The Mona Lisa is painted onto a panel of poplar wood, not a canvas.

Although it is arguably the most famous painting in the world, the Mona Lisa was not widely known until it was stolen from The Louvre in 1911.

Van Gogh only sold one painting in his lifetime.

The lady in the Mona Lisa painting has been identified as an Italian noblewoman named Lisa del Giocondo.

After the death of his brother, Dali became convinced that he was his brother’s reincarnation.

When Henri Matisse’s painting Le Bateau was first exhibited in New York, it was hung upside down. The mistake was not spotted for six weeks.

Van Gogh fell in love with his cousin, Kee. In response, his uncle banned him from their family home.

When asked why he never painted a self-portrait, the artist Gustav Klimt answered, “There is nothing special about me.”