12 Most Famous Paintings of all Time
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One of the oldest art forms, painting has been around ever since our ancient ancestors first started producing charcoal creations on cave walls. While countless generations of artists have left their mark over the millennia, only some artworks have succeeded in transcending time and culture to be revered around the globe. Now exhibited in museums and art galleries, these fabulous paintings count among the most important, impressive, and influential paintings of all time.
Very hard to select the 12 most famous paintings. The selection is definitely very good. Just a few honorable mentions: - The Sistine Chapel (Michelangelo) - The school of Athens (Raffaello) - Las Meninas (Velasquez) - Bal du moulin de la Galette (Renoir) - The third of May 1808 (Goya) - Wanderer above the sea fog (Friedrich) - The Tower of Babel (Bruegel the Elder) - The Son of Man (Magritte) - Napoleon crossing the Alps (David) - The garden of earthly delights (Bosch) - The birth of Venus (Botticelli) - Guernica (Picasso) - The raft of the Medusa (Géricault) - Turquoise Marilyn (Warhol) - The wedding at Cana (Veronese) - Arnolfini portrait (van Eyck) - Girl with balloon/Love is in the bin (Banksy) - Liberty leading the people (Delacroix) - A Sunday afternoon on the island of La Grande Jatte (Seurat)
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Very good list.
I agree. These would not be my picks but they are very good.
I was very surprised that Botticelli’s Venus wasn’t mentioned in the video
Whistler's Mother, Warhol's soup can, Christina's World by Andrew Wyeth, The Gleaners by Millet, Guernica by Picasso (maybe the only unforgiveable omission)
The list is incomplete without the tremendous contributions of Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel, The Last Judgement being one of the greatest.
thought the same, also raphael's 'The School of Arthens"
I have been fortunate to have seen all of these, all in their home museums, and most multiple times on exhibition tours. Art is so much fun and these are certainly some of the most iconic works in history. Nicely voiced over too. Well done.
Wow…how lucky you are….I’ve see only a few….thank you.
You have indeed been fortunate to see these works "in the flesh" though I'm not sure "fun" is a word either artists or critics would generally use. I am somewhat puzzled as to where you saw these on tour as most of them have either never been loaned/ are too large/ impossible or too valuable to move. On a lighter note, the mispronunciations of Dutch were bizarre.
@@canaryinacoalmine7267 What a stupid comment. The painting was purchased by Francis I of France who indeed provided Leonardo with a home and funds, unlike his fellow Italians.
yea, I have also been lucky and seen most of these myself in person. I might quibble a bit however with their list. If you are seeing these in person, you most likely are seeing hundreds of other paintings that could easily be on the list; thousands more that are at least close runner's up. Also, keep in mind this list has strong western european and American bias. There are some very good, but obscure paintings from all over the world that simply do not get the press they deserve.
Even the Nazis appreciated fine art !
For me Sistine chapel paintings by Michelangelo is number one. None of the paintings here can rival it.
true. but i think this list is most famous not list for best of all time..
@@kolwaski8235 in that case I agree with you! 😃
Yes, The Night Watch is my favorite painting by my favorite artist. If I had to pick the favorite painting anyway. He did so many beautiful and brilliant works. I have seen only one: Lucretia, at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. How any artist could capture pure sadness in a person's eyes is beyond me. But there it is. Rembrandt's talent is staggering.
I also marveled at seeing the Sistine Chapel years ago. Still, I have to wonder if Michelangelo had a spray gun could he have not finished over the weekend?
What do you think of Rembrandt's Storm on the Sea of Gallilee?
So hard to pick 12, but pretty good selections. I love how art tells the human story throughout history and places and is able to connect people across time, place, and culture!
the focus on paintings is too narrow: it should have been a list of images, including for example the blue gate of Babylon
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5:30 Munch himself said that at sunset on that particular day when the sky turned red, he heard "an infinite scream passing through nature" which left him "trembling with anxiety." His famous figure by the fjord is thus hearing, not emitting, a scream.
On one of the versions of the painting Munch had written a word meaning "Noise" but the idea was horribly lost in translation.
I had the opportunity to see the Mona Lisa in Louvre museum in Paris , but many other paintings were equally magnificent 😊
I’ve seen 6 out of 12. I hope to one day see them all!
Very good. I've only seen 4, all in America, all in NYC. I've never been to Europe, and have hardly been to any museum outside NYC. Went to the National Gallery in DC. That is a great museum. Are you in America?
