Through all the seasons of 2021 and 2022, a group of talented painters has been capturing the beauty of Franklins public park system in watercolors, acrylics, and oils.

On November 11, The Chestnut Group and Friends of Franklin Parks will unveil the collection of works as part of Painting the Parks, a fundraising art show and sale to be held at the Eastern Flank Battlefield Park Event Center at 1368 Eastern Flank Circle in Franklin.

The Chestnut Group, a non-profit collective of artists who have been painting to preserve in Tennessee for more than two decades, paints the landscapes of middle Tennessee en plein air, or outside in the environment. They then sell their paintings to support efforts to protect and enhance these cherished lands. This year, they partnered with Friends of Franklin Parks to present an art show and sale beginning Friday, Nov. 11, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and continuing Saturday, Nov. 12, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 13 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Nearly half of the net proceeds will benefit Friends of Franklin Parks, and the remainder to support the artists and The Chestnut Group organization.

The mission of The Chestnut Group aligns perfectly with the efforts of Friends of Franklin Parks, as our members are passionate about protectng the natural and historical landscapes of Middle Tennessee, said Brenda Coldwell, who is co-chairing the PainXng the Parks event with Karen Philpo]. As plein air painters, we are dedicated to preserving public spaces and the 900 acres of parkland in Franklin, Tennessee, provide a spectacular range of subjects to capture.

Chestnut members have captured scenes and the seasons at several of Franklins most beloved parks, including Harlinsdale Farm, Fort Granger, Eastern Flank, Pinkerton, and more in preparation for the show, which will feature more than 100 works. Visitors can expect to see a variety of landscapes, historic structures, wildlife, and engaging natural scenes. Several paint-out events, where Chestnut Group members gather in a specific part of the park to paint, have been held since 2021 and throughout 2022, and the pieces will allow a]endees to see these moments captured through the artists eyes and talents.Friends of Franklin Parks ExecuXve Director Torrey Barnhill cites the long legacy of artists working in the parks, including at the historic Hayes House at Harlinsdale that is now set to undergo a full restoration.

Art is a central component of our plans at the Hayes House, and we are thrilled to have been selected as a beneficiary by The Chestnut Group, Barnhill said. Dollars raised from the PainXng the Parks event will be directed to a range of enhancements to public spaces, from the inclusive playground Ellie Gs Dream World to the restoration work at Harlinsdale and our efforts to continue expanding our trails and greenways.

The exhibit/art sale is free and open to the public, November 11-13, 2022, at the Eastern Flank Ba]lefield Park Event Center at 1368 Eastern Flank Circle in Franklin, with plenty of parking available. For more information, click here.

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ASandro Botticellipainting of the Virgin Mary that was once owned by the late Microsoft cofounderPaul Allenwill be auctioned by Christies this November. The house expects that it will fetch more than $40 million, making it one of the most expensive works from Allens estate to head to sale.

In late August, the auction house made waves when it announced plans to sell $1 billion in art held by Allen. Among the works headed to sale are pieces by Claude Monet, George Seurat, Jasper Johns, and Paul Czanne. The sale proceeds will go toward philanthropic causes Allen established prior to his death in 2018 at the age of 65.

This is an image that defines the popular notion of Botticelli as an artist, Christies London-based Old Masters specialist Andrew Fletcher toldARTnews, describing the painting as imposing and intimate.

Measuring at 24 inches in diameter, Botticelli produced the painting, titledMadonna of the Magnificat,in the late1480s, at a time when his studio was thriving. Experts at Christies believe the panel was most likely commissioned by a well-off patron who intended to display it in a private residence for devotional purposes. A similar example by the Italian painter belongs to the Uffizi Galleries in Florence.

The work has been in Allens private collection since 1999, when he acquired it privately for an undisclosed price.

Madonna of the Magnificathas been widely shown in museum exhibitions. It last appeared in the 2020 exhibition Flesh and Blood: Italian Masterpieces from at the Seattle Museum of Art. Before it entered his collection, the painting was shown at Londons National Gallery on long-term loan from 1960 to 1978.

When they resurface on the market, Botticelli paintings can generate large sums. In 2020,Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Roundelsold from the collection of the late Sheldon Solow at Sothebys for a record-setting $92 million. This past January, BotticellisMan of Sorrows(ca. 1500), a portrait of Christ wearing a crown of thorns, sold for $45.5 million.

