Artists tell stories

Artists tell stories.

Mona Lisa.

Artist	Leonardo da Vinci
Year	c. 1503–06, perhaps continuing until c. 1517
Type	Oil
Medium	Populus
Subject	Possibly Lisa Gherardini
Dimensions	77 cm × 53 cm (30 in × 21 in)
Location	Musée du Louvre, Paris

The story of the Mona Lisa is that it is possibly the painters wife and he was just doing a portrait of her.

Guernica.

Artist	Pablo Picasso
Year	1937
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	349 cm × 776 cm (137.4 in × 305.5 in)
Location	Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain

Guernica is the name of the city that this picture is referring to. This painting is showing the horrors of war and so this painting has become an anti war symbol.

The scream.

Artist	Edvard Munch
Year	1893
Type	Oil, tempera, pastel and crayon on cardboard
Dimensions	91 cm × 73.5 cm (36 in × 28.9 in)
Location	National Gallery, Oslo, Norway

What this painting is respresenting or doing is showing a small ugly glimpse of the painters own anxiety and problems. He's just letting it all out in this painting.

Nude, Green leaves and bust.

Artist	Pablo Picasso
Year	1932
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	162 cm × 130 cm (64 in × 51 in)
Location	Private collection (Currently on long-term loan to Tate Modern)

This painting is telling the story of the painters secret lover. She is the woman in this picture and the man is the artist. He kept her secret for a very long time.

The last supper.

Artist	Leonardo da Vinci
Year	1495-1498
Type	tempera on gesso, pitch, and mastic
Dimensions	460 cm × 880 cm (181 in × 346 in)
Location	Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan

The last supper paintings story is literally in the tittle. The story of this painting is that Jesus and other people are eating their last diner together.