Grey House- Marc Chagall 

Unlike most surrealist painters, Marc Chagall often worked with themes of love and happiness.  In this depiction of his hometown of Vitebsk, Belarus, Chagall's characteristically vibrant colour scheme is missing, and his abstract style has all but disappeared everywhere but the sky.  The dark house is definitely not giving off any warm fuzzy vibes; for sure not invoking the smell of mom's apple pie cooling on the window sill.  Presumably dad isn't smoking a pipe and reading the paper at the kitchen table, or playing catch out back with his future iconic artist of a son, either.

        

In a town where his father worked like a "galley-slave"(My Life- Marc Chagall) for a herring merchant, it's crazy that Chagall managed to make it big as an artist.  To all other creative hopefuls of the world: hope you like kraft dinner and taking the bus.