Classic Tales "Improves" Famous Paintings


Sure, some people consider these paintings as masterpieces. These artists were close, but Classic Tales will show you what they should have done for their art to acheive "masterpiece" status. They left a lot of room for improvement and I am assuming that most of their paintings were simply rough drafts or practice paintings.

Michaelangelo - "The Creation of Man" (Fragment of the Sistine Chapel ceiling) 1511-12
Paul Cezanne - "The Abduction" 1867 (120 Kb); Oil on canvas, 89.5 x 115.5 cm (35 1/4 x 45 1/2"); Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK
"The Forge of Vulcan" 1630 (140 Kb); Oil on canvas, 223 x 290 cm (87 3/4 x 114 1/8 in); Museo del Prado, Madrid; No. 1171
Grunewald - "Stuppach Madonna" 1518 (60 Kb)
Monet - "Water Lilies (The Clouds)" 1903 (180 Kb); Oil on canvas, 74.6 x 105.3 cm (29 3/8 x 41 7/16 in); Private collection
Vincent Van Gogh - "Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear" 1889 (250 Kb); Oil on canvas, 60 x 49 cm; Courtauld Institute Galleries, London
Leonardo Da Vinci - "Mona Lisa" 20 7/8" x 30", oil on wood.
C.M. Coolidge - "Dogs Playing Poker"
Anton van Dyck - Portrait of Charles I, King of England - canvas, 1635
VELAZQUEZ, Diego - "The Toilet of Venus ('The Rokeby Venus')" 1647-51
Sir Henry Raeburn - "The Archers" London, National Gallery.
Aelbert Cuyp, 'Cows in a River', about 1650. Budapest, Szépmüvészeti Múzeum.


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