People are inextricably linked with art - looking at paintings teaches them to philosophize, to see beauty and to find themselves in images.
Any art provides historical knowledge - acquaints a person with the customs of the time when the picture was created.
For each person, the influence of the work is different - someone sees beautiful on the canvas, someone terrible, and someone does not feel anything from what they see ...
Some paintings are fraught with terrible stories, recognizing which, probably, everyone will feel uneasy.
In this collection you will recognize 10 scary paintings, and their story will be no less scary. If you are ready to view, then go ahead.
List
- 10. “Martyr", author unknown
- 9. The name of the painting is unknown, Zdislav Beksinski
- 8. “Hands Resist Him,” Bill Stoneham
- 7. “Woman of the rain”, Svetlana Taurus
- 6. “Love Letters,” Richard King
- 5. The Dead Mother, Edward Munch
- 4. “The Crying Boy”, Giovanni Bragolin
- 3. “Man assumes, but God disposes,” Edwin Henry Landsir
- 2. "General Bernardo de Galvez", author unknown
- 1. “Postal Stagecoach", Laura P
10. “Martyr", author unknown
The author of this picture is unknown, but from the story of the Englishman Sean Robinson, who inherited it, it turned out that the artist used his own blood mixed with oil paints to create it.
He called it “The Suffering Man”, after the work was completed, after some time the artist committed suicide.
Sean Robinson began to notice inexplicable phenomena and ghosts in his house: at night, his family heard whispers and cries in the house.
At first, Sean attributed everything to natural phenomena, but one day he saw a dark figure in the house ... And after a while his wife also began to see her. He concluded that the picture was created with the assistance of dark forces.
9. The name of the painting is unknown, Zdislav Beksinski
Zdislav Beksinski is a recognized classic of the surreal horror. His works leave no one indifferent - they inspire fear and confusion.
The artist’s canvases often have a yellowish-purple hue, some details are worked out with special detail.
Zdislav Beksinki did not name his works, it is known that he burned some of his works in the backyard of his house.
He later explained this by the fact that some paintings did not satisfy him, while others were too personal.
In the life of the artist of gloomy paintings, many misfortunes happened - his wife died in 1998, and his son committed suicide. A few years later, the body of a Polish artist was found in his apartment - he, like his son, committed suicide.
8. “Hands Resist Him,” Bill Stoneham
After viewing the painting “Hands Resist Him,” Stendhal Syndrome (a mental disorder accompanied by hallucinations and dizziness) can be caused in people.
In fact, the syndrome can be caused in two ways: the first - a large number of works of art viewed in a short time, the second - a thorough review of the terrifying picture for several hours.
When a person examines the canvas for a long time, he thereby transfers to it and becomes a participant in the action.
“Hands Resist Him” was written in 1972 and appeared at an online auction 28 years later with the curious record “The Cursed is Damned.” A gallery employee said that one of the art historians studying the painting died several months later.
7. “Woman of the rain”, Svetlana Taurus
Black clothes, a gray background, a cold and focused look of a woman attract the attention of the viewer and gradually fill the soul with anxiety.
The first buyer of the picture returned it with a mystical explanation: “I have a feeling that someone is constantly watching me ...” She began to have strange dreams, and there was a woman from the picture in them. After waking up, it became creepy, especially being alone in the apartment.
According to Vinnitsa artist Svetlana Taurus, the picture was painted for 5 hours, and all the time it seemed to her that someone was controlling her hand ... before she started work, strange sounds were heard in the house.
Other people became buyers of Rain Women, but everyone returned it. Now the canvas is hanging in one of the shops of Vinnitsa.
6. “Love Letters,” Richard King
There is an opinion that the picture became guilty of the death of a 4-year-old girl - Samantha Houston, daughter of a US senator. Death occurred as a result of an accident in 1887 - the girl played a ball and fell down the stairs, her death came instantly.
The canvas is in the hotel The Driskill in the USA, the girl depicted on it is very similar to the deceased Samantha. The hotel staff, as well as visitors, share their impressions, telling them that when they turn away, and then look again at the picture, the expression on the girl’s face changes.
Also, people from looking at her feel uneasy - nausea begins and dizziness appears. Some people feel soaring in the air.
5. The Dead Mother, Edward Munch
Everyone probably knows the Norwegian artist Edward Munch from his famous painting “Scream”. His works are probably famous for the fact that each of us experiences huge losses in life - it is known that Edward Munch suffered and suffered torment all his life - he saw hallucinations, lay in a psychiatric clinic.
“Dead Mother” was written in 1899, the painting shows the artist’s mother, who had lost her mother early, and she herself died young.
The children were left alone - in the picture, Munch’s sister is standing, covering her ears, and is in complete despair, his other sister died of tuberculosis, and another went to a psychiatric hospital, after which Munch wrote it in “Scream”.
The man who bought the painting said that the girl’s eyes in the painting watched his actions all the time, and the blanket shifted and made noise at night.
4. “The Crying Boy”, Giovanni Bragolin
The painting “The Crying Boy” was painted by Italian artist Giovanni Bragolin (known as Bruno Amadio).
There are many cursed places on Earth, but also many things that carry a curse. An example of this is the painting of Bragolin - he painted about 70 paintings with children who cry.
Reproduction of the picture is considered damned, and superstitious people with fear relate to it - where the canvas is located, a fire occurs.
However, copies of the Italian artist’s paintings found in the fire remain intact - as if the elements were bypassing them.
According to people, the crying children depicted in the paintings attract a fire, but they themselves remain unharmed.
3. “Man assumes, but God disposes,” Edwin Henry Landsir
The painting was created in 1864 by the English artist Edwin Landsir. It was dedicated to the missing expedition of Franklin (one of the most mysterious and tragic events in world history. Travelers were captured in ice and could not get out of it).
In the 70s, one of the students committed suicide after looking at the picture. He left a suicide note in which he wrote: "I was forced to do this by polar bears." The university administration removed the picture “away from the eyes” so that it would not harm anyone else.
2. "General Bernardo de Galvez", author unknown
The Galvez Hotel, in Texas, USA, has a painting that frightens guests. This portrait supposedly belongs to the brush of Bernardo de Galvez, who died in 1786.
In fact, this portrait is the haven of the artist’s ghost. Not a single guest can photograph the canvas - the picture is blurry, regardless of what technique they have.
The guests complain that the picture makes them uneasy - they feel their eyes on themselves as they walk along the corridor and down the stairs, as if the general was following them.
In addition, many legends are associated with the Galvez Hotel, where the painting is located.
1. “Postal Stagecoach", Laura P
Artist Laura P drew a picture from a photograph of professional photographer James Kidd in 1994.
The photo was taken in Arizona, and the mysticism wrapped around the picture is due to the fact that the artist did not draw a headless figure to the left of the stagecoach.
The author of the picture says that initially this figure was not, she did not draw it. When she hung up her work in the house, strange things began to happen in it - important documents disappeared, antique watches that had been sagging for 40 years, fell and crashed, and various objects flew in her direction - it feels like someone was throwing them.
Some things even disappeared from home. After a while, Laura burned the picture, because she did not allow her to be quietly in the house.