Famous Paintings of the World

November 11, 2009 | Famous Paintings

Famous Paintings of the WorldWorld famous paintings

When we think of painting, there are many world famous paintings created by some very good artist.  There are many famous styles of art and paintings that have flourished in the 19th century and since.  So many art seem to overlap to some degree and many individual artists seem to take two or more styles; blend them, and turning them into something all their own. And give rise to some famous artist paintings.

Famous paintings of the world

Paintings have been a source of hobby, exploration and expressionism. Paintings like Mona Lisa, the last supper, by Leonardo da Vinci, The Persistence of Memory by Dali, and Les Demoiselles d’Avignon by Picasso are one of the famous paintings of the world. Many artists claimed that art should be produced not for public’s sake but for art’s sake. After this, many modern arts flourished and it has its own unique identity, along with a shock value that separates it from other art forms. Famous modern paintings have an abstract quality. And many artists have contributed to modern art movement. And these paintings become the landmarks as they are finishes with different touch of the themes and also the expressions. These modern painters brought up some of the finest themes and still there are many such painters using them.

Some well-known artist like Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley Edgar Degas gave very good painting and made it seem lifelike. Edvard Munch a famous artist for “the Scream”, Pabloo Picasso paintings with his style called Cubism which was known as the modern art  gave some of the wonderful paintings such as “Family of Saltimbanques”, Three Musicians”, ”Guernica” and many more.  Also, well known paintings like Chaple of the Rosary in Vence, The snail and Beast of the sea and Creole Dancer are also very famous paintings.

These artists always tried to express some feelings about certain things and finally gave rise to these famous paintings.

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