Most Horrifying Painting?

sparrowhawk

Lifer

Jul 24, 2013

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• Apr 7, 2017

• #1

Here's something different. Can you think of a particularly terrifying classical painting? My choice is from Greek Mythology, "Saturn Devouring His Son."

 

ophiuchus

Lifer

Mar 25, 2016

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2,057

• Apr 7, 2017

• #2

8O -GAAAAAAAAAAAH!
When I saw the title of this thread, the Goya was the first to come to mind ...

 

iamn8

Lifer

Sep 8, 2014

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14

Moody, AL

• Apr 7, 2017

• #3

As soon as I read the thread title I knew it would be that one.

 

Chasing Embers

Captain of the Black Frigate

Nov 12, 2014

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109,345

• Apr 7, 2017

• #4

I don't know why, but William Blake's "The Ghost of a Flea" always gave me the creeps.

 

jpmcwjr

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Staff member

May 12, 2015

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Carmel Valley, CA

• Apr 7, 2017

• #5

Was he a pipe smoker??

 

iamn8

Lifer

Sep 8, 2014

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14

Moody, AL

• Apr 7, 2017

• #6

Goya and his paintings... what a dark, scary as world he lived in. Almost of his is darkness brought to life. The story behind those dark paintings fits the artist. That whole black series... hauntingly creepy
This one is creepy also

 

mortonbriar

Lifer

Oct 25, 2013

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5,727

New Zealand

• Apr 7, 2017

• #7

I find quite a lot of William Blake's paintings to be creepy, not horrifying though

 

woodsroad

Lifer

Oct 10, 2013

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16,106

SE PA USA

• Apr 7, 2017

• #8

 

Chasing Embers

Captain of the Black Frigate

Nov 12, 2014

43,439

109,345

• Apr 7, 2017

• #9

Yeah, I really hate clowns. Really, really, really, really, hate them. 8O

 

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jpmcwjr

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May 12, 2015

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• Apr 7, 2017

• #10

No one has posted a Keane painting??
And that is the creepiest painting of a clown I've ever seen- though I generally avoid places that have painting of clowns.....

 

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aldecaker

Lifer

Feb 13, 2015

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42

• Apr 7, 2017

• #11

Hieronymus Bosch had some pretty unsettling, crack-pipe fever dreamy stuff going on.

 

didimauw

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Jul 28, 2013

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Burlington WI

• Apr 7, 2017

• #12

Sparrow and woods...you win. I'm not getting any sleep tonight...

 

yohanan

Lifer

Oct 1, 2011

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4,003

Old Belt/U.S.A.

• Apr 7, 2017

• #13

Ray Caesar

 

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mothernaturewilleatusallforbreakfast

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• Apr 7, 2017

• #14

Anything Gauguin.

 

mayfair70

Lifer

Sep 14, 2015

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• Apr 7, 2017

• #15

 

jpmcwjr

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May 12, 2015

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Carmel Valley, CA

• Apr 7, 2017

• #16

Gauguin creepy? I guess I haven't seen the right ones.

 

theloniousmonkfish

Part of the Furniture Now

Jan 1, 2017

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497

• Apr 8, 2017

• #17

Darger.

 

toobfreak

Lifer

Dec 19, 2016

1,365

7

• Apr 8, 2017

• #18

Thank you mayfair! That cat in the elevator has got to be just about the funniest thing I've ever seen! What imagination those early animators had before political correctness ruined it all! I'm still laughing at it.

 

beefeater33

Lifer

Apr 14, 2014

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6,195

Central Ohio

• Apr 8, 2017

• #19

Zdzisław Beksiński............... His paintings are Horrific, his life was interesting...........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwO0k_OKhQI

 

sablebrush52

The Bard Of Barlings

Jun 15, 2013

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45,333

Southern Oregon

jrs457.wixsite.com

• Apr 8, 2017

• #20

Here's a classic: