• 7G13 - The Crepes of Wrath - season 1
When Hugolin takes Bart to the "Château Maison" on his sidecar motorcycle they pass through several sceneries.
These sceneries are based on famous French paintings.
› The first one is a reference to
The Water-Lily Pond by Claude
Monet (1899).
› The second one is a reference to
Wheat Fields with Crows by
Vincent Van Gogh (1890).
› The third one is a reference to
The Dream by Henri "Le
douanier" Rousseau (1910).
› The fourth one is a reference to
Luncheon on the Grass by
Edouard Manet (1862).
• 7F09 - Itchy & Scratchy & Marge - season 2
› The scene where we see Nelson whitewashing a fence while another kid is watching him is a parody of an illustration entitled
Whitewashing
the fence by Norman Rockwell (1936) in
The adventures
of Tom Sawyer.
• 7F10 - Bart Gets Hit By a Car - season 2
› Bart's vision of hell is a parody of the right panel of the triptych
The Garden of Earthly Delights by
Hieronymus Bosch (1504).
• 7F12 - The Way We Was - season 2
› Marge's pose in front of her mirror is a parody of
Girl
at the mirror by Norman Rockwell (1954).
• 7F17 - Old Money
- season 2
› When Grampa is thinking about what he'll do with the inherited money, we can see him at a bar. This is a reference to
Nighthawks by Edward Hopper
(1942).
› Boulevard of
Broken Dreams (below) by Gottfried Helnwein is a famous parody of
Nighthawks in which we can see Marylin Monroe,
Humphrey Bogart, James Dean and Elvis Presley.
• 7F18 - Brush With Greatness
- season 2
› The crowd is standing in line for the H2Whoa ride at Mt Splashmore on the stairs which are a direct reference to
Ascending and descending by Maurits Cornelis Escher (1960).
› One of the paintings seen at the art show is a reference
to Andy Warhol's
Campbell's Soup Can.
• 7F22 - Blood Feud -
season 2
› The fresco in Springfield's post office is a parody of
The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo.
• 8F07 - Saturdays of Thunder - season 3
› The picture seen on one of the wall of the
National Fatherhood Institute is a reference to the
Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci (c. 1492).
• 8F16 - Bart the Lover - season
3
› The dinner scene at the Flanders' is an imitation of
Freedom
from want by Norman Rockwell (1943).
• 8F20 - Black Widower - season
3
› The lunch scene in jail is also based on
Freedom
from want by Norman Rockwell (1943).
• 9F07 - Mr. Plow - season 4
› During Homer's second commercial, one of the paintings in the background behind the singer is a copy of
Christina's world by
Andrew Wyeth (1948).
• 9F19 - Krusty Gets Kancelled - season
4
› The first painting we see in Hugh
Heffner's house parodies the style of the painter Patrick Nagel. It appears to be an imitation of one of his paintings entitled
Carol.
› The second painting we see a bit later is in the style of odalisques paintings, notably of
La Grand Odalisque by Jean Auguste Dominique or of one done by the Baron Francois of Hatvany.
• 1F01 - Rosebud - season 5
A copy of
Arrangement in Grey and Black
No1 by James Abbott McNeill Whistler is hanging in Burns' room.
• 1F04 - The Simpson's Halloween Special IV
- season 5
The interludes at the beginning and between each act of this episode show Bart in an art gallery walking in front of numerous famous paintings.
› Melancholy and Mystery of a Street by Giorgio de Chirico (1913)
› Sleep by
Salvador Dali.
› Van Gogh's
Self-Portrait (1889)
›Ascending and descending by Maurits Cornelis Escher.
› The Scream by
Edvard Munch (1893)
› The Death of Marat by
Jacques Louis David (1793)
› Three Musicians by Pablo Picasso (1921)
› The son of Man by
René Magritte (1964)
› A Friend in Need by
C.M. Coolidge
› In the museum, the policemen throw Leonardo da Vinci's
Mona Lisa into the fire.
• 1F07 - The Last Temptation of Homer - season 5
› When Homer sees Mindy for the first time, the scene is a parody of
The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli (1485).
• 1F14 - Homer love Flanders -
season 5
› Flanders has a copy of
The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci (1498) hanging above his couch.
• 1F15 - Bart Gets an Elephant
- season 5
› The painting that Bart is cleaning is
American
Gothic by Grant Wood (1930).
• 2F04 - Bart's Girlfriend - season
6
›
The Lovejoys' (like the Flanders') also have a copy of
The Last Supper by Da Vinci in their dining room.
• 2F09 - Homer the Great - season 6
› The couch gag is a reference to
Relativity by
MC Escher (1953). [This couch gag was also used for
The PTA Disbands ]
› In the Stonecutters' secret shortcut, several copies of da Vinci's
Mona Lisa are hung on the walls.
