While watching horror movies, I almost never get scared, because I know that what is happening on the screen is fictional and has never happened in reality. However, in our harsh reality, there are much more horrors than the directors show ...
The photos from this terrifying collection are scary in appearance alone, but behind them are much more terrifying backstories. I bet that these pictures will impress even the most horror-resistant people!
A girl released from a concentration camp drew how she sees her home. It is hard to imagine how much life in prison affected her mind...
At the end of the 19th century, a vampiress from Great Britain was proclaimed the most intimidating woman in the country. She was part of the so-called dark vampire cult.
A ghost that only appears in photographs is nicknamed by the ghost of the church of Neuby. In the photo, a creature from the other world has found its place at the altar.
Photographer William Hope He became famous thanks to the seances. Many considered him a fraud, but there were also supporters, including Arthur Conan Doyle. The picture shows an elderly couple with an alleged ghost. Later it turned out that he achieved this effect by combining glass plates.
In one of the African markets, they sell everything for rituals: human and monkey skulls, parrot beaks and the skin of various animals.
Shadows of Hiroshima appeared as a result of light emissions caused by nuclear bombardment. These shadow spots will stay here forever...
The island of dolls in Mexico was made so by its only inhabitant Don Julian Santana. He was greatly impressed by the body of the drowned girl, and he began to collect dolls in memory of her. He continued this business until the moment when he himself drowned in the same river.
Odious French neurologist Guillaume Duchen considered the father of electrotherapy. He became famous for his experiments, during which he passed current through the facial muscles of living people and the dead.
This photo was taken in Nevada in the 1950s. Unnecessary mannequins were hidden in one of the basements, and I would definitely be scared if I stumbled upon them in poor lighting!
In a photograph taken in a Cuban cemetery, American soldiers throw human skulls with joyful faces. Their calmness and indifference is striking ...
Almost everything in the room Ossuaries in Sedlec made from human remains. The cemetery church is located in the Czech Republic and is open to visitors seven days a week.
A resident of the British county of Cheshire took a photograph of a large library in 1891. Witnesses are sure that the ghost of the then landowner is located in the chair, because the picture was taken on the day of his funeral.
These joyful people did not even suspect that during the shooting next to them was the silhouette of an upside down person. They were not afraid, considering the intruder a former resident of the house.
The US nuclear tests lasted 47 years, during this period the Americans managed to build and successfully destroy entire cities. The picture shows the inhabitants of local houses - mannequins.
In 2000, a woman sent these photos to the police, complaining about a monkey stealing apples from her yard. The creature depicted in the photo does not look like any kind of monkey known to mankind ...
The world is not divided into two parts - the world is one. We all live on the same planet, but rarely know what is happening or happened at one time or another on the other side of the Earth, although, making this selection, I was convinced that everything - both good and bad - was in abundance. Of course, there are more negative events on our planet - murders, famine, wars ... the list is endless. And what is strange is that it is photographs with such terrible phenomena that are recognized as the best in the world. But photos with positive events, such as the birth of a child, love between a man and a woman, sunset and sunrise, are of no interest to almost anyone, alas.
Such a combination of circumstances is easy to explain, because the main task of journalism is to pay attention to the problems, suffering and sorrowful moments of other people, so that those who live in their own little worlds, at least think a little...
Today I offer for viewing a photo selection of the most memorable pictures taken mainly in the 20th century, where each frame is a symbol. Epoch symbol or individual event symbol.
I’ll warn you right away that it’s better not to look at these photos for the faint of heart and pregnant women.
1. This photo is truly shocking. It shows the truth of the suffering of children in Sudan during the 1993 famine. The picture, which shows a tiny, exhausted girl crawling with all her remaining strength towards the humanitarian aid camp, was taken by photographer Kevin Carter. For this photograph, Carter received the prestigious Pulitzer Prize, but it cost him a lot. The photographer had to specially wait for the hungry vulture, which calmly walked in circles in anticipation of the death of the baby, just to make the shot as epic as possible. After 20 minutes, Carter still took a photo and drove the bird away from the child. After receiving an award for this picture and a wave of criticism against him, Kevin Carter committed suicide. It happened in 1994.
