Michelangelo Pietà

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec At The Moulin Rouge, The Dance

Charles Hoffbauer In the Restaurant, 1907

Leonardo da Vinci Lady with an Ermine, 1491

Vincent van Gogh The Courtyard of the Hospital at Arles, 1889 Van Gogh painted this courtyard from the hospital balcony after cutting off part of his ear. He was surrounded by patients and nuns. Yet he kept painting. When everything around him was falling apart, painting was something he could still control. Does art come from peace of mind? Or do we sometimes create because we have none?

Diego Velázquez The Surrender of Breda, 1634

Michelangelo Moses, 1515

Sandro Botticelli Portrait of a Young Woman

Pablo Picasso The Three Musicians, 1921

Peter Paul Rubens The Abduction of Ganymede, 1612

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Pont-Neuf

Caravaggio The Cardsharps, 1594 The painting depicts low-life cheats, freezing the exact moment before the mark is swindled. This raw realism instantly won Caravaggio his first major patron. Caravaggio lived on the Roman streets, using real thieves and hustlers as his models. Fashions change, but the drive to make quick money through deception remains exactly the same.

Jacques-Louis David Mars Disarmed by Venus

Pablo Picasso Blue Nude

Pieter Bruegel the Elder Landscape with the Fall of Icarus

Georges Seurat A Sunday on La Grande Jatte