuffet
61 Eva Hesse
62 Edward Willard
63 Carl Andre
64 Juan Gris
65 Lucio Fontana
66 Franz Klein
67 David Smith
68 Joseph Beuys
69 Alexander Calder
70 Louise Bourgeois
71 Marc Chagall
72 Gerhard Richter
73 Balthus
74 Joan Miró
75 Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
76 Frank Stella
77 Georg Baselitz
78 Francis Picabia
79 Jenny Saville
80 Dan Flavin
81 Alfred Stieglitz
82 Anselm Kiefer
83 Matthew Bernie
84 Georges Gros
85 Bernd and Hilla Becher
86 Sigmar Polke
87 Bryce Marden
88 Maurizio Catellan
89 Sol LeWitt
90 Chuck Close 2915
91 Edward Weston
92 Joseph Cornell
93 Karel Appel
94 Bridget Riley
95 Alexander Archipenko
96 Anthony Caro
97 Richard Hamilton
98 Clifford Still
99 Luc Tuymans
100 Class Oldenburg
101 Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi
102 Frank Auerbach
103 Dinos and Jake Chapman
104 Marlene Dumas
105 Anton Tapies
106 Giorgio Morandi
107 Walker Evans
108 Nan Goldin
109 Robert Frank
110 Georges Rouault
111 Arp Hans
112 August Sender
113 James Rosenquist
114 Andreas Gursky
115 Eugene Atget
116 Jeff Wall
117 Ellsworth Kelly
118 Bill Brandt
119 Christo and Jean-Claude
120 Howard Hodgkin
121 Josef Albers
122 Piero Manzoni
123 Agnes Martin
124 Anish Kapoor
125 L. S. Lowry
126 Robert Motherwell
127 Robert Delaunay
128 Stuart Davis
129 Ed Ruscha
130 Gilbert and George 2729
131 Stanley Spencer
132 James Ensor
133 Fernard Ledger
134 Brassaï (Gyula Halas)
135 Alexander Rodchenko
136 Robert Ryman
137 Ed Reinhardt
138 Hans Bellmer
139 Isa Genzken
140 Kees van Dongen
141 Ouija
142 Paula Rego
143 Thomas Hart Benton
144 Hans Hoffman
145 Vladimir Tatlin
146 Odilon Redon
147 George Segal
148 Jörg Imendorf
149 Robert Smithson
150 Peter Doig 2324
151 Ed and Nancy Kienholz
152 Richard Prince
153 Ansel Adams
154 Naum Gabo 2256
155 Diego Rivera 2239
156 Barbara Hepworth 2237
157 Nicola de Stael 2237
158 Walter de Maria 2229
159 Felix Gonzalez-Torres 2228
160 Giacomo Balla 2225
161 Ben Nicholson 2221
162 Antony Gormley 2218
163 Lionel Feininger 2216
164 Emil Nolde 2213
165 Mark Wallinger 2211
166 Hermann Nietzsch 2209
167 Paul Signac 2209
168 Jean Tigli 2209
169 Kurt Schwitters 2209
170 Grayson Perry 2208
171 Julian Schnabel 2208
172 Raymond Duchamp-Villon 2208
173 Robert Gober 2208
174 Dwayne Hanson 2208
175 Richard Diebenkorn 2207
176 Apex Katz 2207
177 Alighiero Boetti 2206
178 Gaudier-Brzeska Henry 2206
179 Laszlo Moholy-Nagy 2205
180 Jacques-Henri Lartigue 2205
181 Robert Morris 2205artists
When the great and terrible Salvador Dali was asked whether it was difficult to paint, he replied: “It is either easy or impossible.” It is also impossible to imagine that the name of the artist may be unknown to someone. However, like the names of Raphael, da Vinci, Botticelli, Van Gogh, Picasso. In the end, Serov, Vasnetsov and Malevich... But even if this happened, you are not an art critic, not an artist, and in general, a person far from the world of art. But you are familiar with their work!
At least once in our lives, each of us has seen pictures without which it is difficult to imagine world culture, while their citation in mass culture is enormous. They look at us from advertising and from the pages of books, turn into Internet memes, and become art objects themselves.
