Pyeongye
November 4 · Today's painting
Art, joyfully, for a lifetime!
See masterpieces up close from the museums' own files,
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Hidden stories
See all →- Who is hiding behind the man in the yellow hat?Vincent van Gogh · 2 min
- Who is watching from the shadows at the boy's feet?Goya · 3 min
- While he has his palm read, what are the other hands doing?Georges de La Tour · 3 min
- Why is there a lamppost in the middle of this rainy street?Gustave Caillebotte · 3 min
- Who was standing in the open doorway behind the sleeping maid?Johannes Vermeer · 2 min
Today's painting · Look closer
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Water LiliesClaude Monet · 1906
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Which painter are you?
Eight painters,
and the one who is like you
Answer a few questions and we'll find the painter most like you.
Claude MonetWater Lilies
Vincent van GoghSelf-Portrait with a Straw Hat (obverse: The Potato Peeler)
Johannes VermeerYoung Woman with a Water Pitcher
RembrandtAristotle with a Bust of Homer
Georges SeuratA Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884
Katsushika HokusaiUnder the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as The Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)
Edgar DegasThe Dance Class
Mary CassattThe Child's Bath
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9 questions · about 2 minutes
Museum tour · paintings one after another
Fifteen masterpieces,
in order of time
One painting at a time, with notes,
as if walking a museum. From van Eyck to Klimt.
The Crucifixion; The Last JudgmentJan van Eyck1
The HarvestersPieter Bruegel the Elder2
View of ToledoEl Greco3
Aristotle with a Bust of HomerRembrandt4
Young Woman with a Water PitcherJohannes Vermeer5
The Death of SocratesJacques Louis David6
Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as The Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)Katsushika Hokusai7
WhalersJoseph Mallord William Turner8
The Dance ClassEdgar Degas9
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884Georges Seurat10
Wheat Field with CypressesVincent van Gogh11
The Card PlayersPaul Cézanne12
The Child's BathMary Cassatt13
Water LiliesClaude Monet14
Mäda Primavesi (1903–2000)Gustav Klimt15Fifteen paintings, in orderFrom the 1430s to the 1910s
All fifteen freeAnyone can walk in right now
A certificate at the endA keepsake page with all fifteen paintings
Besides the tour in order, there are walls you can choose by mood or by age.
By mood
Paintings for how you feel
Scenes of someone staying close. It is fine to just look for a while.
- The Child's BathMary CassattA woman washes the feet of the child on her lap in a basin.
Madame Roulin and Her BabyVincent van GoghAgainst yellow, a mother's two hands hold her baby up.
Virgin and ChildBartolomé Estebán MurilloA mother's quiet gaze down at the child on her lap.
Hagar in the WildernessCamille CorotAn angel flies down to Hagar, kneeling in a dry wilderness, one hand raised.
RosesVincent van GoghA vase brimming with roses, painted in van Gogh's last weeks at Saint-Rémy.
By the SeashoreAuguste RenoirA woman in a wicker chair by the sea pauses and turns to look at us.
By age
Paintings for every age
An age full of questions. Paintings that raise more the longer you look.
Mäda Primavesi (1903–2000)Gustav KlimtMäda, about nine, stands feet apart and looks straight at us.
Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuñiga (1784–1792)GoyaThree cats stare at the magpie held by the boy in red.
Soap BubblesJean Siméon ChardinBehind the young man blowing a bubble, a small child peeks.
A Bear WalkingLeonardo da VinciLeonardo's sketch of a bear in mid-stride.- A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884Georges SeuratUp close, dots of colour; step back, a Sunday by the river.
The Repast of the LionHenri RousseauAmong giant leaves and flowers, a lion feeds on its prey.- Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as The Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)Katsushika HokusaiWave crests split like claws, and tiny Mount Fuji beyond.
Paintings that stay with you
Ways to keep the paintings you love
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