Every artist has one masterpiece, his or her ultimate work. Each of these paintings have become famous pieces of art and are known all over the world. This list contains the masterpiece of each famous painter.
| Masterpiece painting | Title | Artist | Year |
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Mona Lisa | Leonardo da Vinci | c. 1503–1519 |
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The Starry Night | Vincent van Gogh | 1889 |
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Guernica | Pablo Picasso | 1937 |
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The Night Watch | Rembrandt van Rijn | 1642 |
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The Persistence of Memory | Salvador Dalí | 1931 |
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The Creation of Adam | Michelangelo Buonarroti | c. 1511 |
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Impression, Sunrise | Claude Monet | 1872 |
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Las Meninas | Diego Velázquez | 1656 |
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The School of Athens | Raphael | 1509–1510 |
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Girl with a Pearl Earring | Johannes Vermeer | c 1665 |
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The Scream | Edvard Munch | 1893 |
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Luncheon of the Boating Party | Pierre-Auguste Renoir | 1880-1881 |
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Nighthawks | Edward Hopper | 1942 |
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The Fighting Temeraire | William Turner | 1839 |