Here they are - the most famous paintings world with names that you know for sure!
This bright face of the wife of a rich Florentine merchant is familiar to everyone civilized man. Without exaggeration, the Mona Lisa is considered the most famous painting in the world.
“Mona Lisa”, “La Gioconda” - painting by Leonardo da Vinci.
Scream
“The Scream” is a painting by Edvard Munch.
The painting “The Scream,” painted by Norwegian expressionist Edvard Munch in 1893, has gained incredible popularity these days. The number of parodies, reinventions, and use of a recognizable image in advertising, even in cinema (and don’t say you haven’t heard of the horror film “Scream”) is countless. Meanwhile, the author created his masterpiece in order to get rid of the painful feeling of loneliness and suffering. Against the background of a blood-red sky, a figure with a face distorted from a scream can, of course, be interpreted in different ways.
Of all his riches artistic heritage- and this is about 800 paintings, perhaps the most famous even among the inexperienced public were the paintings “Sunflowers” and “ Starlight Night" But the latter is preferred for the reason that the village of Saint-Rémy was written from memory.
Starlight Night
The fantastic “Starry Night” today is a fantastically popular and famous picture.
"Starry Night" - painting by Vincent van Gogh.
Another science fiction artist is, of course, Salvador Dali. Considered to be its most popular painting work is "Persistence of Memory".
“The Persistence of Memory” - painting by Salvador Dali.
This picture is entirely a game of association. The endless passage of time is depicted here literally. It’s interesting, but it was Gala Dali, the artist’s eternal muse, who first said that the painting “The Persistence of Memory” will never be forgotten. And her words turned out to be prophetic. Painted in 1931, the painting remains more than famous even in 2017. And who would have thought that processed cheese inspired Dali to pick up a brush.
Black square
The end of the artist’s traditional objective thinking was predicted even earlier by Kazimir Malevich. You may not know this name, but it is almost impossible not to know “Black Square”. In the history of world art it is difficult to find a painting with greater fame. “Black Square” is the same Madonna, an icon, only for futurists.
Black suprematist square- the work of Kazimir Malevich.
Controversial. Ambiguous. Unique. Any epithets can be applied to this picture, except one – unknown. By the way, foreign art connoisseurs call the “Black Suprematist Square” the most famous Russian a work of art. No more, no less.
But for the common man there is no nicer and more understandable painting by another Russian artist - Ivan Shishkin. The fame of the work “Morning in pine forest" - phenomenal. However, like folk love: people far from art know this plot under a different name - “Three Bears”, and they did not see it in art gallery, and on candy wrappers.
“Morning in a pine forest” - painting by Ivan Shishkin and Konstantin Savitsky.
The canvas also has a secret! It turns out that the authorship is double. The painter Ivan Shishkin depicted the forest, and those same bears were painted by Konstantin Savitsky. The name of the second Russian artist was erased at the personal request of the gallery owner, Pavel Tretyakov. But a masterpiece – even if it is completely nameless – remains a masterpiece.
And now - an oil painting, which after 2016 absolutely everyone started talking about. “Girl with Peaches” by Valentin Serov, and until last year, was not only the most famous work Russian artist, but also one of best portraits in the world.
“Girl with Peaches” - painting by Valentin Serov.
But in the year of Serov’s 150th anniversary, the sudden excitement around the exhibition, kilometer-long queues, memes and even jokes associated with the painting and its author, brought “Girl with Peaches” to the top. By the way, the employees of the Tretyakov Gallery themselves helped with this, reviving the heroine of the portrait. The girl spoke and told the story of the creation of the work.
And finally, “The Unknown” by Ivan Kramskoy is rightfully considered one of the most famous paintings. There is no less mystery in this painting than popularity. Maybe that’s why the stranger is called the Russian Gioconda?
“Unknown” - painting by Ivan Kramskoy.
For more than 130 years, it has been unknown who this girl is. And it doesn’t matter where she looks at us from: from a box of chocolates, from the Tretyakov Gallery itself, from a painting textbook. This “Unknown” is the most famous.