• 2F31 - A Star is Burns
- season 6
› The picture in the opening of Burns' movie is a parody of
The Creation of Adam by
Michelangelo.
• 2F18 - Two Dozens and One Greyhounds - season 6
› The picture of Santa's Little Helper and his girlfriend taken by the street photographer is a parody of
A Friend In Need by
Cassius Marcellus Coolidge (1870), one of his 9 paintings showing dogs playing poker.
• 2F16 - Who Shot Mr Burns ? - Part
1 - season 6
› In the veterinarian's waiting room can be seen
A Friend In Need by Cassius Marcellus Coolidge (1870) as well as a Mondrian's
Composition.
• 3F13 - Lisa the Iconoclast
- season 7
› In Lisa's class hangs a copy of the unfinished portrait of George Washington painted by Gilbert Stuart (1796)
• 4F03 - The Homer They Fall - season
8
› During one of his boxing matches, Homer sends his opponent out of the ring through the ropes. This shot is a parody of a painting by George Bellows entitled
Dempsey And Firpo (1924). This painting is based on the match between Jack Dempsey and Luis Firpo on September 14, 1923 in New York.
• 4F15 - Homer vs. the 18th Amendment - season 8
› The shot of Rex Banner sitting in a bar with Lou and Eddie is a reference to
Nighthawks by
Edward Hopper (1942)
• 3G02 - Lisa's sax - season
9
› When Homer imagines playing foosball in the museum he imagines his opponent as the character from the painting
The Scream by Edvard Munch
(1893)
› A kid in the gifted school is painting
The Son of Man by
René Magritte.
• 5F23 - The Joy of Sect - season 9
› Ned has a copy of Da Vinci's
Last Supper in his rumpus room.
• 4F24 - Lisa the Simpson - season 9
› The painting Lisa is observing at the museum is a work by Joan Miro (1933).
• 5F14 - The Trouble With Trillions - season 9
› One of the paintings of Burns' ancestors that we can catch a glimpse of in the background is a parody of Arrangement in Grey and Black, No 1 (Whistler's Mother) by James Abbott McNeill
Whistler (1871).
› In his art gallery, Burns also has a copy of Washington
crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze (1851).
• AABF04 - Homer Simpson in "Kidney Trouble" - season 10
› In the flashback, the painting above Homer's bed appears to be a copy of
Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops, a painting by Charles Knight (1927).
• AABF15 - Mom and Pop Art
- season 10
› This episode is jam-packed with famous paintings, starting with Barney's drawing which is a replica of
Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by
Georges Seurat (1884).
› The first painting that Homer and Marge see at the museum (which will later give Homer his idea of his masterpiece at the end of the episode) is a painting by Joseph Mallord William Turner representing
The Dogana, San Giorgio, Citella, From the Steps of the Europa (1842).
› Marge paints the Springfield version of this painting at the end of the episode.
› They then walk in front of a series of Pablo Picasso's paintings exposed in chronological order. The first one (right) is
The Barefoot Girl (1895) and the second one is
Leaning Arlequin (1901).
› The third Picasso painting is
The Old Guitarist (1903).
› The fourth one is
Les
Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907).
› The fifth one is
Head of a Man (1907).
› The painting in the background behind Marge looks like the painting from the series
Homage to the Square by Josef Albers started in 1949 and which comprises dozens of paintings in the same style (concentrical squares with color variations).
› Homer kneels down in front of one of Andy Warhol's
Campbell's Soup Can.
› Andy Warhol himself appears with his soup cans a bit later in the episode in Homer's dream.
› The painting on the left is a reference to Piet Mondrian's "compositions".
This painting called
Composition
with red, blue and yellow is more accurately represented earlier in the episode,
on the cover of the magazine "Art In America" that Homer
reads in bed.
› Homer's dream sequence, which may seem weird to the inexperienced eye, is actually a series of parodies of different famous paintings.
› The first of them is
The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri "Le douanier" Rousseau
(1897).
› The man with 4 arms and 4 legs who beats Homer is
The Vitruvian Man drawn by
Leonardo da Vinci (c. 1492)
› The third scene is a parody of
The Three Musicians by
Pablo Picasso (1921).
› The scene where Homer is under a "melting clock " is a reference to
The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali (1931).
• AABF18 - They Saved Lisa's Brain - season
10
› During the "gross-out contest",
a truck drives by in the street carrying a
travelling Van Gogh exhibit. We can see, among others, the following paintings :
|
The Starry Night (1889) |
 |
 |
A Pair of Leather Clogs (1888) |
Still Life with Open Bible (1885) |
› Homer smears chocolate pudding on the
Self Portrait with Grey Felt Hat to give the painting a beard like his own.
