Best Paintings of all Time

Diego Rivera's (1886-1957) Man at the Crossroads was an instant classic the moment Rivera decided to add to the to the huge fresco the controversial Lenin portrait in a painting who would reside inside the Rockefeller Center which is something like a capitalism temple. The painting was destroyed becoming immortalized in the process and since it's recreation by the badass Rivera in Mexico it became an instant success.

Rosa Bonheur's (1822-1899) The Horse Fair is one beautiful painting. The light, the composition, everything works fine there and it's in my opinion the best and most realistic horses ever painted.

Another one of Lucian Freud that is a favorite of mine is Two Irishmen in W11. Just look at the details of the hands of the older man. It's fabulous.