Love Paintings

A LOOK AT

Love is generally understood as a verb and emotion that invites one to ponder over the ones dearest to our hearts.  In art history, art about love has been portrayed in a variety of ways and encoded with various social symbols that represent elements of love.

PORTRAYING LOVE IN ART

THE 14 MOST FAMOUS LOVE PAINTINGS

Madonna and Child (c. 1450 – 1465)  by Filippo Lippi

Venus and Adonis (c. 1550s)  by Titian

The Honeysuckle Bower (c. 1609)  by Peter Paul Rubens

The Jewish Bride (1665 – 1669)  by Rembrandt van Rijn

Les Hasards Heureux de L’Escarpolette (1767)  by Jean-Honoré Fragonard

The Lock (1777)  by Jean-Honoré Fragonard

The Kiss (1859)  by Francesco Hayez

The Cradle (1872)  by Berthe Morisot

Chez le Père Lathuille (1879)  by Édouard Manet

L’Amour et Psyché (1890)  by William-Adolphe Bouguereau

The Kiss (1907 – 1908)  by Gustav Klimt

Birthday (1915)  by Marc Chagall

The Embrace (1917)  by Egon Schiele

The Lovers (1928)  by René Magritte