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TOP 10 Paintings For Halloween

Magda Michalska 31 October 2016 min Read

Are still looking for some costume-inspiration? What about painterly theme this year?
Or maybe you just like to get scared?
We offer you our Halloween ranking of the scariest paintings art history has seen…

10.

Salvador Dalí, The Face of War (The Visage of War), 1940, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Salvador Dalí, The Face of War (The Visage of War), 1940, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

9.

Hans Memling, Hell, 1485, Musée des Beaux Arts, Strasbourg, France
Hans Memling, Hell, 1485, Musée des Beaux Arts, Strasbourg, France

8.

Otto Dix, Wounded Man, 1916, The National gallery of Australia
Otto Dix, Wounded Man, 1916, The National gallery of Australia

7.

Egon Schiele, Self-Seer II (Death and Man), 1911, Leopold Museum, Vienna
Egon Schiele, Self-Seer II (Death and Man), 1911, Leopold Museum, Vienna

6.

Jean Fautrier, Study for a large nude, 1926, Private collection.
Jean Fautrier, Study for a large nude, 1926, Private collection.

5.

Ken Currie, Gallowgate Lard, 1996, Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums
Ken Currie, Gallowgate Lard, 1996, Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums

4.

Francisco Goya, The Disasters of War, plate No. 37: This is Worse,1863, Prado
Francisco Goya, The Disasters of War, plate No. 37: This is Worse,1863, Museo del Prado

3.

Zdzisław Beksiński, Zdzisław Beksiński, Untitled, ca.1969, Muzeum of Beksiński in Sanok, Poland
Zdzisław Beksiński, Zdzisław Beksiński, Untitled, ca.1969, Muzeum of Beksiński in Sanok, Poland

2.

Georg Baselitz, Oberon, 1963, Staedel Gegenwartskunst
Georg Baselitz, Oberon, 1963, Staedel Gegenwartskunst

1.

Francis Bacon, Study after Velazquez´s Portrait of Pope Innocent X, 1953
Francis Bacon, Study after Velazquez´s Portrait of Pope Innocent X, 1953, Des Moines Art Center

 

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