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A Silly But Accurate Guide On How To Recognize Famous Painters By Their Art (19 Pics)
Art history can be an incredibly complicated topic and a really tough nut to crack for anyone who hasn’t spent years upon years learning the various intricacies and subtleties needed to master the subject.
Luckily for all art lovers who just haven’t got the time to understand all the ins and outs of art history, the internet has provided some hilarious and easy-to-grasp tips on how to recognize the work of famous painters. Here is a list of the funniest and most accurate advice, so that you can impress your friends and family the next time you go to a museum or want to talk about something impressive at the dinner table. Scroll down, upvote your favorites, and leave us a comment with your views about art, classical paintings and what you thought of these tips.
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#1
If Everyone – Including The Women – Looks Like Putin, Then It’s Van Eyck
Jan van Eyck
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#2
If It’s Something You Saw On Your Acid Trip Last Night, It’s Dali
Salvador Dalí
#3
If Everyone Looks Like Hobos Illuminated Only By A Dim Streetlamp, It’s Rembrandt
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
#4
If The Paintings Have Lots Of Little People In Them But Also Have A Ton Of Crazy Bulls#%t, It’s Bosch
Hieronymus Bosch
#5
If Everybody Has Some Sort Of Body Malfunction, Then It’s Picasso
Pablo Ruiz Picasso
#6
Lord Of The Rings Landscapes With Weird Blue Mist And The Same Wavy-Haired Aristocratic-Nose Madonna, It’s Da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci
#7
If You See A Ballerina, It’s Degas
Edgar Degas
#9
If Everyone Is Beautiful, Naked, And Stacked, It’s Michelangelo
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
Kaisu 7 years ago
I don't know why my comment was down voted? I'm a queer woman myself, queer is a perfectly normal academic word to use (there's queer studies, queer literature studies, queer film studies). Queer is simply an umbrella term like the LGBT, only queer encompasses only sexualities while LGBT encompasses gender identities as well. I'm a queer woman and I'm attracted to women. Michelangelo was a queer man and he was attracted to men. The reason I don't use the word homosexual is because he never specified his sexuality and I don't feel comfortable assigning a specific sexuality for someone unless they have specified it themselves. Hopefully this clears it up for some of you 😊
#10
Dappled Light And Happy Party-Time People, It’s Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
#11
Dappled Light But No Figures, It’s Monet
Claude Monet
#12
If The Images Have A Dark Background And Everyone Has Tortured Expressions On Their Faces, It’s Titian
Tiziano Vecelli
#13
Excel Sheet With Coloured Squares, It’s Mondrian
Piet Mondrian
Greg Hoggarth 7 years ago
Imagine being able to come up with something so simple to execute as this and convincing everyone it is great art worth lots of money.
#14
If The Paintings Have Tons Of Little People In Them But Otherwise Seem Normal, It’s Bruegel
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Jenn Unicorn Popping 7 years ago
So... little naked people is Bosch, little clothed people is Bruegel, got it!!!
#15
If All The Men Look Like Cow-Eyed Curly-Haired Women, It’s Caravaggio
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
#16
If Everyone In The Paintings Has Enormous Asses, Then It’s Rubens
Sir Peter Paul Rubens
#17
If Every Painting Is The Face Of A Uni-Browed Woman, It’s Frida
Frida Kahlo
Molly A. Block 7 years ago
Description forgot to add that there must be monkeys present, and shadow mustaches.
#18
If Everything Is Highly-Contrasted And Sharp, Sort Of Bluish, And Everyone Has Gaunt Bearded Faces, It’s El Greco
Doménikos Theotokópoulos - El Greco ("The Greek")
#19
If The Painting Could Easily Have A Few Chubby Cupids Or Sheep Added (Or Already Has Them), It’s Boucher
François Boucher
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RoseTheMad 7 years ago
Here's some more, from an ex art student: If it has wavy and pronounced brushstrokes, it's probably Van Gogh If there's lots of little people with thin "matchstick" legs it's Lowry If there's a lot of bright hippie-like patchwork color, it's likely Gustav Klimt If it looks like an acid trip, it's Kandinsky If it looks like it's been painted made with individual spots/dabs of paint, it's Seurat. If it looks like someone spilt paint everywhere, then it's Pollock. If they have no or barely visible eyebrows, it's Da Vinci.
Sanne H. 7 years ago
And if the painting is a landscape with snowy mountain tops and happy little (pine) trees, it's Bob Ross.... :-)
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Bored Moogle 7 years ago
If the painting is a landscape painting featuring gardens, Christmas, cottages, warm lights and a sweet sense of nostalgia, it's Thomas Kinkade.
Terry Butler 4 years ago
My husband said if I bought a Thomas Kinkade, he'd buy a velvet Elvis. Stalemate.
Load More Replies... RoseTheMad 7 years ago
Here's some more, from an ex art student: If it has wavy and pronounced brushstrokes, it's probably Van Gogh If there's lots of little people with thin "matchstick" legs it's Lowry If there's a lot of bright hippie-like patchwork color, it's likely Gustav Klimt If it looks like an acid trip, it's Kandinsky If it looks like it's been painted made with individual spots/dabs of paint, it's Seurat. If it looks like someone spilt paint everywhere, then it's Pollock. If they have no or barely visible eyebrows, it's Da Vinci.
Sanne H. 7 years ago
And if the painting is a landscape with snowy mountain tops and happy little (pine) trees, it's Bob Ross.... :-)
Load More Replies... Bored Moogle 7 years ago
If the painting is a landscape painting featuring gardens, Christmas, cottages, warm lights and a sweet sense of nostalgia, it's Thomas Kinkade.
Terry Butler 4 years ago
My husband said if I bought a Thomas Kinkade, he'd buy a velvet Elvis. Stalemate.
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