Real Locations That Inspired Famous Paintings
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12 August 2024
While some iconic paintings are entirely products of an artist's imagination, many others were inspired by real-life locations that exist or existed in the past
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These locations can be buildings, landscapes, streets, or even specific rooms that sparked the artist's creativity. Here are 8 of them:
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1. Vincent Van Gogh's 'Cafe Terrace at Night' was painted overlooking the popular cafe at The Place du Forum, in Arles, a quaint village in the South of France
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2. Claude Monet's 'Water Lilies' was inspired by the serene pond, bridges, and gardens located in Monet's own backyard
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3. Vincent Van Gogh's The Starry Night depicts the view from the east-facing window of his asylum room at Saint-Remy-de-Provence, just before sunrise
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4. Grant Wood's 'American Gothic' was inspired by a small white house. The models were not actual farmers but his sister and the family dentist
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5. Georges Seurat's 'A Sunday Afternoon' depicted people strolling and relaxing in a park just west of Paris on La Grande Jatte, an island in the Seine River
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6. 'Piazza San Marco' by Canaletto simply depicts Piazza San Marco, the view of Venice's most famous square, and home to the city's most to famous landmarks
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7. Frederic Edwin Church's 'El Khasne' is a depiction of the Al-Khazneh temple in the historical city of Petra, Jordan
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8. Albert Bierstadts' 'Sunrise on the Matterhorn' depicts the famous Matterhorn, and was produced during one of his numerous trips to Switzerland between 1867-1897
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