If you’re not a big fan of classical art, you’d probably have a hard time pointing out what artist painted a certain painting. Well, your days of guessing are finally over – someone created a handy, albeit pretty hilarious, guide on how to recognize famous painters by their paintings and it’s surprisingly accurate.
The helpful guide, created by Reddit user DontTacoBoutIt, will help you recognize famous painters by pointing out the distinctive style elements in their paintings – in a hilarious way. From the Putin-like characters of Van Eyck to the chubby cupids of Boucher, check out this funny art guide in the gallery below!
#1 If Everyone – Including The Women – Looks Like Putin, Then It’s Van Eyck
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Jan van Eyck
#2 If Everyone Looks Like Hobos Illuminated Only By A Dim Streetlamp, It’s Rembrandt
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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
#3 If It’s Something You Saw On Your Acid Trip Last Night, It’s Dali
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Salvador Dalí
#4 If The Paintings Have Lots Of Little People In Them But Also Have A Ton Of Crazy Bulls#%t, It’s Bosch
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Hieronymus Bosch
#5 If Everybody Has Some Sort Of Body Malfunction, Then It’s Picasso
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Pablo Ruiz Picasso
#6 Lord Of The Rings Landscapes With Weird Blue Mist And The Same Wavy-Haired Aristocratic-Nose Madonna, It’s Da Vinci
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Leonardo da Vinci
#7 Dappled Light And Unhappy Party-Time People, Then It’s Manet
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Édouard Manet
#8 If You See A Ballerina, It’s Degas
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Edgar Degas
#9 Dappled Light But No Figures, It’s Monet
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Claude Monet
#10 If Everyone Is Beautiful, Naked, And Stacked, It’s Michelangelo
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Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
#11 Dappled Light And Happy Party-Time People, It’s Renoir
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir
#12 If The Images Have A Dark Background And Everyone Has Tortured Expressions On Their Faces, It’s Titian
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Tiziano Vecelli
#13 Excel Sheet With Coloured Squares, It’s Mondrian
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Piet Mondrian
#14 If All The Men Look Like Cow-Eyed Curly-Haired Women, It’s Caravaggio
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Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
#15 If The Paintings Have Tons Of Little People In Them But Otherwise Seem Normal, It’s Bruegel
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Pieter Bruegel the Elder
#16 If Everyone In The Paintings Has Enormous Asses, Then It’s Rubens
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Sir Peter Paul Rubens
#17 If Every Painting Is The Face Of A Uni-Browed Woman, It’s Frida
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Frida Kahlo
#18 If Everything Is Highly-Contrasted And Sharp, Sort Of Bluish, And Everyone Has Gaunt Bearded Faces, It’s El Greco
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Doménikos Theotokópoulos – El Greco (“The Greek”)
#19 If The Painting Could Easily Have A Few Chubby Cupids Or Sheep Added (Or Already Has Them), It’s Boucher
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François Boucher
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