Best Moustaches In Art

Self-portrait (in the role of 'Les Misérables' protagonist Jean Valjean) with Émile Bernard portrait in the background, for Vincent, 1888.

Gustave Courbet's Handlebar French ForkGustave Courbet, The Desperate Man, 1844-45

Marcel Duchamp’s mustachioed “Mona Lisa,” “L.H.O.O.Q.” (1919

Albrecht Durer's Handlebar and GoateeAlbrecht Durer, "Self-portrait in a Fur-Collared Robe", 1500

Edouard Manet's Spanish Singer Pencil 'StacheEdouard Manet, "Spanish Singer", 1860.

Vincent van Gogh's Walrus 'Stached ManVincent van Gogh, Portrait of a Man with a Moustache, Paris, Winter 1886/87

Frida Kahlo's AMAZING MoustacheFrida Kahlo, "Self-portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird" (1940)

Caravaggio's 'Stache and Chin Puff ComboA portrait of the Italian painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio by Ottavio Leoni, c. 1621.

Peter Paul Reubens HandlbarPeter Paul Reubens, Self-portrait, 1623

Modigliani's PencilAmadeo Modigliani, Paul Guillaume, Novo Pilota, 1915

Anthony van Dyck's Handlebar and Chin PuffAnthony van Dyck, Self-portrait, c. 1633

The Original Dracula's Caterpillar 'StacheVlad the Impaler, Prince of Wallachia, c. 1500s

Frans Hals's Enthusiastic MustacheFrans Hals, Self-portrait, c. 1650

The Company School's Nearly-Friendly Mutton ChopsGouache painting on paper from a portfolio of sixty-three paintings of deities and daily life by South East Asian artists collectively known as the Company School, c. 1820

Bernini's PuffGian Lorenzo Bernini, Self-portrait, c. 1635

James I of EnglandPaul van Somer, James I of England (James VI of Scotland), c. 1618

So. Many. Moustaches.Cornelis van Haarlem, Banquet of the officers and sub-alterns of the Haarlem Calivermen Civic Guard, 1599

Frans Hals The Laughing Cavalier 1624

Gustave Courbet, “Louis Gueymard as Robert le Diable,” 1857.

Léonard Limosin, “Jean-Philippe, comte palatin du Rhin,” 1550.

 Giuseppe Arcimboldo, “Rudolf II of Habsburg as Vertumnus,” 1590.

Hunter on Horseback Attacked by a Lion,” 18th century

Unidentified Chinese artist, “Portraits of Emperors of Successive Dynasties,” circa early 20th century. 

Felix Vallotton, “Portrait of Edouard Vuillard,” 1893.

David Hockney, “An Image of Ken,” 1985.

Jeff Koons’s suspended metal ’stache sculpture, “Moustache” 2003

Jean Hans Arp Schnurruhr (Mustache Watch) 1923

Alice Neel, “Kenneth Doolittle,” 1931. 

Rainer Maria Rilke's Gaping Chin PuffPaula Modersohn-Becker, Porträt des Rainer Maria Rilke, 1906

 Joan Miró, “The Policeman,” 1925. 

Sculptural ceramic ceremonial vessel that represents a captive warrior-lord,” circa 1 to 800 CE.

Rembrandt The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp 1632

Thomas Phillips George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron 1835

George Luks Otis Skinner as Col. Philippe Bridau 1919

John Singer Sargent Auguste Rodin 1884

Artist unknown, “Sir John McClure, Director of Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway,”

Joyce Pensato’s practically abstract portrait of Groucho Marx, “Flying Mustach” 2012

Otto Dix’s expressionist portrait of noted hypnotherapist Dr. Heinrich Stadelmann 1922

Edvard Munch’s gloomy “Self-Portrait With Burning Cigarette” 1895

Self Portrait Vincent Van Gogh

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