2. On August 6, 1945, an atomic mushroom photograph was taken over Hiroshima. The sight is truly frightening.
3. On November 25, 1963, John F. Kennedy's family said goodbye to him. The slain president was buried with full honors 3 days after his death from two bullets fired at him by Lee Harvey Oswald (who was not officially listed as the killer, but was the main suspect). By the way, two days later Oswald himself was also shot at the police station. It is not known for certain what motives prompted the book depository worker to kill the president.
4. This picture taken by photographer Robert Capa on September 5, 1936 for a long time was a real symbol of the bloody and ruthless Spanish Civil War. The photo shows an armed militiaman who had just received a lethal bullet. The picture, of course, is very emotional and tragic, BUT it turns out that this is just a successful staging. Experts came to this conclusion after carefully studying all the details (the place of the fighting and the location of the dead body of a man).
5. Photographer Dorothea Lange in 1936 took the picture that brought her worldwide fame. On it you can see Florence Owens Thompson, who has already been called the symbol of the Great Depression, with children. The name of the main character of the photo did not become known until 40 years later, and she was very upset that the photographer published this photo and did not send her a copy. So Dorothea Lange got everything and Florence nothing but the grave inscription “Florence Owens Thompson. The Wandering Mother is the legend of the strength of America's mothers."
6. The world-famous photograph of the Vietnam War, which depicts all the horror and suffering of innocent people, simply amazed the public. Little children running from the napalm mercilessly poured by the South Vietnamese armed forces the village were captured by photographer Nick Ut. As soon as the picture was taken, he picked up the girl in the center (Kim Fook) and took her to the hospital. The photographer did not hope that the girl would survive, but the doctors were able to save her life even though Kim had terrible third-degree burns all over her body. Now Kim is alive and well, she has devoted her whole life to helping people and medicine. She often talks about those terrible times and about the photo in an interview:
“Napalm is the worst pain you can imagine. Water boils at 100 degrees, and napalm has a temperature of 800 to 1200. Forgiveness freed me from hatred. I still have a lot of scars on my body and I am in a lot of pain almost all the time, but my heart is clear. Napalm is strong, but faith, forgiveness and love are much stronger. We wouldn't have wars at all if everyone could figure out how to live with true love, hope, and forgiveness. If that little girl in the photo could do it, ask yourself if you can too?”
7. This picture was taken on February 1, 1968, when Viet Cong Nguyen Van Lem was executed by General Nguyen Ngoc Loan. Photographer Eddie Adams, who took this landmark photograph, immediately became famous and began to be criticized. So he had to apologize to the general for the fact that he caused irreparable damage to his honor. Here is what the photographer said after that: “The general killed the Viet Cong, I killed the general with my camera. Photos are still the most powerful weapon in the world. People believe them, but the photographs lie, even without such intentions. They are only half true. The photo didn't say "What would you do if you were that general at that time and place on that hot day when you caught the so-called bad guy after he blew up one, two or three Americans?"
8. September 11, 2001. Tower of the World shopping center in New York. Many photographs were taken that day, but this one, dubbed “the falling man,” has become the strongest image of human despair in the 21st century. This photo was taken by photographer Richard Drew before the Twin Towers fell, because the man in the photo preferred to die by hitting the ground, rather than suffocating from smoke in the walls of a skyscraper.
9. 1956 East Germany. A little girl meets her father - a German prisoner of the 2nd World War, who was released by the USSR to freedom.
10. On June 4, 1962, a very symbolic picture was taken at the Puerto Cabello naval base. A soldier mortally wounded by a sniper asks for forgiveness for his sins while holding on to priest Luis Padillo.
11. On June 11, 1963, in southern Vietnam, a Buddhist monk named Thich Quang Duc set himself on fire to protest religious persecution by the Vietnamese government.
12. September 1965 A mother and her children cross a deep river unassisted to escape aerial bombardment by American troops.
13. A few months later, on February 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, such a bestial attitude on the part of the US military towards a South Vietnamese rebel was recorded with the help of a camera.
14. 1974 Nigerian drought and a little girl who experienced the unbearability of life without water on herself.
15. On July 22, 1975, a massive fire broke out in a house in Boston. The woman and the girl, who could not get out of the house at the very beginning, were forced to jump from the windows.