IfMadonna of the Magnificatreaches its estimate, it will be among the top three works by the artist to sell at auction.

According to Fletcher, the amount of significant works by Botticelli still held privately are tiny in number.

The Botticelli will appear alongside pieces by Seurat and Van Gogh that are estimated to sell for more than $100 million.

The Allen sale, Fletcher remarked, is poised to be a significant one for the Old Masters market. Botticelli is rubbing shoulders with the titans of 19th-and 20th-century art, he said. Its putting him and his work in front of collectors who may not ordinarily have had their attention drawn in that direction.

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It can be hard to remember a time before smartphones and in particular the model that started it all. Apple's iPhone, which has probably replaced your computer, music player, calculator and approximately a billion other devices, first launched in 2007. Or is that 1860?

A nineteenth century painting has resurfaced featuring what very much appears to be a woman holding an iPhone. And while that obviously isn't what we're looking at, it's fun to imagine, right? (Check out the best iPhone 14 deals if you want to look as contemporary as her.)

The Expected One" by Austrian painter Ferdinand Georg Waldmller is doing the rounds right now, with social media users going wild for the hilarious illusion. The lady in 162 year-old painting is displaying all the hallmarks of a modern day smartphone user: both hands clutching the device, presumably messaging a suitor, eyes down, oblivious to the beautiful landscape around her and to the slightly creepy guy brandishing a flower in the foreground. There even appears to be a faint glow emanating from the 'screen' this must be an OLED model.

But of course, she isn't holding a prehistoric iPhone. According to Vice (opens in new tab), the painting was spotted at Munich's Neue Pinakothek museum earlier this year. "What strikes me most is how much a change in technology has changed the interpretation of the painting, and in a way has leveraged its entire context, he said.

So what's she holding? A prayer book, of course. The girl in this Waldmller painting is not playing with her new iPhone X, but is off to church holding a little prayer book in her hands, Gerald Weinpolter, CEO of the art agencyaustrian-paintings.at, told Vice.

Still, it's not the first time we've seen iPhones pop up in unusual places. Last year, the internet went wild when a supposedly unreleased model appeared in an Apple TV series but just like the lady looking at Tinder her prayer book, all was not quite as it seemed there either.

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A painting of a Jamaican man that has been hidden away from public view for years has been identified as a work by Richmond Barth, a key figure within African American art history.

The painting, titled Seated Man in a Landscape, dates back to the 1950s, during a period when Barth was based in Jamaica. But art historians did not know that he was the author of the work because the attribution was incorrectly transcribed, according to the National Trust, the U.K. organization that announced the new research done on the painting.

The National Trust plans to put the piece on view at Belton House in Lincolnshire starting on Thursday. The paintings display is meant to coincide with Black History Month in the U.K.

Belton House, which owns the work, has never before put the piece on display. The National Trust said it did not know how the work had arrived at Belton House in the first place, although the organization speculated that it may have been acquired by Perry Brownlow, who lived from 1899 to 1978 and had a vacation home in Jamaica.

The late art historian Margaret Rose Vendryes, an expert in Barth, conducted the research on the painting in collaboration with Alice Rylance-Watson, an assistant curator at the National Trust. Together, they also identified the paintings sitter as Lucian Levers, a worker at Barths studio in St. Ann Parish.

We are delighted to be able to identify Lucian Levers as the sitter as it can be difficult to name black individuals who appear in historic portraits, chiefly because of a lack of documentation, Rylance-Watson said in a statement.

Barth is best known as a sculptor of images of Black men, whose bodies he rendered in exacting detail. These works achieved fame during the mid-20th century in the U.S., and he moved to Jamaica to escape the violence he encountered in New York and the attention being lavished upon him countrywide. He also spent time in Haiti, where he designed coins and built a monument to Toussaint Louverture in Port-au-Prince.

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The ever popular window painting contest hosted by The Womans Club of Madisonville will hit the streets of downtown Madisonville beginning October 21.

According to Nadean Young, last years Chairwoman for the event, they are hoping to lock in at least 250 storefront windows in the downtown business district.

This event started a long time ago, then it quit, and now it started back up again this year, Young said. People really like this event. It is a fun contest and it brings some great artwork to Main Street to celebrate Halloween.

The Womans Club posted their pre-registration link and flyer about the event on Facebook Wednesday afternoon, and just eight hours later it was closed, as it it completely filled up.

