Europe & Japan · 15th–20th c.
The Perennial Masters
Van Gogh, Klimt, Hokusai, Vermeer, Monet — the handful of images that have escaped the museum to belong to everyone. The most beloved works in the history of art, reproduced faithfully and named to their source.
The Starry Night
The most beloved night sky ever painted.
The Kiss
Klimt’s golden embrace, at the summit of Art Nouveau.
The Great Wave off Kanagawa
The most famous wave in the history of art.
Girl with a Pearl Earring
The Mona Lisa of the North.
Water Lilies
A world with no horizon — only reflection.
Mona Lisa
The most famous face in the world.
The Milkmaid
A stream of milk, and the whole of daily life made holy.
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Sunflowers
Yellow on yellow — Van Gogh’s hymn to gratitude.
Irises
A garden painted in the first week of the asylum.
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Café Terrace at Night
The first night sky he ever painted — and no black in it.
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte
Two years, a million dots, one perfect afternoon.
Fine Wind, Clear Morning (Red Fuji)
The mountain, alone, at the moment the sun strikes it.
Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake
Rain drawn as line — the print that stopped Van Gogh in his tracks.
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Hunters in the Snow
The greatest winter ever painted.
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Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I
The “Woman in Gold” — Klimt’s golden period, in a face.
Bal du moulin de la Galette
Sunlight through leaves, falling on a Sunday dance.
Impression, Sunrise
The painting that gave Impressionism its name.
The Dance Class
The ballet from the wings — work, not spectacle.
The Bedroom
The little yellow house at Arles, painted as pure rest.
Mont Sainte-Victoire
The mountain Cézanne painted toward modern art.
Paris Street; Rainy Day
A wet grey boulevard, and the loneliness of the modern city.
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Madame X
The portrait that scandalised Paris and made his name.