16. SOUTH AFRICA. August 1977. The police decided to go ahead and spray tear gas during the riots in the illegal settlement of Modderdam. By the way, those people were just trying to protest against the destruction of their own homes.
17. In the region of Cambodia, Uganda, in April 1980, it was simply unbearable. There was not enough food or water. This proves this picture, which shows the hand of a small emaciated boy and a missionary who came to help all the suffering in Uganda.
18. The merciless massacre took place on September 18, 1982 in Beirut, Lebanon. In the photo you can see the dead Palestinians who were slaughtered by Christian Phalangists in Sabra and the Shatila refugee camp in Lebanon.
19. The devastating earthquake in Koinoren claimed the lives of many people. The photo, taken October 30, 1983, shows a mother of five, Kezban Ozer, who found her sons dead. Mother's grief is scary...
20. 12-year-old girl Omaira Sanchez fell into a dangerous trap in the ruins that caused the eruption of the Nevado del Ruz volcano in Colombia. The photo was taken on November 16, 1985, almost 60 hours after Omaira was trapped. The girl could not be pulled out, so after a while she lost consciousness and died.
21. December 18, 1987. Kuro, South Korea. A disconsolate mother begs the riot police to release her son, who was arrested at a demonstration. The woman's son accused the government of fraud, for which he was imprisoned. The police do not pay attention to the grief of the mother.
22. Terrible famine in November 1992 in Somalia. The mother lifts the body of her own child to take it to the prepared grave.
23. It really matters which side you're on. A photograph taken in June 1994 of a Hutu man confirms this. police crippled young man, as soon as suspicions arose that he was sympathetic to the rebels of the Tutsi ethnic group.
24. 1996 Quito. The victims of the landmine in Cuito, Angola, could not be happy in those days, because in the course of the civil war, many of their relatives were killed, and they were traumatized for the rest of their lives.
25. August 1, 2005. A Nigerian woman and her child wait for free meals to be served.
26. John Lennon and his assassin Mark Chapman. This is the last photo of the popular rock musician, taken as John gives his killer an autograph, unaware that he will put a bullet in his forehead.
Let's try to move on to something more pleasant. Here are photos that will forever remain in history as one of the most beautiful and unforgettable.
Ernesto Che Guevara
Albert Einstein
Winston Churchill
Afghan girl (in 1984 and 17 years later)
Earth Rise
Lunch at the top of a skyscraper
Kiss in Times Square
Yuri Gagarin
Charlie Chaplin
Marilyn Monroe
Salvador Dali
The Beatles
tennis player
Flag over the Reichstag, 1941
Buzz Aldrin at Tranquility Base
Church of St. George, Czech Republic
The church in the Czech village of Lukova has been abandoned since 1968, when part of its roof collapsed during a funeral ceremony. Artist Jakub Hadrava populated the church with ghost sculptures, giving it a particularly sinister look.
Hashima Island, Japan.
Hasima is a former coal miner's settlement founded in 1887. It was considered one of the most densely populated places on earth - with a coastline of about a kilometer, its population in 1959 was 5259 people. When coal became unprofitable to mine here, the mine was closed and the island city added itself to the list of ghost towns. It happened in 1974.
Hanging coffins of Sagada, Philippines
On the island of Luzon in the village of Sagada is one of the most frightening places in the Philippines. Here you can see unusual burial structures made of coffins placed high above the ground on the rocks. There is a belief among the indigenous population that the higher the body of the deceased is buried, the closer his soul will be to heaven.
Abandoned military hospital Beelitz-Heilstetten, Germany
Old Jewish cemetery in Prague, Czech Republic
Processions in this cemetery took place for almost four centuries (from 1439 to 1787). More than 100 thousand dead are buried on a relatively small plot of land, and the number of tombstones reaches 12,000.
cemetery workers covered the burials with earth, and new tombstones were erected in the same place. On the territory of the cemetery there are places where 12 grave tiers are located under the earth's crust. As time passed, the sagging earth opened the eyes of the living to the old tombstones, which began to shift the later ones. The view turned out not only unusual, but also creepy.
