January 20, 2015

The Most Popular Artworks of All Time


                                                                 
                                                                         


Not all in this list quite match the clip above but they are all nevertheless, very famous and complement each other.
  
                                                                    


In order to try and measure and gauge popularity of different artists we decided to consult a variety of sources (including Artcyclopedia and Artnet.com). 

We also consulted a list almanac called "The Book of Lists". 

                                    
                                                                    
                                                                

                                                 



(According to Artcyclopedia Poster Sales.)







  • Gustav Klimt - The Kiss - 1907-1908
  • Vincent van Gogh - The Starry Night - 1889
  • Marc Chagall - La Mariée - 1950
  • Georges Seurat - Sunday Afternoon on the Island of la Grande Jatte - 1886
  • E.R. Hughes - Midsummer Eve - 1908
  • Hieronymus Bosch - The Garden of Earthly Delights (Ecclesia's Paradise) - 1504
  • W.H. Beard - Dancing Bears
  • Jan Vermeer - Girl with a Pearl Earring - 1665
  • Hokusai - The Great Wave by at Kanagawa - c.1930
  • Pablo Picasso - The Old Guitarist - 1903 
  • Paul Delaroche - The Young Martyr - 1855
  • Andrew Wyeth - Master Bedroom - 1965
  • Vincent van Gogh - Cafe Terrace at Night - 1888
  • William Holbrook Beard - Dancing Bears
  • Edward Hopper - Nighthawks - 1942
  • Pablo Picasso - Blue Nude - 1902
  • El Greco - View of Toledo - c.1597
  • Vincent van Gogh - Starry Night over the Rhone - 1888
  • Jasper Johns - Three Flags - 1958
  • Waterhouse - The Lady of Shalott - 1888 
  • Pablo Picasso - Don Quixote - 1955
  • Pablo Picasso - Three Musicians - 1921
  • Vincent van Gogh - Sunflowers - 1888
  • Salvador Dali - The Persistence of Memory - 1931
  • Salvador Dali - Soft Watch at the Moment of Explosion - 1954
  • Leonardo da Vinci - Human Proportions (Vitruvian Man) - 1492
  • John Everett Millais - Ophelia - 1851-52
  • John Singer Sargent - Carnation, Lily, by Lily, Rose - 1885-86
  • Vincent van Gogh - Bedroom at Arles - 1888-89
  • Walter Crane - Neptune's Horses - 1892
  • Wassily Kandinsky - Squares with Concentric Circles - 1913
  • Pablo Picasso - Femme
  • Rosa Bonheur - The Horse Fair - 1853-55
  • Edward Hicks - The Peaceable Kingdom - 1834
  • Vincent van Gogh - Irises - 1889
  • Michelangelo - The Creation of Adam - 1511-12 
  • Andrew Wyeth - Christina's World - 1948
  • Raphael - The School of Athens - 1509-10
  • Mark Rothko - Orange and Yellow - 1956
  • Emanuel Leutze - Washington Crossing the Delaware - 1851
  • Jean-Francois Millet - The Angelus (The Evening Prayer) - 1857-59
  • Marcel Duchamp - Nude Descending a Staircase - 1912
  • Theophile-Alexa Steinlen - Tournee du Chat Noir - 1896 
  • Salvador Dali - Meditative Rose - 1958
  • Pablo Picasso - Guernica - 1937
  • Charles Demuth - Figure Five in Gold - 1928
  • George Bellows - George Dempsey and Firpo - 1924
  • Joseph Stella - The Brooklyn Bridge - 1941
  • Maud Lewis - Three Black Cats
  • Jackson Pollock - Number 8 - 1949 


  • Picture credits cited previously in other posts.
    See link below.                                  

                                                                          

                                  

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