CRAZY INSIGHTS THAT WILL CHANGE THE WAY YOU LOOK AT PAINTINGS

WHEN THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART IN

NEW YORK CITY ACCIDENTALLY HUNG LE BATEAU

BY HENRI MATISSE UPSIDE DOWN IT STAYED

THAT WAY FOR OVER A MONTH UNTIL A

VISITOR NOTIFIED THE MUSEUM

IN THE 1950’S THERE WAS A CHIMPANZEE IN THE

LONDON ZOO NAMED CONGO THAT PAINTED MORE

THAN 400 PAINTINGS

JACKSON POLLOCK OFTEN USES CIGARETTES

TO CREATE HIS PAINTINGS

SALVADOR DALI NEVER EXPLAINED HIS WORKS

BUT HE SAID THAT HIS INSPIRATION FOR THE

PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY CAME FROM SEEING

CHUNKS OF CAMEMBERT CHEESE MELTING IN

THE SUN (HE MAY HAVE BEEN JOKING)

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT COLLAPSED AND DIED

WHILE A STILL UNFINISHED PORTRAIT WAS

BEING PAINTED

THE PAINTING THE STARRY NIGHT BY VAN GOGH

IS OF SAINT-RÉMY-DE-PROVENCE IN SOUTHERN

FRANCE. HE PAINTED IT WHILE HE WAS IN A

MENTAL INSTITUTION THERE

DUTCH PAINTER REMBRANDT WAS SUCH A WELL-KNOWN

MISER THAT HIS STUDENTS WOULD PAINT COINS

ONTO THE FLOOR AND LAUGH AS HE TRIED

TO PICK THEM UP

MR. TATSUO HORIUCHI IS AN ELDERLY GENTLEMAN

LIVING IN JAPAN THAT CREATES ARTWORK

USING NOTHING BUT MICROSOFT EXCEL

ALTHOUGH HE IS ONE OF THE MOST WELL-KNOWN

PAINTERS EVER, THERE ARE ONLY 15 KNOWN

PAINTINGS BY LEONARDO DA VINCI