In the world of art, there are a huge number of works that shocked the whole world and, breaking the usual stereotypes, left a major mark on history. The creators of world-famous painting masterpieces posed a unique challenge to society, which changed its idea of beauty and pushed the established boundaries. Since in the history of art such revolutionary works There are many and it is impossible to cover them all, we decided to pay attention to the 10 most famous paintings artists from different centuries.
Mona Lisa (La Gioconda) - Leonardo da Vinci
Mona Lisa
The painting “Mona Lisa” (“La Gioconda”) by Leonardo da Vinci is probably the most famous work of the genius. This painting is truly beautiful and priceless. It is located in the Louvre Museum. The masterpiece was created in 1514 - 1515. Until recently, it was assumed that the painting was painted earlier - in 1503.
The painting depicts the wife of a silk merchant from Florence, Francesco del Gioconda, Lisa Gherardini, so first the Italians and then the French began to call the painting “Gioconda”. The famous 16th century historian Giorgio Vasari was delighted with the portrait and in his book “The Lives of Illustrious Italian architects, sculptors and artists" called it a shortened version of the word madonna ("my lady") - Mona Lisa.
In the process of working on a painting, the artist, through careful composition, a soft range of tones and painting techniques, has achieved that harmony thanks to which we see the image as if through an invisible haze. This light coating covers small details, softens outlines and creates an invisible transition between shape and colors. Leonardo da Vinci gave our imagination a lot, so Gioconda never ceases to amaze art connoisseurs over the centuries, looking at us from the portrait as if alive.
The picture is very difficult to describe in words: the longer the viewer looks at it, the more it affects him. He is imbued with its magnetism and begins to feel that alluring charm that has not ceased to captivate people all over the world for centuries.
Black Square - Kazimir Malevich
Kazimir Malevich's painting "Black Suprematist Square", painted in 1915, still remains one of the most scandalous, famous and discussed works in Russian art. This masterpiece is part of the artist’s series of Suprematist works, which also included the paintings “Black Circle” and “Black Cross”. In this cycle, Malevich tried to explore basic color and compositional possibilities.
The canvas is presented in the form of a small canvas with a width and length of 79.5 centimeters. The main background of the work is white, in the center there is an image of a large black square. According to the artist, he worked on the canvas for several months.
It is worth noting that Malevich did not come to painting the painting right away. Work on the scenery of the opera “Victory over the Sun” was a harbinger of its appearance. In particular, the master decided to replace one of the decorations (the sun) with a black square. According to the artist's idea, this technique would help him convey the idea of the triumph of human creativity over nature.
Critics reacted ambiguously to this work by Malevich. Some of them even argued that the painting is a modern alternative to icons, that the canvas testifies to the search for a certain new religion, about the chaos of the world. According to the artist himself, “Black Square” is a kind of symbol of the pinnacle of art and at the same time its end.
It remains undeniable that the picture depicts a mysterious abyss that captivates and gives an endless flight of imagination.
Self-Portrait with Crown of Thorns and Hummingbird - Frida Kahlo
The famous painting by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, Self-Portrait with a Crown of Thorns and a Hummingbird, was painted in 1940. This self-portrait of a brilliant woman expresses the heavy heartache, which she experienced after her divorce from her husband, the artist Diego Rivera. This pain is conveyed in the form of thorns that bind her neck. Subsequently, after breaking up with her husband, Frida Kahlo said: “There were two accidents in my life,” Frida said. - The first is a tram, the second is Diego. The second one is worse."
The Scream - Edvard Munch
The painting "The Scream" by Norwegian expressionist artist Edvard Munch was created between 1893 and 1910. The first thing that catches your eye is the figure of a screaming man depicted in the center of the canvas. On the face, contorted with horror, the viewer sees boundless despair on the verge of madness. The artist conveyed powerful human emotions using fairly simple means.
“The Scream” is a symbol of expressionism, a kind of prelude to the art of the 20th century. Munch's work is still one of the most extraordinary and mysterious in world painting today. Some experts even suggest that the plot of the work is a figment of the unhealthy imagination of a mentally ill person.
