Edvard Munch. Starry Night (‘Stjernenatt’), ca. 1924 (Munchmuseet, Oslo).

Oil on canvas: 80 x 65 cm.

Visit > Munchmuseet, Oslo.
More > Edvard Munch at Wikipedia.

Chaïm Soutine. Carcass of Beef, ca. 1924 (Museum of Avant-Garde Mastery, Moscow).

Oil on canvas: 128.9 x 74.6 cm. The Amsterdam version: here.

Visit > Museum of Avant-Garde Mastery, Moscow.
More > Chaïm Soutine at Wikipedia.

Jan Brueghel the elder (w. Hendrick van Balen). Ceres and the four Elements (‘Ceres und die vier Elemente’). 1604 (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).

Oil on copper: 41.8 x 70.5 cm.

Visit > Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
More > Jan Brueghel the elder at Wikipedia.

Eugène Jansson. Dawn over Riddarfjärden (‘Gryning över Riddarfjärden’), 1899 (Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, Stockholm).

Oil on canvas: 150 x 201 cm.

Visit > Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, Stockholm.
More > Eugène Jansson at Wikipedia.

Nicolas de Staël. Landscape Study (‘Etude de paysage - A Yvonne Zervos - Amicalement’), 1952 (Tate Britain, London).

Oil on millboard: 32.7 x 46 cm.

Visit > Tate Britain, London.
More > Nicolas de Staël at Wikipedia.

Frans Snyders. Concert of the Birds (‘Concierto de aves’), ca. 1635 (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).

Oil on canvas: 79 x 151 cm.

Visit > Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid.
More > Frans Snyders at Wikipedia.

Marlene Dumas. Genetic Homesickness ('Genetiese Heimwee'), 1984 (Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven).

Oil on canvas: 130.4 x 110.6 cm. After having moved from South Africa to the Netherlands.

Visit > Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven.
Visit > Marlene Dumas official.
Visit > Marlene Dumas at: Galerie Paul Andriesse, Zeno X Gallery, Frith Street Gallery, Gallery Koyanagi, David Zwirner.
More > Marlene Dumas at Wikipedia.

August Strindberg. Wonderland (‘Underlandet’), 1894 (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm).

Oil on paperboard: 72.5 x 52 cm. August Strindberg: playwright, novelist, poet, essayist, photographer, telegrapher, theosophist, alchemist and painter.

Visit > Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.
More > Google Arts & Culture.
More > August Strindberg at Wikipedia.

Agnes Martin. Untitled, 1958 (Harwood Museum, Taos).

Oil on canvas: 104.1 x 139.4 cm.

Visit > Harwood Museum, Taos.
More > Agnes Martin at Wikipedia.

Paolo Veronese. Happy Union, ca. 1575 (National Gallery, London).

Oil on canvas: 187.4 x 186.7 cm. One of four paintings concerning the trials and rewards of love. The titles were only given to the paintings in 1727.

Visit > National Gallery, London.
More > Google Arts & Culture.
More > Paolo Veronese at Wikipedia.

Akseli Gallen Kallela. Lake Ruovesi in Winter, 1916 (private collection).

Oil on canvas: 102 x 119.5 cm. Auctioned at Sotheby’s London, December 2019.

More > Akseli Gallen Kallela at Wikipedia.

Rembrandt van Rijn. The laughing Man (‘De lachende man’), ca. 1630 (Mauritshuis, The Hague).

Oil on copper: 15.3 x 12.2 cm(!). 17th century teeth.

Visit > Mauritshuis, The Hague.
More > Rembrandt van Rijn at Wikipedia.

Nicolaes Maes. The Lacemaker (‘Lace-maker at Work’), ca. 1656 (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).

Oil on canvas: 45.1 x 52.7 cm.

Visit > Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
More > Google Arts & Culture.
More > 'The Lacemaker' at Wikipedia.
More > Nicolaes Maes at Wikipedia.

Salomon van Ruysdael. Drawing the Eel (‘Palingtrekken’/ ‘A Kermesse’), ca. 1650 (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).

Oil on wood: 74.9 x 106 cm.

Visit > Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
More > Google Arts & Culture.
More > Salomon van Ruysdael at Wikipedia.

Rachel Moseley. Fool’s Gold, 2016 (private collection).

