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  • Edouard_Manet_A_Bar_at_the_Folies-Bergere-1 - One of my favorite all-time paintings: You can see "A Bar at the Folies-Bergère" (1882), by Edouard Manet, at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London.
  • water-lilies-Claude_Monet - "Water Lilies," aka "Nymphéas" (c. 1922), watercolor painting by French Impressionist Claude Monet, can be seen at Musée de l'Orangerie in Paris.
  • Wardens-Amsterdam-Guild-Rembrandt-Amsterdam - "The Wardens of the Amsterdam Drapers’ Guild" (1662), oil painting by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn. See it at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  • Pierre-Auguste_Renoir_Le_Moulin_de_la_Galette-1 - Wikipedia puts it this way: "Bal du moulin de la Galette is an 1876 painting by French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. It is housed at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris and is one of Impressionism's most celebrated masterpieces."
  • Wheatfield-Under-Thunderclouds-Van-Gogh-Museum - "Wheatfield Under Thunderclouds" (1890), painting by Vincent van Gogh. See it in the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  • tahitian-women-on-the-beach-1 - "Tahitian Women on the Beach" (1891), by Paul Gauguin, can be seen at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.
  • irises-Van-Gogh-Getty-Los-Angeles - "Irises" (1889), the oil painting by Vincent van Gogh, can be seen at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles.
  • Picasso-in-The-Hermitage-St-Petersburg-Russia - The Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia, has two entire rooms filled with Picasso paintings.
  • Birth-of-Venus-Botticelli-Florence - "Birth of Venus" (1484–1486), painting by Sandro Botticelli at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy.
  • Les-Demoiselles-d'Avignon - "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" (1907), oil on canvas painting by Pablo Picasso. See it on the fifth floor of MOMA in New York.
  • Sacred-Conversation-Bellini-Accademia-Venice - "Sacred Conversation" (c. 1490), oil on wood by Renaissance painter Giovanni Bellini at the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice.
  • Cezanne_Still_Life_with_a_Curtain-1 - This is my favorite still life of all time. Cezanne's "Still Life With a Curtain" (1895) at the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia.
  • La-Toilette-Degas-Hermitage-St-Petersburg - "Woman Combing Her Hair" (c. 1884–1886), pastel by Degas, at the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia.
  • Fighting-Remeraire-Turner-London - "The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last Berth to be broken up" (1838), oil on canvas by J. M. W. Turner at the National Gallery in London.
  • Poet-Picasso-Guggenheim-Venice - "The Poet" (1911), oil on linen by Picasso, part of the Guggenheim Collection in Venice.
  • Creation-of-Adam-Michaelangelo-Rome - "The Creation of Adam" (c. 1511), fresco painting by Michelangelo, part of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City.
  • Claude_Monet_Impression_soleil_levant-1 - Claude Monet's sublime "Soleil Levant" (Impression, Sunrise) (1872) spawned the Impressionism movement. It's at Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris.
  • Mona-Lisa-Leonardo-da-Vinci-Paris - "The Mona Lisa" (c. 1503-1506), by Leonardo da Vinci at the Louvre in Paris, natch.
  • Rodin-sculpture-Barcelona - Public sculpture by Frenchman Auguste Rodin in Barcelona.
  • Washington-crossing-Delaware-Leutze-MetNYC - "Washington Crossing the Delaware" (1851), oil-on-canvas painting by Emanuel Leutze. See it at the Met (Metropolitan Museum of Art) in New York.
  • Miami-Wynwood-Walls-Mural - Not all art is created by the dead masters. There's street art, the people's art, as well. Here's a mural in the Wynwood Art District in Miami.
  • Holy-Family-Rubens-Cologne - "Holy Family" (c. 1634) by Rubens depicts the holy family with St. Elizabeth and young St. John the Baptist. It's at the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum in Cologne, Germany.

Great works of art you can see on a cruise

I am an art lover. And I like to cruise. There must be others like me out there.

So I thought it would be educational to do a list of great art and masterpieces you can see while on a cruise. I'm referring to shore excursions (organized or on your own) to museums and staying in ports before or after a cruise, more than seeing the art on the ship, although Holland America has multimillion dollar art exhibits on some of its ships that I've admired. 

So here's my list of where to see great art on a cruise. I've updated it here since the original version went up. 

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