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Movement of the day · 27 October 2026
Symbolism
Twelve works, the same twelve for everyone today and new ones tomorrow: from the best known to the ones only a devotee knows.
Play today’s twelve · Symbolism Quiz — Today’s Twelve
Best-known works
- “Self-Portrait with Death Playing the Fiddle” — Arnold Böcklin, 1872
- “Heroes” — Viktor Vasnetsov, 1881–1898
- “The Thinker” — Auguste Rodin, 1882
- “Aino Myth” — Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1891
- “Knight at the Crossroads” — Viktor Vasnetsov, 1882
- “Melancholy” — Edvard Munch, 1891
- “The Demon Seated” — Mikhail Vrubel, 1890
- “Bathing the Red Horse” — Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, 1912