Oil on linen: 25.4 x 20.3 cm(!).

Visit > Rachel Moseley official.
Visit > Rachel Moseley at RJD Gallery.
More > Rachel Moseley at Instagram.

Gerard/ Gerrit van Honthorst. Musical Group on a Balcony, 1622 (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).

Oil on panel: 309.9 x 216.4 cm(!). Illusionistic ceiling panel.

Visit > J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.
More > Google Arts & Culture.
More > Gerard van Honthorst at Wikipedia.

Rafael Romero Barros. Peeled Orange and Orange Blossom ('Naranja abierta y azahar'), 1895 (Museo de Bellas Artes de Córdoba).

Oil on wood: 24.5 x 16.3 cm(!).

Visit > Museo de Bellas Artes de Córdoba.
More > Rafael Romero Barros at Wikipedia.

Jan Sluijters. Woman reading ('Lezende vrouw'), 1911 (Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven).

Oil on canvas: 76 x 52 cm. Future wife Margaretha (Greet) Frederika van Cooten (1885-1967). Restored in 1996 (Jan Diepman).

Visit > Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven.
More > Jan Sluijters at Wikipedia.

Gustaf Fjaestad. Hard Rime on a frozen Lake (‘Rimfrost på frusen sjö’), 1929 (private collection).

Oil on canvas: 89 x 127 cm. Auctioned at Bukowskis Stockholm, autumn 2009.

More > Gustaf Fjaestad at Wikipedia.

Laurie Lee Brom. On the Rocks, 2020 (artist’s portfolio).

Oil on linen: 61 x 45.7 cm. Model, actor, artist Olive Glass.

Visit > Laurie Lee Brom official.
More > Laurie Lee Brom at Instagram.
Visit > Laurie Lee Brom at: Roq la Rue Gallery, Arcadia Contemporary.

Joan Miró. The Migratory Bird IV (‘L'oiseau migrateur IV’), 1970 (private collection).

Lithograph print on paper: 65.7 x 50.8 cm.

More > Joan Miró at Wikipedia.

Luis Egidio Meléndez. Still Life with Melon and Pears, ca. 1772 (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).

Oil on canvas: 63.8 x 85.1 cm.

Visit > Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
More > Google Arts & Culture.
More > Luis Egidio Meléndez at Wikipedia.

Peter Paul Rubens. Marchesa Brigida Spinola Doria, 1606 (National Gallery of Art, Washington).

Oil on canvas: 152.5 x 99 cm.

Visit > National Gallery of Art, Washington.
More > Google Arts & Culture.
More > Peter Paul Rubens at Wikipedia.

Ilya Repin (Илья́ Ефи́мович Ре́пин). Barge Haulers on the Volga, ca. 1873 (State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg).

Oil on canvas: 131.5 x 281 cm(!).

Visit > State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg.
More > Google Arts & Culture.
More > 'Barge Haulers on the Volga' at Wikipedia.
More > Ilya Repin at Wikipedia.

Kerry James Marshall. Untitled, 2009 (Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven/ USA).

Acrylic on PVC panel: 155.3 x 185.1 cm.

Visit > Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven/ USA.
More > Kerry James Marshall at Wikipedia.

Pieter Bruegel the elder. The Beggars (‘Les Mendiants’), 1568 (Musée du Louvre, Paris).

Oil on wood: 18.5 x 21.5 cm(!). You pay them to please stop their terrible show.

Visit > Musée du Louvre, Paris.
More > Pieter Bruegel the elder at Wikipedia.

Matthias Weischer. Phone (‘Fon’), 2020 (artist’s portfolio).

Oil on canvas: 110 x 80 cm.

Visit > Matthias Weischer at: Grimm Gallery, König Galerie.
More > Matthias Weischer at Instagram.
More > Matthias Weischer at Wikipedia.

Kazimir Malevich (Казими́р Севери́нович Мале́вич). Woman Worker, 1933 (State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg).

Oil on canvas: 71.7 x 59.8 cm. In the final years of his life Malevich returned to figurative painting. The suprematist colour scheme remained. This work is sometimes interpreted as depicting a mother who has had her child taken away. 

Visit > State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg.
More > Kazimir Malevich at Wikipedia.
More > Our top-50 favourite paintings.