Who Painted This Masterpiece?

Explanation: The Starry Night (1889) is one of Vincent van Gogh's most famous works. He painted it from his room at the asylum of Saint-Remy-de-Provence, one year before his death.

Explanation: The Mona Lisa (1503-1519), also known as La Gioconda, is the most famous portrait in the world. Leonardo da Vinci brought it to France where Francis I acquired it.

Explanation: The Scream (1893) by Edvard Munch has become a universal symbol of human anguish. There are actually four versions: two paintings, a pastel and a lithograph.

Explanation: Girl with a Pearl Earring (~1665) by Johannes Vermeer is nicknamed the "Mona Lisa of the North". It is not a classical portrait but a "tronie", a character study.

Explanation: Liberty Leading the People (1830) by Eugene Delacroix commemorates the July Revolution. The figure of Marianne became a symbol of the French Republic.

Explanation: The Kiss (1907-1908) by Gustav Klimt is the most famous work of his "golden period". Klimt used real gold leaf in his compositions.

Explanation: The Creation of Adam (~1512) adorns the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. Michelangelo painted the entire ceiling in just 4 years, mostly alone.

Explanation: The Birth of Venus (~1485) by Sandro Botticelli depicts the goddess emerging from the sea. Commissioned by the Medici family, it is kept at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.

Explanation: The Raft of the Medusa (1819) by Theodore Gericault depicts the shipwreck of the frigate Medusa in 1816. Gericault studied corpses at the morgue to make the scene realistic.

Explanation: The Great Wave off Kanagawa (~1831) is a ukiyo-e print by Katsushika Hokusai. It is part of the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" and deeply influenced Western art.