Current Chair for the Arts & Culture Committee of the Womans Club of Madisonville, Sandra Betts, shared that they are excited for this years event.

I am humbled and honored to have been chosen to fill this position this year, Betts said. In 2015, the Womans Club of Madisonville resurrected the fall event known as the Downtown Window Painting. Many adults in Hopkins County that had enjoyed this traditional activity years earlier as children themselves were the most excited to see this event return to the community. The Womans Club felt that by bringing back this event it would allow the club a new opportunity to invest its time, energy, and money. Better still, this project would also help to promote arts in the community. Many of the club members remember helping judge these contests in the earlier years of 1981-1996.

The Womans Club of Madisonville began by partnering with Downtown Turnaround and the City of Madisonville. This year they have added the support of Hopkins County Tourism as sponsors.

In 2015 we registered 118 students in K-8 grade. With growing interest, in 2018 we broadened the contest to preschool through 12th grade. In 2021 we registered 360 children painting on 232 windows. The downtown business owners have been the best at allowing us the opportunity to hold this event. They are always will to participate by donating the use of their windows.

According to Betts, one excited business posted on Facebook enjoyed watching the artists paint on my window last year and I wonder who would be painting this year?

This family friendly event will begin with painting at 2 p.m. on Friday, October 21, and must be completed by noon on October 22. The Club and its sponsors will provide a bucket with six colors of paint, a couple of brushes and dry erase marker. The guidelines will provide information on other items you might need to complete your drawing.

This is a service project for The Womans Club and we are proud to have such a great event that the community really enjoys, Young said.

Judging criteria and all other information and instructions can be found on The Womans Club of Madisonvilles Facebook Page. Online registration is closed, as 200 windows have already been preregistered for, however, be sure to check back online for more details to come.

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TCU is sending out invitations of sorts to the world to join in celebrating its landmark birthday in 2023.

Rather than stock, the university is using paint.

As part of the lead-up to TCUs 150thanniversary, the school is highlighting notable Horned Frog leaders who found their inspiration at TCU with a series of murals, hand painted in cities across America.

The larger-than-life artistic portraits will appear in select U.S. cities to recognize outstanding individuals who represent the power of TCUs alumnileading onin extraordinary ways in their chosen fields.

The first mural in the series was unveiled in New York City this week and features alumnusJohn Devereaux, currently touring with Hamilton.

John is amazing, and he represents what we believe is the power of all Horned Frogs: We find our passion and pursue it, says TCU Chancellor Victor J. Boschini Jr. in a statement. In corporations, in classrooms, in operating rooms and even on stages, youll find Horned Frogs leading on.

The mural series is part of TCUs new national brand campaign supporting its 150thanniversary theme Lead On: Celebrating 150 Years of TCU.

New commercialsfeaturing TCU students, faculty and staff are also debuting to promote its academic and campus experience. Streetlamp banners convey the powerful then and now connection between TCU leaders from yesterday and today with descriptors like Boldly, Compassionately and Authentically. Anaccompanying photo essaygoes deeper, telling the story of everyone represented on the banners.

Devereaux credits multiple experiences and people at TCU that prompted him to pursue a career in the performing arts. He says his life would have been different without the culture of connection at TCU and the support and encouragement from professors and classmates.

I am so grateful to everyone at TCU for nurturing and expanding my gifts, says Devereaux. It is so meaningful to be celebrated like this and to know that I am viewed as a leader in my community. I truly believe that the stage is a platform for joy. I stand on the shoulders of those who came before me, and I pray that my shoulders will be strong to hold those who will stand on mine.

The mural featuring Devereaux is 15 feet wide and 32 feet high. It is located on25thStreet between 6thand 7thAvenuesin Manhattan. The bold mural, painted in TCUs signature school purple, is accented with the sesquicentennial year creative featuring a prismatic purple sunrise gradient, and features a photo-realistic portrait of Devereaux and playful lettering featuring his inspiring quote: The stage is a platform for joy.

Last month, TCU students and administration used an opportunity to ring the final bell on Wall Street to promote its anniversary and mission.

The second mural location will be unveiled in Los Angeles in February and feature alumKatherine Beattie, a producer/writer forNCISand, as an adaptive sports athlete,the first woman to land a backflip using a wheelchair.

