This is the list of 100 of the Best Art Works of the World Museums Society. This list of the best 100 famous and important artworks was chosen from a huge selection of the great works of the last five centuries. There is a real cross-section of art work listed here from many countries. Contemporary Art Gallery Magazine asked the World Museums Society to create a list of famous artworks from the great world art museums based on their importance and influence on contemporary art. The best 100 selections of these important works of art was compiled by voting members of the WMS. 1) Bosch – The Garden of Delights (1504) – Prado, Madrid 2) Michelangelo: Il Giudizio Universale/ Universal Judgement (1541) – Cappella Sistina, Roma 3) Dali: Persistence of Memory (1931) – Museum of Modern Art, New York 4) Klimt: The Virgin (1913) – National Gallery, Prague 5) Botticelli: Allegoria della Primavera (1478) – Uffizi, Firenze 6) Monet: Nimphee (1926) – Orangerie, Paris 7) Leonardo: Il Cenacolo/ The Last Supper (1497) – S.Maria delle Grazie, Milano Rubens: Fall of the Damned/ Der Hollensturz der Verdammten 9) Van Gogh: Starry Night (1889) – Museum of Modern Art, New York 10) Raffaello: Sposalizio della Vergine (1504) – Piancoteca di Brera, Milano 11) Dali: Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (1936) – Museum of Art, Philadelphia 12) Bruegel: Triumph of Death (1562) – Prado, Madrid 13) Greco: Toledo (1599) – Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 14) Seurat: La Parade du Cirque (1888) – Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 15) Rembrandt: Militia Company (1642) – Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam 16) Van Eyck: Madonna in the Church (1425) – Gemaldegalerie, Berlin 17) Leonardo: Gioconda/ Mona Lisa (1505) – Louvre, Paris 18) Rousseau: Sleeping Gypsy (1897) – Museum of Modern Art, New York 19) Greco: La Crucifixion (1594) – Prado, Madrid 20) Altdorfer: The Battle of Alexander the Great (1529) – Alte Pinakothek, Munchen 21) Klee: Ad Marginen (1930) – Kunstmuseum, Basel 22) Rembrandt: Belshazzar’s Feast (1635) – National Gallery, London 23) Rubens: St Agustine, National Gallery, Prague 24) Renoir: Bal du Moulin de la Galette (1876) – Musee National d’Orsay, Paris 25) Goya: Aquelarre/ Il Grande Caprone (1821) – Prado, Madrid 26) Chagall: I and the Village (1911) – Museum of Modern Art, New York 27) Magritte: Specchio Falso (1928) – Museum of Modern Art, New York 28) Millet: Harvesters Resting (1853) 29) Veronese: Nozze di Cana (1563) – Louvre, Paris 30) Velasquez: Las Hilanderas (166?) – Prado, Madrid 31) Caravaggio: Davide/ Galea (1607) – Kunsthistorische Muzeum, Wien 32) Rubens: Feast of Venus/ Vennsfest (1637) – Kunsthistorische Muzeum, Wien 33) Vermeer: The Astronomer (1668) – Louvre, Paris 34) Schiele: Death and the Maiden (1915) – Belvedere, Wien 35) Cezanne: Le Mont Saint Victoire (1906) – Museum of Art, Philadelphia 36) Klee: Landschaft mit dem Gelben Kirchturm (1920) – Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst, Munchen 37) Leonardo: Vergine delle Rocce I (1486) – Louvre, Paris 38) Rousseau: Virgin Forest at Sunset (1907) – Kunstmuseum, Basel 39) Tintoretto: Miracolo dello Schiavo (1548) – Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia 40) Ernst: Antipope (1942) – Guggenheim, New York 41) Botticelli: Miracolo di San Zenobio (1500) – National Gallery, London 42) Picasso: Three Musicians (1921) – Museum of Modern Art, New York 43) Miro`: Hunter, Museum of Modern Art, New York 44) Matisse: Dance (1909) – Museum of Modern Art, New York 45) Braque: Violin and Palette (1910) – Guggenheim, New York 46) Klee: Fischzauber (1925) – Museum of Art, Philadelphia 47) Duchamp: Nude Descending a Staircase #3 (1916) – Museum of Art, Philadelphia 48) Van Gogh: Sunflowers (1888) – Museum of Art, Philadelphia 49) Kokoshka: Der Irrende Ritter (1915) – Guggenheim, New York 50) Murillo: Nascita di S. Giovanni Battista, Norton Simon, Pasadena 51) Renoir: Bal a Bougival (1883) – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 52) Manet: Esecuzione dell’Imperatore Massimiliano (1867) – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 53) Manet: Olympia (1863) – Musee National d’Orsay, Paris 54) Monet: Water Lilies I (1905) – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 55) Leger: Acrobat at the Circus, Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Basel 56) Hodler: Der Tag (1899) – Kunstmuseum, Bern 57) Munch: The Scream (1893) – Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo 58) Altdorfer: Rest on the Flight to Egypt (1510) – Gemaldegalerie, Berlin 59) De Hooch: The Mother (1660) – Gemaldegalerie, Berlin 60) Steen: St Nicholas Eve (1660) – Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 61) Rembrandt: Man in Oriental Costume (1635) – Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 62) Rembrandt: The Betrayal of Peter (1660) – Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 63) Rembrandt: Philemon and Baucis (1658) – Washington, National Gallery 64) Rembrandt: Landscape with Bridge (1636) – Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 65) Vermeer: Kitchen Maidservant (1660) – Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 66) Marc: Stables (1914) – Guggenheim, New York 67) Hals: I reggenti dell’Ospizio dei Poveri (1664) – Hals Museum, Harleem 68) Carpaccio: S. Giorgio in Lotta con il Drago (1507) 69) Bellini: Pala di San Giobbe (1487) – Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia 70) Pisanello: Partenza di San Giorgio (1438) – Sant’Anastasia, Verona 71) Boccioni: La Citta` che Sale (1910) – Museum of Modern Art, New York 72) Chagall: Dedie a Ma Fiance (1911) – Kunstmuseum, Bern 73) Chagall: Le Soldat Boit (1912) – Guggenheim, New York 74) Kandinskij: Einige Kreise (1926) – Guggenheim, New York 75) Rousseau: Jouers de Football (1908) – Guggenheim, New York 76) Leger: Le Grand Dejeuner/ Three Women (1921) – Museum of Modern Art, New York 77) Delaunay: St Severin (1909) – Guggenheim, New York 78) Ernst: La Grande Foret (1927) – Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Basel 79) Picasso: Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907) – Museum of Modern Art, New York 80) Picasso: Night Fishing at Antibes (1939) – Museum of Modern Art, New York 81) Van Dyck: Crowning of Thorns – Prado, Madrid 82) Tiziano: Venere, Amore e Organista – Prado, Madrid 83) Leonardo: Annunciazione (148?) – Uffizi, Firenze 84) Perugino: La Consegna delle Chiavi (1482) – Cappella Sistina, Roma 85) Giorgione: Tre Filosofi (1508) – Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien 86) Grunewald: St Erasmus und St Maurice (1523) – Alte Pinakothek, Munchen 87) Gauguin: Where Have We Come From (1897) – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 88) Gauguin: Mahana No Atua/ Day of the God (1894) – Art Institute, Chicago an dMuseum of Art, New York 89) Greco: Bautismo de Cristo (1596) – Prado, Madrid 90) Van Eyck: The Fountain of Grace (1429) – Prado, Madrid 91) Picasso: Guernica (1937) – Museum of Modern Art, New York 92) Leonardo: Epifania, Uffizi, Firenze 93) Ghirlandaio: Vecchio e Nipote, Louvre, Paris 94) Van Gogh: Selfportrait (1887) – Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 95) Carpaccio: Disputa del Sinedrio (1514) – Brera, Milano 96) Pissarro: Verger a Pontoise (1872) – Musee National d’Orsay, Paris 97) Toulouse-Lautrec: Moulin Rouge (1892) – Art Institute, Chicago 98) Delacroix: La Mort de Sardanapal (1827) – Louvre, Paris 99) Degas: Dance Class (1874) – Louvre, Paris 100) Gericault: The Raft of the Medusa (1819) – Louvre, Paris This list of 100 of the Favorite Art Works of the World Museums Society has a cross-section of art work from several centuries and many countries. If you are intersted in contemporary art please see the links below. The WMS voted these to be the best of important and influential art works from the world museums.
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