@@nelsonx5326 Yes, but I’ve traveled to England and France where I went to the Louvre and the Musee D’Orsay. The main place I see art is in the Art Institute of Chicago. I saw “Starry Night” there several years ago in a special exhibit by Van Gogh on loan from MOMA in NYC.
Same
Kim Beom Choi Kyong-Ho Yellow Scream this korean paint is the one of the BEST in the world.
I've seen none😔
OMG I have seen all of these. But, then, I've been blessed to visit many museums on 5 continents. Seeing your list reminds me just how blessed.
Who blessed you ? How much was that blessing ?
I don't agree 100%, I think that Guernica, The Garden of Earthly Delights and The Birth of Venus or the Sixtine Chapel should have been included. I know it's tough though...
I was definetly expecting to see The Sisteen Chapel
Why The Sixtine Chapel? This "Painting" does not hang in a museum.
@@bdxphotography Neither does The Last Supper
I swear I thought he same thing, all three are all time greats easily
@@luizappicanco imo both of these should be eliminated. It's hard enough to pick among framed art without adding the complication of friezes and frescos etc.
I am pleased that you included my most favorite painting, Girl With a Pearl Earing. You mentioned the word "captivating" in your dialogue. It is a word that immediately came to mind when I first saw Johannes Vermeer's incredible painting. That enigmatic glance would have me contemplating the work for hours should I ever visit the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague.
I’ve seen so many of these without fully realizing what I was looking at. I regret that
We're you young when you saw them? You can see them again when all this is over 😊
Wow I always thought "Las Meninas" by Velazquez was the second most famous painting of all time 🤔.
I went to the Prado in 1970 while visiting Madrid. Las Meninas is amazing, the detail incredible, and the techniques fantastic. I agree with you that it should be considered one of the greatest of all time.
Yes, indeed.
Also missing the Ghent Altarpiece
Also Guernica, but it’s all subjective, good picks though
Hokusai's great wave is a woodblock print not a painting ...
It may not technically be a "painting," but I think the Sistine Chapel ceiling deserves to be on this list, probably #2.
It is a painting just not on canvas
Sistine Chapel perhaps is the greatest work of art of all time!
I assume it was excluded based on how it was painted. It would certainly be in the top 5.
Nah, I don't like religious bullshit paintings.
@@jimscanoe I definitely agree with that. But regardless of the subject and simply as a work of art (and particularly due to the effort required) it's an unequalled masterpiece.
One of my all time favourite paintings is Magdalen With The Smoking Flame by Georges de la Tour. Two versions of this exist, one in The Louvre and one in The Los Angeles County Museum Of Art. Both were painted circa 1640. I prefer the Los Angeles version. Apparently a local gypsy girl posed for the work. She crops up in a couple more of de la Tour's paintings of Mary Magdalen. She was clearly a beautiful woman - and a real one, too - but we have no idea who she was or what her life was like and yet, hundreds of years after her death she is immortalised in these wonderful paintings. What I find fascinating is the oil in the candle, it's so lifelike, there's a real sense of how thick and impure it is. The light the candle throws and the shadows it creates really give a sense of what life was like before gas and electricity, how dark the night actually is.
I cannot abide the Mona Lisa and do not understand what is so brilliant
To me it is an average painting of a slightly overweight not very pretty woman
It's a great painting, but it became famous because it was stolen and later returned and now it is famous for being famous. It also ofcourse helps that Leonardo Da Vinci is a very famous historical figure.
Wonderful, only one omission in my opinion, "Dogs Playing Poker"
I am from the Philippines, but somehow I was able to have the means to tour Paris for 2 weeks and saw the Mona Lisa painting at the Louvre. I am grateful for this opportunity.
There are soooooooooo much better things to see at The Louvre than a tiny portrait that is only famous because it was stolen.
@@YTistooannoying No, the Mona Lisa was waaaaay famous long before it was stolen.
Can you give me some money that I, too, might go to Gay Paree and lay eyes on this femme fatale?
@@YTistooannoying yeah idd , there are more interesting works there
@@kevinbergin2225 Traveling and musea werent really a thing before it was stolen. So saying it was famous with only a 100 people knowing of it wouldnt be fair
The only one I have seen live (so to speak) is The Starry Night, at least the one in MOMA. It is incredible. I just stood there for a half hour staring at it.
My dream is to be an artist, I paint landscapes like Bob Ross. A few days ago I made an attempt at the starry night painting, it kinda came out good. Love the video.
Not questioning your talent but, aim higher ;)
Thank you for the presentation , very helpful , i like the selection , I enjoy art and some times attend exhibition .