• BABF05 - Take my Wife, Sleaze - season
11
› The shot of Apu and Manjula in front of the Kwik-e-Mart is a parody of
American Gothic by Grant
Wood (1930).
• BABF08 - The Mansion Family - season
11
› The painting on which Burns is playing poker with dogs is a parody of A
Friend in Need by C.M. Coolidge.
› The painting that hides the safe is
Still Life with Basket of Apples by Paul Cézanne.
› Arrangement in Grey and Black No1 can be seen behind the auto dressing machine.
• BABF11 - Missionnary : Impossible
- season 11
› The museum sounds CD cover is a parody of
The
Son of Man (1964) by René Magritte
on which the face of a man is hidden by an apple.
• BABF14 - Days of Wine and D'oh'ses - season 11
› The picture that Lisa wants to take for the phone book contest is a reference to
A Friend in Need by C.M. Coolidge.
• BABF19 - Behind The Laughter - season 11
› Second time we see
The Last Supper by Da Vinci above Flander's couch.
• DABF02 - She of Little Faith - season 13
› The background with a cutout in which Bart sticks his head to have his photo taken represents
The Last Supper with the cutout where Jesus' face would be.
• DABF04 - Half-Decent Proposal - season 13
› One of the paintings of Marge that Artie has in his house is a parody of the
Marilyn portrait by Andy Warhol.
• DABF17 - Papa's Got a Brand New Badge - season
13
› The painting Otto is carrying on his shoulder is the famous
Guernica by
Picasso (1937).
• DABF21 - Helter Shelter - season
14
› In the couch gag the regular boat painting above the couch is replaced by Da Vinci's
Mona Lisa.
› There's a copy of
Composition
with red, blue and yellow by Piet Mondrian in Lenny's apartment (when it appears again in the episode
Homer
Simpson this is your wife, the colors are different from the original ).
• EABF04 - Strong Arms of the Ma -
season 14
› Van
Gogh's
Self-Portrait can be seen in the little wagon that Lisa is pulling at Rainier's Wolfcastle.
• EABF06 - Pray Anything - season
14
› When the plumber touches the kitchen wall it cracks and reproduces
Washington
crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze (1851).
• EABF13 - Dude, Where's My Ranch ? - season
14
› The giant picture of Ned in the nightclub is a parody of the Marilyn Monroe's portrait painted by Andy Warhol in the 60's.
• EABF21 - Treehouse of Horror XIV
- saison 15
› When Bart and Milhouse stop the time, we can see several Picasso's paintings in the Simpsons' house :
Head of a Man ,
Les
demoiselles d'Avignon,
The Old Guitaris and
Leaning Arlequin .
[All these paintings were already seen in Mom and Pop Art, season 10
]
› We can also see
Mona Lisa in Bart's room.
• FABF01 - Today I am a Clown - season
15
› Same thing as above with Krusty instead of Ned.
• FABF02 - 'Tis The Fifteenth Season - season 15
› In the street the Simpsons walk in front of a wagon that sells pictures of
The Syndics of the Drapers' Guild by Rembrandt (1662) with your head instead of one of the men from the painting.
• GABF05 - On a Clear Day I Cant See My Sister
- season 16
› Several coupies of Da Vinci's
Mona Lisa are exposed for sale in front of the Sprawl Mart.
• GABF14 - Thank God It's Doomsday -
season 16
› One of the posters in the christian library is a parody of
A
Friend in Need by C.M. Coolidge with the dogs praying instead of playing poker.
›The painting in the Simpsons' garage is
The Last Supper by Léonardo
Da Vinci (1495-1498).
› The last shot of the episode is a parody of this same painting, with Homer instead of Jesus and the barflies instead of the apostles.
› When Homer is in Heaven, one of the pictures in the screen above the bed is a copy of
The Syndics of the Drapers' Guild by Rembrandt (1662).
› Right after that, the picture in the screen is a reference to Piet Mondrian's
Compositions.
• GABF21 - See Homer Run - season
17
› The painting that Dolph stole is
The Scream by Edvard Munch (1893).
• HABF12 - Girls Just Want to Have Sums - season
17
In the hall of the girls school, Lisa is happy to see some paintings by female artists.
› Frida Kahlo's Self-Portrait with monkey (1938)
›
Georgia O'Keefe
Jack in the pulpit II (1930)
• Springfield Up - season 18
› When he tears down the painting of the Simpsons family, Burns reveals a parody of Christina's World by
Andrew Wyeth (1948) hidden underneath.
