--- title: Emoji Paintings by Nastya Ptichek description: Artist uses emojis to represent famous paintings. canonical: https://time.com/47501/5-famous-paintings-illustrated-by-emojis/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-03T13:00:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:44.640Z og:title: 5 Famous Paintings Illustrated by Emojis og:description: Featuring Picasso and Hopper og:url: https://time.com/47501/5-famous-paintings-illustrated-by-emojis/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 5 Famous Paintings Illustrated by Emojis twitter:description: Featuring Picasso and Hopper twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # 5 Famous Paintings Illustrated by Emojis  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Apr 3, 2014 1:00 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Apr 3, 2014 1:00 PM UTC Emojis seem to be everywhere these days, so now an artist named Nastya Ptichek of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, has paired emojis with famous paintings. Another part of her series “Emoji Nation”, which [_Wired_ reports](http://www.wired.com/2014/04/emoji-classic-art/) is going viral on Tumblr, superimposes Windows computer alerts, tweets, [Instagram actions](https://www.behance.net/gallery/emoji-nation-part-2/15413671), and [Facebook status](https://www.behance.net/gallery/emoji-nation-part-4/15470267) updates onto paintings. The project will appeal to the art buffs on the Internet. _Summer Evening_ by Edward Hopper  Nastya Ptichek _The Absinthe Drinker_ by Pablo Picasso  Nastya Ptichek _The Scream_ by Edvard Munch  Nastya Ptichek _Saturn Devouring One of His Sons_ by Francisco de Goya  Nastya Ptichek _The Crossing_ by Léon Spilliaert  Nastya Ptichek ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/47501/5-famous-paintings-illustrated-by-emojis/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/47501/5-famous-paintings-illustrated-by-emojis/"},"headline":"5 Famous Paintings Illustrated by Emojis","datePublished":"2014-04-03T13:00:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:44.640Z","description":"Featuring Edward Hopper and Pablo Picasso","url":"https://time.com/47501/5-famous-paintings-illustrated-by-emojis/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Arts"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/47501/5-famous-paintings-illustrated-by-emojis/","name":"5 Famous Paintings Illustrated by Emojis"}}]}] ```