10

Biggest Paintings in the World

19 July 2024

The Water Lilies series by Claude Monet is one of the biggest paintings in the world with dimensions of  2m x 12.8m. The painting was made in 1914-1916 using oil paint on canvas.

1. The Water Lilies Series by Claude Monet

The dimensions of Guernica (1937) by Pablo Picasso are 3.49m x 7.77m. Not only is Guernica an impressive oil painting mural, but also a potent political statement.

2. Guernica (1937) by Pablo Picasso

The Night Watch by Dutch Baroque painter, Rembrandt van Rijn has dimensions of 3.79m x 4.53m. It was commissioned in 1640 and painted in 1642.

3. The Night Watch

Liberty Leading the People is an 1830 oil painting made by Eugene Delacroix to honour the July Revolution in Paris. The dimensions of the paintings are 2.6m x 3.25m.

4. Liberty Leading the People

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte is Georges Seurat’s biggest painting in the world. It has the dimensions of 2.07m x 3.08m.

5. A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte

Number 1 1950 (Lavender Mist) (1950) by Jackson Pollock is one of the biggest drip-technique paintings in the world with dimensions of  2.21m x 2.99m.

6. Number 1 1950 (Lavender Mist) (1950) by Jackson Pollock

The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli boasts the dimensions of 1.72m x 2.78m. It is said to be painted in the mid-1480s.

7. The Birth of Venus

Las Meninas is a 1656 painting by Diego Velázquez whose dimensions are 3.18m x 2.76m. Its intricate design produces a unique illusion of reality.

8. Las Meninas

Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe is an 1863 painting made by Edouard Manet. The painting has the dimensions of 2.07m x 2.65m.

9. Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe

The Kiss by Gustav Klimt is a painting with the dimensions 1.8m x 1.8m. It depicts a couple cuddling in a flower meadow.

10. The Kiss by Gustav Klimt