Other mural subjects and locations will be announced soon, with the final mural debuting in Fort Worth in fall 2023.

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Mary Lovelace ONeal at the On the Edge gala and afterparty for the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco on Sept. 6 at the de Young Museum, honoring her and Guo Pei. Photo: Aaron Wojack / Special to The Chronicle

I offer three words to summarize what I loved about the Fine Arts Museums of San Franciscos On the Edge gala: Mary Lovelace ONeal.

The 80-year old Oakland artist, well known for her acclaimed Whales Fing painting series, was a guest of honor at the de Young Museum on Thursday, Oct. 7, along with Chinese couturier Guo Pei, the subject of the Legion of Honors current exhibition Guo Pei: Fantasy Couture. While the fashion designer was unable to attend the event due to Chinas pandemic-related travel restrictions, ONeal brought the gala dinner to its feet with her candor from the stage.

I thank all of you who have supported me lo these many years, and I thank those who supported my work even though they didnt like me or my work, but they felt it important to make a way for an African American, quite young artist, ONeal said to laughter.

FAMSF recently acquired ONeals 1990 painting titled Driskells Red Dogs aka I Live in a Black Marble Palace with Black Panthers and White Doves #8 from San Franciscos Jenkins Johnson Gallery. It will go on display at the de Youngs American collection gallery in the next few weeks. The work is an abstract explosion of color with red forms seeming to leap at the paintings center.

In his remarks honoring ONeal for her extraordinary art and her lifelong commitment to humanist values, Timothy Anglin Burgard, the museums curator-in-charge of American art, also evoked a gasp from the guests when he mentioned that ONeal had once dated famed civil rights leader Stokely Carmichael, illustrating the extraordinary swath of Black American history with which her work intersects.

My life as a painter aint been no crystal stair, but it has most certainly been worthwhile, ONeal said. No crystal stairs but not a single boring day in all my 80 years. That is what is important in a well-lived life: a place to make artwork, which should be called art labor. My art labor does indeed have a price, and if one doesnt want to pay that price, then that art labor is not for them.

The On the Edge gala arrived this year amid a packed fall season in the Bay Area visual arts world. It has included the opening of the new Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco in Dogpatch on Oct. 1, as well as a number of new museum and gallery shows. As FAMSF director and CEO Thomas P. Campbell joked, its a lot going on for a region that the New York Times recently characterized as having a struggling art market.

I think the death of the art scene in San Francisco is much overpredicted, said Campbell. Theres so much creativity here, new directors at several museums, Im looking to the city to blow it out of the water in the coming months.

In its second year, Campbell said, the On the Edge gala aims to celebrate the connection between historical and contemporary art that has been a hallmark of his tenure at the museums. Representing both of those themes were the Ramses the Great and Faith Ringgold exhibitions on view that night. In addition to ONeal, artists in attendance included Woody de Othello, Sadie Barnette, Catherine Wagner, Enrique Chagoya, Ranu Mukherjee, Rashaad Newsome and Lee Mingwei.

Sculptor de Othello, who lives in Oakland, will soon have his 2021 work Fountain installed in the sculpture garden at the museum. It is part of an acquisition of 42 works by contemporary Bay Area artists funded by the Svane Family Foundation. He, too, disagrees with the assessment that the San Francisco art scene is on the decline.

Theres something sincere about the Bay Area. People are making what they want to make. They dont pay attention to the trends, said de Othello. Its not homogeneous aesthetically; its a lot. Baby, were here!

Following the gala, the Late Night afterparty featured poems created by the Poetry Store, aura readings, sets from DJs Angel + Dren and DJ Christie, and a performance by percussive electronic musician Madame Gandhi, whose love of evening hours in museums goes back to her youth.

One of the most formative experiences of my childhood was when the movie Night at the Museum came out. The premiere was an overnight sleepover at the Natural History Museum, said the Oakland artist. We all slept under the blue whale and read From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (a book about children stowing away after hours in a museum). Being in a museum at nighttime when its closed to the general public, to be among the art, its a soulful experience for me.

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LAS VEGAS (KLAS) Many Las Vegas businesses and attractions will be hosting several events and celebrations this weekend to celebrate Las Vegas Pride 2022.

The Luxor pyramid will light up the night with tracer and Aurora lights reflecting rainbow colors from the weekend of Oct. 7 to 9.

The Park waterfall will be illuminated from Oct. 7 to 9 with rainbow colors in celebration of Pride.

