andrew wyeth christina's world original
She is known to have suffered from polio. a muscular deterioration that paralyzed her lower body. Wyeth was inspired to create the painting when he saw her crawling across a field while he was watching from a window in the house.
starry night
After experiencing a mental breakdown in the winter of 1888, van Gogh checked himself in to the saint Paul de mausole asylum near Saint Rémy de Provence. The view became the basis of his most iconic work.
Mona Lisa
the Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait of a woman by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, which has been acclaimed as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world
american gothic
in 1929 he was living in the attic of a funeral home. He used a coffin lid as a door, and shared the place with his mom and sister. Due to the limited space, they slept side-by-side on separate beds.
scream
The Scream is the popular name given to each of four versions of a composition, created as both paintings and pastels