Mona Lisa
She was not famous until someone stole her. The theft that turned a portrait into a legend.
The Starry Night
Painted from memory in an asylum, with a planet hiding in plain sight.
The Scream
The figure is not screaming. And there is a hidden sentence written in the sky.
Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee
Rembrandt's only seascape, stolen in the biggest art heist in American history. Still missing.
Café Terrace at Night
A night scene painted without a single drop of black. The café still serves coffee today.
The Open Window
The little painting that scandalized Paris and gave a whole movement its name: the wild beasts.
A Tour of the Waterfalls of the Provinces
In his seventies, the master of The Great Wave went chasing waterfalls across Japan.
Pear Tree
The painter of golden kisses spent his summers painting trees. This one lives at Harvard.
Julie Manet
The girl with the cat grew up surrounded by Impressionists and outlived them all.
Portrait of Pablo Picasso
A portrait of Cubism's inventor, painted in Cubism, by his friend and rival.
The Table
Newspaper, charcoal, and glue. How a collage changed what a picture could be.
Portrait of Josette Gris
A face built from geometric facets that somehow still feels tender.
