Most Famous

The Most Famous Artworks of Late 19th Century

The 60 most celebrated works of the Late 19th Century period, ranked by renown across 27,389 works in the catalog.

A note on the ranking: "fame" here is a measure of renown, not of merit — synthesised from how widely a work is cited and held. It leans toward the Western canon and the best-digitised collections. Read it as a popular index, not a verdict.

  1. The Chess Players
    The Chess Players Thomas Eakins · 1876
  2. The Repose
    The Repose Jean Baptiste Camille Corot · 1860
  3. Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son
  4. The Young Bather
    The Young Bather Gustave Courbet · 1866
  5. The Dead Toreador
    The Dead Toreador Édouard Manet · 1864
  6. The Dancing Class
    The Dancing Class Edgar Degas · 1870
  7. The Organ Rehearsal
    The Organ Rehearsal Henry Lerolle · 1893
  8. Bacchante by the Sea
    Bacchante by the Sea Jean Baptiste Camille Corot · 1860
  9. Salome
    Salome Henri Regnault · 1870
  10. Autumn - On the Hudson River
    Autumn - On the Hudson River Jasper Francis Cropsey · 1860
  11. The Storm
    The Storm Pierre Auguste Cot
  12. Mademoiselle V. . . in the Costume of an Espada
  13. The Contest for the Bouquet: The Family of Robert Gordon in Their New York Dining-Room
  14. The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak
    The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak Albert Bierstadt · 1863
  15. Pygmalion and Galatea
    Pygmalion and Galatea Jean Léon Gérôme · 1896
  16. Marine Landscape
    Marine Landscape Alfred Thompson Bricher · 1895
  17. Young man in Mayo costume
    Young man in Mayo costume Édouard Manet · 1863
  18. The Matador Saluting
    The Matador Saluting Édouard Manet · 1866
  19. The Valley of Wyoming
    The Valley of Wyoming Jasper Francis Cropsey · 1865
  20. The Woman in the Waves
    The Woman in the Waves Gustave Courbet · 1868
  21. The Last of the Buffalo
    The Last of the Buffalo Albert Bierstadt · 1888
  22. The Artist Sketching at Mount Desert, Maine
    The Artist Sketching at Mount Desert, Maine Sanford Robinson Gifford · 1864
  23. Rio de Janeiro Bay
    Rio de Janeiro Bay Martin Johnson Heade · 1864
  24. A Bachelor's Drawer
    A Bachelor's Drawer John Haberle · 1896
  25. The Source
    The Source Gustave Courbet · 1862
  26. Charing Cross Bridge, London
    Charing Cross Bridge, London Camille Pissarro · 1890
  27. Beach in Normandy
    Beach in Normandy Gustave Courbet · 1874
  28. The New Bonnet
    The New Bonnet Eastman Johnson · 1876
  29. Woman with a Parrot
    Woman with a Parrot Gustave Courbet · 1866
  30. Emancipation Proclamation
    Emancipation Proclamation A.A. Lamb · 1864
  31. The Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garenne
    The Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garenne Alfred Sisley · 1872
  32. Isola Bella in Lago Maggiore
    Isola Bella in Lago Maggiore Sanford Robinson Gifford · 1871
  33. Garden at Sainte-Adresse
    Garden at Sainte-Adresse Claude Monet · 1867
  34. The Dancer
    The Dancer Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1874
  35. The Daughters of Catulle Mendès
    The Daughters of Catulle Mendès Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1894
  36. Isle of the Dead
    Isle of the Dead Arnold Böcklin · 1880
  37. Lake George
    Lake George John Frederick Kensett · 1869
  38. Indian Summer
    Indian Summer William Trost Richards · 1875
  39. Oarsmen at Chatou
    Oarsmen at Chatou Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1879
  40. Natural Arch at Capri
    Natural Arch at Capri William Stanley Haseltine · 1871
  41. Harlequin
    Harlequin Paul Cézanne · 1889
  42. The Dead Christ with Angels
    The Dead Christ with Angels Édouard Manet · 1864
  43. Femme Lisant
    Femme Lisant Jean Baptiste Camille Corot · 1869
  44. Point Judith, Rhode Island
    Point Judith, Rhode Island Martin Johnson Heade · 1867
  45. Madame Georges Charpentier and her Children
    Madame Georges Charpentier and her Children Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1890
  46. A Windmill on a Polder Waterway, Known as ‘In the Month of July’
  47. Paris, rue du Havre
    Paris, rue du Havre Jean Béraud · 1882
  48. Pastoral Landscape
    Pastoral Landscape Asher Brown Durand · 1861
  49. Summer Afternoon
    Summer Afternoon Asher Brown Durand · 1865
  50. A Gorge in the Mountains (Kauterskill Clove)
    A Gorge in the Mountains (Kauterskill Clove) Sanford Robinson Gifford · 1862
  51. A Cosey Corner
    A Cosey Corner Francis Davis Millet · 1884
  52. Finish—First International Race for America's Cup, August 8, 1870
  53. Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau)
    Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau) John Singer Sargent · 1892
  54. Mount Corcoran
    Mount Corcoran Albert Bierstadt · 1876
  55. Imitation
    Imitation John Haberle · 1887
  56. Landscape at Les Pâtis, Pontoise
    Landscape at Les Pâtis, Pontoise Camille Pissarro · 1868
  57. The Last Moments of John Brown
    The Last Moments of John Brown Thomas Hovenden · 1883
  58. 1807, Friedland
    1807, Friedland Ernest Meissonier · 1875
  59. A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers
  60. Santa Maria della Salute, Sunset
    Santa Maria della Salute, Sunset William Stanley Haseltine · 1878