Blessed to have seen most of these in person. They truly are extraordinary. I'm surprised there was no modern art like Banksy. I just saw it a few years ago in Amsterdam. I think most people know his work but just don't realize it's him. Girl with Balloon? The one that made headlines last year when it was shredded at auction?? That's pretty famous and iconic.
Monet's paintings are so beautiful.......
Of the twelve I would rate Rembrandt (Night Watch) and The girl with Pearl and the Gothic as outstanding for lighting, perspective, color spectrum/shades used, and realism. Of course everyone would clamour to shout me down, but I hold onto my opinion. Thanks for focusing on the efforts put in by artists to register what they focussed on as very enchanting or realistic etc.
Very smart to exclude Picasso.....but Pieter Bruegel the Elder : The Tower of Babel (Vienna) (1563) belongs in place of "The Scream".
no guernica??
Picasso is definitely missing from this list.
@@Anglaide I noticed, too.
Nothing from the Sistine chapel, Picasso or the caves at Lascaux?
Wonderful work of art.
Such beautiful timeless treasures of art so magical so alive and tell so much about life and true feelings they will never grow old and will only bring imagination to new ideas and new artist!🙏❤
I'd like to have them all in my basement where I might go and scrutinize them at my convenience.
I have seen 5! Plus I have seen Salvator Mundi! A great moment in my life.
The narrator is professional and establishes authority onto this video.
Thanks for sharing. I would not have included mention of the Da Vinci Code which only dates this production. Excellent effort all the same.
I not only saw the "Night Watch", but stood on the spot it was painted (now the Hotel Doelen, Amsterdam).
Leonardo da vinci couldnt be human, he was just an alien among humans during the renaissance
He was AMONG US
Yes, the boy had skills comparable to a god.
Michelangelo was the divine being during renaissance era.. he sculpted statue of david, and la pieta and painted one of the most famous of all, the ceiling of sistine chapel.
@@ranholic5027. I agree.
@@ranholic5027 He was divine ! So, Leonardo as well ! Not mentioning that he was studing anatomy, engineering (amazing inventions) and was a versatile genius. And what about his " Last Supper"?
Very interesting, thank you.
I highly recommend checking all Arts from Gustav Klimt. He has sooo amazing paintings.
Renaissance paintings may be underrepresented. The creation of Adam, the birth of Venus, the school of Athens, … On the other hand, not sure if there is any artist after 1900.
The number 11 in the list looks a lot like how the movie fear and loathing in Las Vegas art.
I've only seen one of these "in person," but it happens to be number one, the "Mona Lisa" ...
I’m surprised the Laughing Cavalier by Hals was not in here.
Amazing content..thanks alot for very luvly posting
Love art ,I took 2years commercial art, and 1year of art in college. I am a spectator for art, painting and Medium of artist.
What an irony that Vincent van gogh thought of his painting starry night as a fail while here is it part of the most famous paintings in the world.
The true irony is Van Gogh never sold a painting during his lifetime.
That’s amazing thanks
I wish to see atleast one of them with my own eyes before I die.
I am overwhelmed by the persistence of memory 😮totally beyond belief 👏👌
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Wow so beautiful.. I can imagine how it is more beautiful when i see it personally in its flesh
Hard to come up with that list. Many would have a different list. I definitely agree with number one on the list
The Netherlands represent: 3 paitings for such a small nation.
I believe the fresco The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo and the sketch Vitruvian Man by Da Vinci are obvious omissions.
But this list is of those in museums
@@gavinreid5387 The Sistine Chapel is a part of the "Vatican Museums" and the "Stanze di Rafaello" (where the "School of Athens" fresco is,check this fresco out,talking about famous paintings) too.The "Last Supper" by Leonardo is not in a museum either,it is a fresco in a church,Santa Maria delle Grazie (in the monks' dining room to be exact)
@@aekangelo Indeed. Thanks, Angele.
Vitruvian Man is a drawing, not a painting. I saw it at the Louvre during their Da Vinci exhibition and it brought tears to my eyes.
It’s just not possible to choose ‘The ten or twelve most important paintings,’ because the more paintings you discover the more you find the wonders human beings are capable of. How about, Velasquez, Caravaggio, Cezanne, Picasso or DeKooning? I’ve gifted myself occasions to see most of the treasures named here, and then some. There are simply too many to truly have favorites. Thanks for trying with such beautiful choices...
What do you think of 'The Storm on the Sea of Gallilee' by Rembrandt?