Viewers also see it differently: some personify it with a premonition of disaster, others believe that the author painted the picture, inspired by the image of a mummy. Everyone sees something different in her.
Girl with a Pearl Earring - Jan Vermeer
The famous work of the Dutch artist Jan Vermeer “Girl with a Pearl Earring” (“Girl in a Turban”) is often called the Dutch Mona Lisa. The painting was painted around 1665. Little is known about this painting. There are several versions of who is depicted in the painting, whether the author painted it to order and who the customer was. According to one of them, Vermeer depicted his daughter Mary on the canvas.
Definitely, this is an unusual work, with unique dynamics. The artist conveyed in the work the moment when the sitter turns her head and looks at the person she just noticed. The author drew the viewer's attention to the pearl earring in the girl's ear. The master managed to convey the connection between the young woman and the artist. Her figure lives separate life, and the head looks in the other direction.
Self-portrait with a severed ear and pipe - Vincent Van Gogh
His famous “Self-portrait with a cut off ear and pipe” is Dutch and French artist Vincent van Gogh painted in 1889 while in Arles. The artist suffered from mental illness due to his heightened perception of reality and mental imbalance.
The portrait was painted after Van Gogh, in a fit of madness, cut off his earlobe after a quarrel with Gauguin over creative differences. First, Van Gogh threw a glass at the artist’s head, then rushed at him with a razor. That same evening he mutilated himself.
Having examined the picture, we will notice that the background is divided into two equal parts: the lower zone is red, the upper zone is orange with yellow splashes. The author depicted himself with distorted facial features and a lost look.
The Last Supper - Salvador Dali
The famous master of surrealism Salvador Dali created his “ last supper"in 1955. The painting is in Washington National Gallery. This work the artist wrote complex technology using photographic materials. The painting depicts a traditional plot conveyed from a futuristic point of view.
Dali depicted Jesus Christ and his followers gathered at one table. The work echoes and contrasts vividly with famous painting brushes by Leonardo da Vinci. However, on Dali’s canvas the setting and characters are different, depicted with minimalism and authenticity.
The picture conveys to the viewer a kind of moral message. The work is filled with light and lightness. From the windows depicted on it we see incredible beautiful landscape with clear blue sky and silvery mountain ranges.
Olympia - Edouard Manet
Olympia - Edouard Manet
The painting “Olympia” was painted by the French impressionist Edouard Manet in 1863. It rightfully occupies a place of honor next to other masterpieces of world painting.
However, in 1865, at the Paris Salon, because of this work, there was loud scandal. The fact is that before Manet, naked women were depicted in paintings as a standard of spiritual beauty. And this work by Manet was recognized as both physically ugly and depraved. For moral reasons, artists were allowed to depict naked only heroines of ancient myths, historical or biblical figures. Whereas the impressionist broke this rule.
His Olympia was considered a representative of " the oldest profession", who has just received a bouquet from her lover. Society also did not accept the name of the painting, since corrupt women were called this name, and insulting ridicule rained down on the artist.
Dora Maar with a cat - Pablo Picasso
Dora Maar with a cat
One of the most expensive paintings in the world, “Dora Maar with a Cat” by Pablo Picasso, was painted by the artist in 1941. It depicts the artist's lover, Dora Maar, sitting on a chair with a small cat on her shoulder.
In almost all of Picasso’s paintings, Dora looks creepy, this is explained by the fact that they were painted during a difficult period of their relationship. Besides World War left its mark on the life and work of the Spanish master. The relationship between Dora Maar and Pablo Picasso was by no means romantic; rather, it was a union of two creative personalities.
In the work “Dora Maar with a cat,” the artist emphasized the sharpness of the nails through the image of a black cat.
One: number 31 - Jackson Pollock
In the late 1940s, American artist Jackson Pollock invented new technology in painting - he painted on large canvases, placing them on the floor. His paintings were created by splashing paint from his brushes; he did not touch them to the canvas.
When working on his paintings, he used sticks, scoops, knives and pouring paint or mixed paint with sand and broken glass.