MGM Grands Level Up will feature performances by RuPauls Drag Race queens Coco Montrese and Kimora Blanc, live body painting, and specialty Pride cocktails on Oct. 8. Admission is free, and the event will run from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m.

New York-New York will hold different events throughout the weekend, including lighting up the Brooklyn Bridge in rainbow colors from Oct. 7 to 9.

The Eiffel Tower at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel & Casino will be lit in rainbow colors all evening on Saturday, Oct. 8. Light shows will still occur every 30 minutes before returning to the rainbow color scheme.

The High Roller wheel at the LINQ Hotel will be lit to celebrate Pride. The landmark, which towers 550 feet over the Las Vegas Strip, will don its special Pride lighting on Saturday, Oct. 8.

The Neon Museum will hold special talks on Friday, Oct. 7 through Sunday, Oct. 9 highlighting the history and impact of the LGBTQ+ community in Las Vegas. They begin at 4:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. each day. Additionally, the Neon Boneyard displays signs chronicling the impact of Las Vegass LGBTQ+ community and its fight for civil rights.

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To paint a picture, start by lightly sketching an outline of what you want to paint with a pencil. Then, prepare some paint to use. You can use watercolors, acrylics, or oil paints, depending on your preference. No matter what paint you choose, use it to fill in the background of your picture first. Just keep in mind the drying times for various paints. Once the background is dry, start painting the subject using quick, short strokes. Wait for that coat to dry, then finish your painting by adding in details like shadows and textures. If you see any mistakes after you finish, simply wait for your most recent coat to dry, then go back in and touch them up with some more paint! If you want to learn which type of paint is best for you to use, keep reading!

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The Principles of True Art is not to portray, but to evoke Jerzy

As rightly said in the words of Jerzy Kosinski, the painting is what catches the eye of the viewer and also tells a story behind portraying the emotions of the artist and evokes him to action. Every painting is one of the famous paintings of all time itself as every Artist makes a painting with all his heart and sweat.

Theres always a hidden inspiration behind to prepare that masterpiece whether it be your devotion for someone, your inspiration from something, your depiction of social evils of the society.

We have curated a list of 50 unbeatable paintings of all times and have stood out in the entire art Industry:

Composition 8

This geometrical sort of painting was made in 1923 by Vasily Kandinsky. It was one of the best pieces of postwar by Vasily. Kandinsky also evolved an abstract style that reflected the utopian artistic experiments of the Russian avant-garde.

Royal Red and Blue

This awkward-looking color strokes painting was an abstract color-field art made in 1954 by the Artist Mark Rothko. This Abstract Painting was also one of the highest sold painting in the Sothebys Auction fetching a whopping price of $75.1 Million.

Starry Night

The Starry Night was also one of the most famous paintings of the Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh. He created it in 1889. It is the depiction of a view of the east-facing a window of his asylum room, just before the sunrise. The painting became famous because of its modern aesthetic touch and is safeguarded in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City since 1941. Many creators have even tried making something similar too but could not achieve the success.

Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

Italian artist Caravaggio made this Oil painting. This masterpiece is also considered one of the most important works in Western painting. The painting shows also different sides of death and human cruelty and how its scale and shadow daunt and possess humans nowadays. This painting was completed in 1608 and was celebrated worldwide by its a clear depiction of the dark world too.

Guernica

The Very famous Artist Pablo Picasso of all times also made this portrait in 1937 as a political rejoinder to the Nazis devastating casual bombing practice on the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. The picture also depicts the pain and agony of civilians who were attacked too in the tragedies of war. This painting still keeps alive the suffering of people and also the dark massacre day.

Night Watch

The night watch is one of the best and famous paintings in the collection of the Amsterdam Museum. The Night Watch is one of the most famous Dutch Golden Age paintings made in 1642 by Rembrandt Van Rijn. This famous painting also depicts the eponymous company moving out, led by Captain Frans Banninck Cocq and his lieutenant, Willem Van Ruytenburch. The dramatic use of yellow and red shades also highlights the important characters of the famous paintings attracting our eyes towards them too.

The Persistence of Memory

This artwork is also one of the very famous paintings by the artist Salvador Dali completed in 1931. The painting is a depiction of Melting clocks and is one of the most recognized works. This Surreal piece of work is the representation of Dalis theory of Softness and Hardness which is central to the thinking of the time. This modern work of art was very much appreciated by everyone and now this sits in the museum of modern art, New York City.