El Greco!
It's about being famous and the first three though being great were outshined by others around their time. For the last 2 modern art is only popular under a small group of people. For realistic painters people can say I dont like art, but to make that it certainly takes a lot of skills.
Other paintings are so overrated or just famous because of their story but the Sistine Chapel is no Question the most Amazing artwork in the world or the Vatican itself
This is great -- it gives people a sense that they know something about art without actually having to study it. // After watching this you can go to a dinner party and reference one or two of these as you make an case for the relevance of art in everyone's life. e.g. "I was thinking about Hopper's famous painting and how it epitomizes the alienation we feel in the 21st Century. What do you think, Cheryl?"
Sometimes I like to get into an orange body suit and a green hat then bury my self neck deep in the ground and think about being a carrot.
@@florenmage You have set yourself apart from the crowd that stays within the lines. What are you doing next Saturday?
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Are you mad? It is ok to know something about art.
@@XX-ol7lf I think you are missing the point. There are people who know and care about art. Then there are dilettantes, otherwise known as poseurs (or posers if you wish). And no, I am not mad, just someone who has studied art and architecture for many years. I remember an evening party and one guy was going on and on about how Andy Warhol was the greatest artist who ever lived. But he could not tell you anything about the art itself. How can anyone put up with a poser like that? Maybe he saw a tv documentary about the Factory.
You can tell you're the best when two of your works were included in the most painting in the world
All 12 were by different artists.
@@johnmartlew Mona Lisa and The Last Supper would like to have a talk with you
A friend of mine had a Monet Water Lilly pic in his dining room. His sister had one, too! (Yes, real ones!) 'Loaded' might be one adjective for them. But as unpretentious as could be! He was absolutely delightful!
Excellent tourists guide for tourists in a group, lining up , rushing in the museum, take photos, and leave.
Excellent selections... "It is natural for the heart and spirit to take pleasure and enjoyment in all things that show forth symmetry, harmony, and perfection. For instance: a beautiful house, a well designed garden, a symmetrical line, a graceful motion, a well written book, pleasing garments - in fact, all things that have in themselves grace or beauty are pleasing to the heart and spirit..." ~ Abdul-Baha, Baha'i Faith
SUPER GRAND & GREAT !! THANKS ! FROM U.K. (2023).
Dutch art is wonderful
I've been very lucky and have seen many of these. I like Girl With A Pearl Earring a lot better than Mona Lisa.
Definitely agree with you! Vermeer is one of my favorite painters.
But Monalisa days????
same
@@human7491. How so? I'm inclined to agree with you but I'd like to hear your thoughts.
@@human7491. Yes, I'm afraid that the Mona Lisa falls under that category of paintings which 'art experts' deem to be an elite artistic expression but when we ordinary folks view it, we see nothing there. It's like going to a retail art store where paintings are on display and coming across a painting that you can't make heads or tail of, yet it sells for thousands.
I’ve seen 8 out of 12 . 😱😍
I was reading the Vinci code and I saw some points in the video that were similar to this book and I considered which one came first and I watched the video upload date :3
If they saved only a half of what was burned and destroyed in the ancient times, these works of art would not even be worth mentioning...
I hope to get to see some of these someday.
Excellent video !!!!! Thank you for sharing
And all this time I thought the woman in the American Gothic painting was the guy's wife.
Nope, his spinster daughter. Knowing that gives a whole other depth of emotion to that painting.
@touropia - Van Gogh cut off his entire ear. A scholar tracked down the doctor's notes where Vincent was treated after his recriminating gesture. The doctor's notes made it quite clear that Vincent sawed through his entire ear. Ouch. The doc is in YT. The doctor also drew an illustration of the damage.
The other theory is that he got into a bar fight and didnt want to get in trouble. So he said he did it himself since missing an ear is quite obvious.
Correction on my comment. It was juan lunas painting(Spolarium)
Great Job
8 out of the 12 for me. Hope I’ll get the chance to see the remainder
Great information! Thanks!
great video!!
I’m obsessed with Van Gogh. Live in New York, so that helps.
I've lived in Nuenen, where he spent a few years, and visited Kroller Muller Museum in my early years... it didn't help... :)
The Last Supper will always be my favourite painting
Monalisa s painting is outstanding
I’m so grateful to say I have seen many of these masterpieces. I’ve been to Chicago, New York, London and Paris to see some of the great art in the world. I hope to go to Amsterdam and Italy one day to see more great art.
i suggest going to saint petersburg in russia, has some of the best art on the planet
@@Foreverhere25 I definitely want to go there. It’s on the top of my list.
