Top 10 most famous paintings in history

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starry night







To this day there are millions of paintings, but few of them have succeeded in capturing our hearts, the most important of which are the paintings dating back to the Middle Ages, which we will learn about some of them below:





1- Monalisa



Monalisa



There is no doubt that the Mona Lisa is the most famous painting in the world. This painting insists a smiling woman was made by the famous Italian painter Leonardo da Vinci, and it is believed that the date of his drawing this painting is in the year 1503, and currently it is located in the Louvre Museum in Paris, and receives more than Six million visitors from different parts of the world.





2-STARRY NIGHT



STARRY NIGHT




A very popular drawing, painted by the famous painter Vincent Van Gogh in 1889, and it depicts the view of the sky from the point of view of the painter, who was at that moment in the sanatorium, and currently it has been in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City since 1941.


3- THE LAST SUPPER



The last supper




One of the most famous paintings in history, a painting depicting the Last Supper that Christ made with his followers, which was painted by Leonardo da Vinci during the fifteenth century, and it is not on a painting, but rather he painted it on the wall of a restaurant in Italy known as Maria delle Grazie Milano.




4- GUERNICA



Guernica



A painting inspired by the events of the Spanish Civil War, painted by the famous Spanish painter Pablo Picasso in 1937, and it depicts the tragic events of the Civil War in Spain, painted on a piece of canvas 11 feet long and 25 feet wide, and it is located in the National Museum of Spain in Madrid.



5-THE SCREAM


The scream




A painting that was painted in 1893 by one of the most famous painters of his time, Edvard Munch, this painting depicts the screams of nature, and shows the suffering of nature, and after its completion this painting was subjected to theft more than once, and was returned on all occasions.




6-PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY



PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY



A painting with many meanings, painted in 1931 by the Spanish painter Salvador Dali, is considered one of the finest artworks in the world. The painting is currently housed in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, and it is 24 cm long and only 33 cm wide.



7- THREE MUSICIANS



Three Musicians





An oil painting that takes some time for the viewer to know its content, as it is a painting depicting three musicians, each of them playing a different musical instrument, which was painted in 1921 by the famous Spanish painter Pablo Picasso, and is currently in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.




8-GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING




GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING





An oil painting showing a hood on the head looking towards the view. It is about thirteen years old, painted in 1665 and by the Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer, known in the Netherlands as the Dutch Mona Lisa, and visitors can see it in the Dutch city of The Hague at the Mauchhaus Gallery.

 



9- WHISTLER’S MOTHER




Whistler's mother





An oil painting by American-born painter James McNeill Whistler in 1871, it is the most famous painting in the world that an American painter drew, in which the artist depicts his mother sitting on a chair with a black robe covering most of her body, and currently it is a painting displayed in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, France.



10-LAS MENINAS



Las Meninas





A painting painted by the Spanish painter Diego Velasquez in the year 1656, this painting depicts life in noble families between members of the family and the service and it is very complicated and difficult to explain. This painting can be seen in the Museo del Prado in Madrid, capital of Spain.


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