Luncheon on the Boating Party

The Luncheon on the boating party is one of the most famous paintings made in 1881 by the French painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir. This Painting was also one of the best painting in the Seventh Impressionist Exhibition in 1882. This painting is a true example of wealthiness, the beautiful impression of strokes and also an amazing art style.

No. 5, 1948

One of the most priced painting by Jackson Pollock, an American painter also not surpassed until April 2011. The painting was made from liquid colors and is one kind of an abstract art sold at a whopping price of $140 million. It was also painted on the fibreboard with different hues of brown, grey, white and yellow paint all mixed up together forming the shape of a birds nest.

Water Lilies

Water lilies is not just one single painting but also a series of approximately 250 oil paintings all depicting flower garden at his home in Giverny. These series is painted by French impressionist Claude Monet. All these series were also very expensive and one of them was sold for 18.5 million in an auction in London.

Landscape with the Fall of Icarus

This oil painting is also kept in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels. This painting is depicting a scene from Greek mythology where Icarus succeeded in flying with wings made of beeswax by his father. However, he flew too close to the sun and ended up drowning in the sea which is also shown in the painting. However, studies also suggest that this painting is probably a version of a lost original by Bruegel.

Las Meninas

The Las Meninas was also made by the leading Spanish artist of Golden age in 1956 by Diego Velazquez in the Madrid city. This painting is considered as one of the best and most important paintings of modern art history depicting different stories and angles in the picture also. Also, every viewer of this picture interprets a different story of the pictures due to the involvement of many subjects in the painting.

Three Musicians

The Three Musicians is the title given to the two similar oil paintings and collage made by the great Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. They both were completed in Paris, France around 1921 and was considered as one of the most Synthetic Cubist Style Paintings. Each of this painting portrays Harlequin, a Pierrot and a Monk also, who is believed to be representing Picasso.

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte

The A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte is one of the most famous paintings of George Seurat made in 1884. This painting depicts a lot of Parisians chilling on a Sunday afternoon on the banks of the River Seine. This painting was also made on a large canvas using the pointillist technique.

Impression, Sunrise

The Impression, Sunrise portrays depicts the port of Le Havre, the hometown of Cloud Monet, at sunrise, a red sun and also two rowboats being the main elements of the masterpiece. The painting was made by Claude Monet in 1872 and was unique in its own way too.

The Triumph of Galatea

Triumph of Galatea was also a fresco made in 1514 by the Italian Painter Raphael for the Villa Farnesina in Rome. It was a commissioned work by one of the richest men Sienese banker Agostino Chigi. The bright colors and the decoration of different figures in the image are said to be inspired by the ancient Roman sculptures, which make its placed also in our top 50 list of famous paintings in the world.

View of Toledo

The view of Toledo is one of the surviving two landscapes, which was painted by El Greco. It is also one of the best depictions of the sky and the perfect example of Western Art. The picture is also very natural and real in accordance with the actual city. Landscape Paintings were pretty rare in Spanish artwork of the renaissance period. In this painting, El Greco rearranged the buildings a bit y taking liberty over toledo.

The Tower of Babel

The tower of Babel was made in the year 1563 by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. This famous painting is one of the best depictions of religious art, also in accordance with the book of Genesis in the Bible. Mythologically, it is the origin of why people of the world speak different languages.

The Dance

This Dance painting was made in 1910 by Henri Matisse at the special requests of an Art Collector Sergei Shchukin and a Russian Businessman. The Painting of five nude men dancing depicts liberation and hedonism and use of bright warm colors like red against the green and blue landscape is also very mesmerizing to watch and also has an appeal of modern art.

The Swing

The Swing is an 18th-century oil painting made by Jean-Honor Fragonard in the Wallace Collection in London. The painting portrays a young beautiful woman sitting on a swing amidst the greenery smiling. The painting is also considered to be one of the most beautiful art pieces of all times.

The Gleaners

It depicts threepeasantwomengleaninga field of stray stalks ofwheat after the harvest. The painting is famous for featuring in a sympathetic way what were then the lowest ranks of rural society; this was received poorly by the French upper classes. MilletsThe Gleaners was preceded by a vertical painting of the image in 1854 and etching in 1855. Millet unveiledThe Gleaners at theSalonin 1857. It immediately drew negative criticism from the middle and upper classes, who viewed the topic with suspicion: one art critic, speaking for other Parisians, perceived in it an alarming intimation of the scaffolds of1793.