Melinda, try and share with me the feeling of awe that you might get when standing in front of a Renoir or...........
Not to be inquisitive, but may I ask if you are a person of means or has your interest in art been the motivating factor in your travels to see these works of art?
In your opinion, what is the most impressionable painting you've ever seen? For me it is the Storm On The Sea of Galilee by Rembrandt.
Tough list , but i think garden of earthly delights by bosch should be in there
I replicated Vincent van Gogh's "The Sower", as a Christmas present for a family member, more than a decade ago, ... but it was given back to me a couple of years later (they thought I should have it, rather then them keep it, ... as my sister-in-law was changing her décor in their home, and didn't think it went well with her décor preferences, ... which by-the-way, it seemed she preferred "junky" store bought prints, which went along with her color schemes). It now rests proudly in a nice gold frame (that I bought for it, after they gave it back to me), on a wall in my dining room. One of the first ones I ever did, and I rec'd great reviews from everyone who has seen it, ... they can't believe I did it myself.
You were really nice gifting that to people. They were not as smart as you. I’m glad you have it back where it belongs! I bet it is beautiful in its new frame right in your home.
Yes, I really enjoy it. I showed a picture of it to a co-worker a year or two ago, ... and she said (paraphrasing here), ... "wow, that is incredible, ... that is really good". I remember another sister-in-law remark to me about the painting, when I presented it to the other sister-in-law at Christmas, ... "Was that a 'Paint by number' painting", ... you know, the way that van Gogh painted, I suppose it would be "easy" to someone to say that (I kinda laughed when she asked that), ... but I had to tell her, "No, ... the painting was on the front our church bulletin one Sunday (and I thought to myself, "I'm going to try and replicate that one day", because I really liked the look of it, and I used that as a guide to paint it." In fact, I believe I still have that on the back of the painting, to document what/why and how I did the painting. I did another painting for one of my sisters, ... a 'Monet', with a mother and her daughter, walking down a small hill in a field of poppies (carrying an umbrella), with some trees and small house in the background. I think my sister really appreciated that one, and I'm certain she still has it, ... ha. Here's a link to show you what that one looked like, ... www.amazon.com/Poppies-Argenteuil-Claude-24x32-Inch-Art/dp/B006238FK6
Your sister in-law was cowardly in not telling you it wasn't her cup of tea, what a lame ass excuse. That's my take on it. If it was me I'd paint ugly ass paintings all the time and gift them to her until she finally stopped being cowardly.
Was Banksy's shredded painting completely shredded or did some remain. after the plug was pulled ?
amazing!!
These r beautiful paitings but none of them would make my top10. I dont dislike any art, i just love all of it ❤. Art is very subjective and this video makes u realise just that.
I quite like the Holbein portrait of Thomas Moore at the Fricke Gallery in NYC.
Good selection. Sistine Chapel ceiling is a contender.
very nice painting .
It's surprising how small the Dali painting is when you see it in person.
Totally agree with you. That motivates us to go to the museum.
ART HEALS!🖍
Honorable Mention: Wise Mystical Tree
9:00 So he didn't actually steel it to return it to Italy.
I have only visited the Louvre once and so I had to see the Mona Lisa. That proved to be quite difficult due to the dozens of other tourists with the same thought. It was impossible to get within a reasonable viewing distance. I was amused, though, by the sight of all these tourists elbowing each other to see a surprisingly tiny painting (30 inches x 21 inches !!!), when if they simply did a 180 and looked at the opposite, rather empty end of the gallery they would have plenty of room to behold the gigantic Veronese masterpiece Wedding Feast at Cana (32 feet x 22 feet!!!) which I personally found far more engaging. On the same trip, though, I did get to take my grandchildren to Giverny to see Monet’s real-life water lilies.
For me the night watch is most famous painting ever …….Rembrandt being able to paint the light and the dark and shadows to perfection
Wow amazing. The best arts
Honorable mention: Whistler's Mother.
Where can get books on paintings of arts through of famous art museum s ? Or see them? I am a student at MSJC by Hemet. BDM 2021
The velvet Elvis should be top 10 easy.
Astonishing!# Thank you!#
Just sayin:....the name of the painting is THE Starry Night. Nobody has the right to rename it.
my dream is to visit the Louvre and see the masterpieces with my own eyes.
VERMEER IS MY CHOICE
I love japanese art and Monet remind me of my childhood home