Thread on the real life locations that inspired famous paintings 🧵
1. Café Terrace at Night by Van Gogh
1. Café Terrace at Night by Van Gogh
2. Claude Monet's Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies - Monet’s garden in Giverny, France
3. The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh - Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France
The place that inspired a masterpiece.
The place that inspired a masterpiece.
4. The Scream by Edvard Munch - Ekeberg Hill in Oslo, Norway
5. American Gothic by Grant Wood - Eldon, Iowa
This small white house caught Wood's attention and became the inspiration for his iconic painting. The models were not actual farmers but Wood’s sister and the family dentist.
This small white house caught Wood's attention and became the inspiration for his iconic painting. The models were not actual farmers but Wood’s sister and the family dentist.
6. Sunrise by Claude Monet - Le Havre, France
7. A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat - Île de la Jatte, France
8. Starry Night Over the Rhône by Vincent van Gogh - Arles, France
It's truly magical to see the lights reflecting in the water and to imagine the legendary Dutch painter witnessing a similar scene while creating his masterpiece.
It's truly magical to see the lights reflecting in the water and to imagine the legendary Dutch painter witnessing a similar scene while creating his masterpiece.
9. Mont-Saint-Michel by James Webb - Mont Saint-Michel, France
10. Wheatfield With Crows by Vincent van Gogh - Auvers-sur-Oise, France
11. Piazza San Marco by Canaletto - St Mark's Square, Venice, Italy
When you visit Venice today, it still feels like stepping into a Canaletto painting. It's one of the rare places in the world where time seems to stand still.
When you visit Venice today, it still feels like stepping into a Canaletto painting. It's one of the rare places in the world where time seems to stand still.
12. El Khasné, Petra by Frederic Edwin Church
Petra looks exactly as it did in 1874 when this painting was crafted. In fact, the “Rose City” has retained its timeless beauty over the past two thousand years, since it was carved during the Nabataean Kingdom.
Petra looks exactly as it did in 1874 when this painting was crafted. In fact, the “Rose City” has retained its timeless beauty over the past two thousand years, since it was carved during the Nabataean Kingdom.
13. High Street, Oxford by JMW Turner - Oxford, England
”Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire”
”Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire”
14. The Church at Auvers by Vincent van Gogh
15. Giovanni Paolo Panini's The Trevi Fountain in Rome - Rome, Italy
16. Sunrise on the Matterhorn by Albert Bierstadt - Matterhorn, on the border between Italy and Switzerland
It’s fascinating to see a depiction from the 1880s of the most famous mountain in the Alps.
Noticeably, the great American landscape painter has subtly elongated the Matterhorn, a technique artists use to make landscapes more visually appealing.
It’s fascinating to see a depiction from the 1880s of the most famous mountain in the Alps.
Noticeably, the great American landscape painter has subtly elongated the Matterhorn, a technique artists use to make landscapes more visually appealing.
17. Christina’s World by Andrew Wyeth - Cushing, Maine
18. The Doge's Palace by Claude Monet - The Doge's Palace, Venice, Italy
19. Mont Sainte-Victoire by Paul Cézanne - Aix-en-Provence, France
20. Interior of St Peter's by Giovanni Paolo Panini - St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
Since 1750, almost nothing inside St. Peter's Basilica has changed, except for the clothing of the visitors.
Since 1750, almost nothing inside St. Peter's Basilica has changed, except for the clothing of the visitors.
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