The Flower Carrier

The Flower Carrier was a masterpiece in true sense curated by Diego Rivera in 1935. This simple symbolic painting also full of vibrant hues carries a very deep meaning behind to tell to its viewers. The geometrical shapes offering colorful contrasts also show the hidden message of Individualism the way the Peasants wife is also helping him carrying the flower basket while he is struggling to stand straight too.

The Kiss

This perfect depiction of early modern art was made by the Austrian Painter Gustav Klimt between 1907 and 1908. This painting is also a beautiful depiction of the chemistry of a couple tangled in the silver and gold sheet and embracing each other by making love and kissing. It is one of the most popular Klimts work.

Portrait de Lartiste Sans Barbe

This is one of the last oil painting of Vincent Van Gogh, which is also the self-portrait without beard and was made in 1889. This self-portrait was one of the most expensive painting of that time, which was sold for a jaw-dropping amount of $71.4 million in New York City in 1998. Van Gogh also gifted this to his mother on her birthday.

Whistlers Mother

The Whistlers Mother is a renowned painting made by the American born Painter Jame McNeill Whistler in 1871. The picture is of Jamess Mother Anna McNeill Whistler displayed in also McNeills own designed frame. This is one of the most famous paintings made outside of America. This painting is known as the American Icon and also as the Victorian Mona Lisa.

Bal du Moulin de la Galette

The Bal du Moulin de la Galette was also painted by a French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir in 1876. This painting is also kept in Musee dOrsay in Paris and is one of the most celebrated masterpieces. This picture is a real-life depiction of richness where working-class Persians used to gather together and celebrate with music, dance and beautiful dresses back in the 1870s.

The Son of A Man

This painting is so unique in its known because of the feature of Self-portrait made by the astounding Belgian painter Rene Magritte in 1964. This painting portrays a young man donning a formal suit with a sea, sky background and a hovering green apple also covering his face but still his eyes peeking from aside. This picture tells a deep message of a conflicting opinion of what is visible and what is hidden.

Cafe Terrace at Night

The Cafe Terrace at night was made by the Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh in 1888. This oil painting was also made in first exhibited in 1891, was also entitled Coffeehouse, in the evening(Caf, le Soir). The painting is currently housed at the Kroller-Muller Museum in Otterlo, Netherlands.

American Gothic

The American Gothic was also painted by Grant Wood in 1930, it is right now kept in the Art Institute of Chicago. Wood created this painting of a farmer standing with a woman beside him who is said to be his sister. Wood got the idea of this portrait from an American gothic house in Iowa and also the people residing in it.

Les Demoiselles dAvignon

This is one of the greatest and also the most famous paintings of the well-known painter Pablo Picasso created in 1907. This painting model 5 nude prostitutes posing in a brothel with disangular body frame and angles. This painting provokes a lot of criticism and controversy as it was regarded as immoral, sexist and racist at the time of the first exhibition. It was drawn in the era of Cubism as it reflects that itself.

The Grand Odalisque

Grand odalisque is an oil painting made by Jean Auguste Ingres in 1814 depicting an Odalisque. This, depicting a sensual and exotic woman laying in an orgy manner. The picture was also widely criticized because of its obscene nature and is now housed in Louvre museum, Paris. This eclectic mix of styles, combining classical form with Romantic themes, prompted harsh criticism when it was first shown in 1814. Critics viewed Ingres as a rebel against the contemporary style of form and content. When the painting was first shown in the Salon of 1819.

The Liberty leading the people

Liberty leading the people is an illustration of the July revolution in 1830 painted by Eugene Delacroix. This one of the very famous paintings portrays a bare breasts woman holding the flag of the French Revolution in one hand and surrounded by men wearing Phrygian caps is classifying the concept of Liberty. The flag that she held also became the national flag of France.

Napoleon crossing the Alps

One of the most famous paintings made by Jacques -Louis David of Napoleon Bonaparte completed around 1805. The Painting shows a royal image of Napoleon riding his horse with his army through the Great St. Bernard Pass in May 1800. The picture depicts royalty and also greatness in every sense.

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50 Most Famous Paintings of All Time in the Art History (Ranked)