What 18 People From Iconic Paintings Looked Like in Real Life / Bright Side
Each artist has their own style and perception of people whose images they decide to transfer to canvas. In this article, we decided to compare the photos of great artists’ muses and artists themselves with the paintings where they were depicted.
Vincent van Gogh
Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau
Paula Modersohn-Becker
Victorine Meurent, model of Édouard Manet
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
La Goulue, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s model
Anna Bilińska
Jane Morris, the Pre-Raphaelite muse
Édouard Manet
Louise Jopling
Adele Bloch-Bauer, model of Gustav Klimt
Egon Schiele
Marie Bashkirtseff
Gustave Courbet
Henri Rousseau
Henri Matisse
Edgar Degas
Camille Pissarro
And here you can find out what the muses of great artists looked like in real life.