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20 museum-worthy tattoos honouring iconic works of art history Art / Featured / Tattoos

Are you a tattoo lover who also admires historical artworks? If yes, then you’re surely going to admire these museum-worthy tattoos that are paying tribute to some of the iconic works of art history. Probably Picasso, Da Vinci, or Van Gogh comes to your mind when you think some of the world-renowned artists. Keeping the famous artwork alive, people are recreating historic art pieces in form of tattoos.

From ‘The Great Wave Off Kanagawa, Hokusai’ to Van Gogh’s Starry Night, here are some of the modern tattoo designs featuring historical artworks, which make these tattoos totally worthy of being displayed in a museum.

You can see that each tattoo has been done with a great amount of detail, making each one visually-appealing. These tattoos are certainly going to grab the attention of many art lovers, tattoo artists, and tattoo lovers.

If you’re looking for a design inspiration for your next tattoo, then you may get unique ink ideas by looking at these coloured as well as black-and-grey tattoos that are made by different tattoo artists from all over the world.

Feast your eyes on these 20 scorching hot tattoos inspired by famous artworks. Which one is your favorite that you’d like to get inked on your body? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.

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The Kiss by Gustav Klimt
Tattoo: Rita “Rit Kit” Zolotukhina

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The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Hokusai
Tattoo: Oozy

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Guernica by Picasso
Tattoo: Okan Uckun

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Mutter und Tochter by Egon Schiele
Tattoo: Tattooist Eheon

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Based on The Creation of Adam by Michaelangeo
Tattoo: Phellipe Rodrigues

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Water Serpents I by Gustav Klimt
Tattoo: Alexey Buzunov

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Inspired by Cubism
Tattoo: Peter Aurisch

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Water Serpents I and II by Gustav Klimt
Tattoo: Amanda Wachob

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Starry Night by Van Gogh
Tattoo: Bob Price

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The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Hokusai
Tattoo: Fredão Oliveira

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Jackson Pollock
Tattoo: Anton Senkov

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Mona Lisa by Da Vinci
Tattoo: Mr. K

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Inspired by classical sculpture
Tattoo: Tanya De Souza-Meally

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Alphonse Mucha
Tattoo: Natan Alexander

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Wheatfield with Crows by Van Gogh
Tattoo: Chris Walkin

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Da Vinci
Tattoo: Oozy

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Birthday by Marc Chagall
Photo credit: @alinavstrkv

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Inspired by classical sculpture
Tattoo: Mr. K

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Roy Lichtenstein
Tattoo: Deanna Wardin

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Kim Hong Do
Tattoo: Oozy


Monika has been writing about trending artifacts across diverse platforms for over three years. Her all-time fascination with both traditional and non-traditional artworks led her to explore the world of art and humanities. She founded EdgyMinds in 2016 to discover emerging artists and indulge her passion for creativity. Connect with her at Facebook I Twitter I G Plus