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What is the most significant painting in history? - Results & Rankings

Discover what people think is the best!

1,049 participants
1,049 total votes

Complete Rankings

1

The Raft of the Medusa by Théodore Géricault

Romantic painting, Louvre Museum

The Raft of the Medusa by Théodore Géricault
51 votes4.9% of total
2

The Scream by Edvard Munch

Expressionist painting symbolizing human anxiety

The Scream by Edvard Munch
50 votes4.8% of total
3

Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci

Renaissance portrait, Louvre Museum, most famous painting in the world

Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci
49 votes4.7% of total
4

American Gothic by Grant Wood

American Regionalist painting, Art Institute of Chicago

American Gothic by Grant Wood
49 votes4.7% of total
5

No. 5, 1948 by Jackson Pollock

Abstract Expressionist drip painting

No. 5, 1948 by Jackson Pollock
48 votes4.6% of total
6

The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh

Post-Impressionist masterpiece, Museum of Modern Art

The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh
45 votes4.3% of total
7

The Night Watch by Rembrandt

Dutch Golden Age group portrait, Rijksmuseum

The Night Watch by Rembrandt
45 votes4.3% of total
8

Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix

Romantic painting, Louvre Museum

Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix
45 votes4.3% of total
9

Guernica by Pablo Picasso

Cubist anti-war painting, Museo Reina Sofía

Guernica by Pablo Picasso
43 votes4.1% of total
10

Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez

Baroque painting, Prado Museum

Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez
43 votes4.1% of total
11

Olympia by Édouard Manet

Realist painting that shocked Paris, Musée d'Orsay

Olympia by Édouard Manet
42 votes4.0% of total
12

Water Lilies by Claude Monet

Impressionist series, Musée de l'Orangerie

Water Lilies by Claude Monet
36 votes3.4% of total
13

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon by Pablo Picasso

Proto-Cubist painting, Museum of Modern Art

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon by Pablo Picasso
35 votes3.3% of total
14

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat

Pointillist masterpiece, Art Institute of Chicago

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat
35 votes3.3% of total
15

The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci

Renaissance fresco in Milan, depicting Jesus and disciples

The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci
32 votes3.1% of total
16

The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai

Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock print

The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai
32 votes3.1% of total
17

Nighthawks by Edward Hopper

American realist painting, Art Institute of Chicago

Nighthawks by Edward Hopper
32 votes3.1% of total
18

The Hay Wain by John Constable

Romantic landscape painting, National Gallery

The Hay Wain by John Constable
31 votes3.0% of total
19

Campbell's Soup Cans by Andy Warhol

Pop art series, Museum of Modern Art

Campbell's Soup Cans by Andy Warhol
30 votes2.9% of total
20

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer

Dutch Golden Age portrait, Mauritshuis

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer
28 votes2.7% of total
21

Woman I by Willem de Kooning

Abstract Expressionist painting, Museum of Modern Art

Woman I by Willem de Kooning
27 votes2.6% of total
22

The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli

Renaissance painting, Uffizi Gallery

The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli
26 votes2.5% of total
23

Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh

Series of still life paintings, Van Gogh Museum

Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh
24 votes2.3% of total
24

Whistler's Mother by James McNeill Whistler

Portrait painting, Musée d'Orsay

Whistler's Mother by James McNeill Whistler
24 votes2.3% of total
25

Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet

Painting that gave name to Impressionism movement

Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet
23 votes2.2% of total
26

The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dalí

Surrealist painting with melting clocks

The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dalí
21 votes2.0% of total
27

The School of Athens by Raphael

Renaissance fresco in Vatican, depicting philosophers

The School of Athens by Raphael
19 votes1.8% of total
28

Composition VII by Wassily Kandinsky

Abstract painting, Tretyakov Gallery

Composition VII by Wassily Kandinsky
19 votes1.8% of total
29

The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch

Early Netherlandish triptych, Prado Museum

The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch
18 votes1.7% of total
30

The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo

Renaissance fresco on Sistine Chapel ceiling

The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo
17 votes1.6% of total
31

The Kiss by Gustav Klimt

Art Nouveau painting, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere

The Kiss by Gustav Klimt
16 votes1.5% of total
32

The Dance by Henri Matisse

Fauvist painting, Hermitage Museum

The Dance by Henri Matisse
14 votes1.3% of total

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