Painting subjects

Explore Paintings by Subject

Begin with something visible: a face, a flower, a shoreline or a familiar landscape. Each collection connects visual memory to named artworks.

flower paintings

Flowers

From Monet's fields to quiet gardens, see how flowers became a laboratory for color and light.

famous portrait paintings

Explore identity, gaze, clothing and pose through some of the most memorable portraits in art.

famous landscape paintings

Mountains, snow, fields and city edges reveal how landscape can carry the mood of an era.

famous paintings of women

See how paintings represent women through labor, family, modern life and the politics of looking.

ocean paintings

From monumental waves to northern beaches, explore water, weather and the human scale.

Greek mythology paintings

Explore how artists turn ancient stories into images of desire, danger, judgment, transformation and heroic action.

religious paintings

See how composition, gesture, light and symbolism make sacred stories emotionally and physically present.