Island of abandoned dolls, Mexico
There is a very strange abandoned island in Mexico, most of which is inhabited by scary dolls. It is said that in 1950, a certain hermit Julian Santana Barrera began to collect and hang dolls from wastebaskets, who in this way tried to calm the soul of a girl drowned nearby. Julian himself drowned on the island on April 17, 2001. Now there are about 1000 exhibits on the island.
Chapel of Bones, Portugal
The chapel was built in the 16th century by a Franciscan monk. The chapel itself is small - only 18.6 meters long and 11 meters wide, but the bones and skulls of five thousand monks are kept here. On the roof of the chapel is the phrase "Melior est die mortis die nativitatis" ("Better the day of death than the day of birth").
Suicide Forest, Japan
Suicide Forest is the informal name for the Aokigahara Jukai forest, located on the island of Honshu in Japan and famous for its frequent suicides. Initially, the forest was associated with Japanese mythology and was traditionally represented as the abode of demons and ghosts. Now it is considered the second most popular place in the world (the championship at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco) to settle accounts with life. At the entrance to the forest there is a poster: “Your life is a priceless gift from your parents. Think about them and about your family. You don't have to suffer alone. Call us at 22-0110."
Abandoned psychiatric hospital in Parma, Italy
Brazilian artist Herbert Baglione made an art object from a building that once housed a psychiatric hospital. He portrayed the spirit of this place. Now ghostly figures of exhausted patients roam the former hospital.
Catacombs in Paris, France
Catacombs - a network of winding underground tunnels and caves under Paris. The total length, according to various sources, is from 187 to 300 kilometers. Since the end of the 18th century, the remains of almost 6 million people have been buried in the catacombs.
City of Centralia, Pennsylvania, USA
Due to the underground fire that broke out 50 years ago, which continues to burn to this day, the population has decreased from 1,000 people (1981) to 7 people (2012). The population of Centralia is now considered the smallest in the state of Pennsylvania. Centralia served as the prototype for the creation of the city in the Silent Hill series of games and in the film based on this game.
Akodesseva Magic Market, Togo
The market of magic items and magical herbs Akodesseva is located right in the center of the city of Lome, the capital of the state of Togo in Africa. The Africans of Togo, Ghana and Nigeria still profess the voodoo religion and believe in the miraculous properties of dolls. The fetish assortment of Akodesseva is extremely exotic: here you can buy the skulls of a large cattle, dried heads of monkeys, buffaloes and leopards and many other equally "wonderful" things.
Plague Island, Italy
Poveglia is one of the most famous islands in the Venetian lagoon, in northern Italy. It is said that since Roman times, the island has been used as a place of exile for plague patients, in connection with which up to 160,000 people were buried on it. The souls of many of the dead have allegedly turned into ghosts, with which the island is now full. The island's dismal reputation is exacerbated by tales of horrific experiments allegedly subjected to patients in a psychiatric clinic. In this regard, paranormal researchers call the island one of the most terrible places on earth.
Hill of Crosses, Lithuania
The Hill of Crosses is a hill on which many Lithuanian crosses are installed, their total number is approximately 50 thousand. Despite the resemblance, it is not a cemetery. According to popular belief, the one who leaves the cross on the Mountain will be lucky. Neither the time of the appearance of the Hill of Crosses, nor the reasons for its occurrence can be said with accuracy. To this day, this place is shrouded in secrets and legends.
Cabayan burials, Philippines
The famous fire mummies of Kabayan dating back to 1200-1500 AD are buried here, as well as, as the locals believe, their spirits. They were made using a complex mummification process, and are now carefully guarded, as cases of their theft are not uncommon. Why? As one of the robbers said, “he had the right to do so,” since the mummy was his great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather.
Overtown Bridge, Scotland
The old arch bridge is located near the Scottish village of Milton. In the middle of the 20th century, strange things began to happen on it: dozens of dogs suddenly rushed from a 15-meter height, fell on stones and broke to death. Those that survived returned and tried again. The bridge has turned into a real "killer" of four-legged animals.
Aktun Tunichil Muknal Cave, Belize
Aktun Tunichil Muknal is a cave near the city of San Ignacio, Belize. It is an archaeological site of the Maya civilization. It is located on the territory of the Tapira Mountain Natural Park. One of the halls of the cave is the so-called cathedral, where the Mayans performed sacrifices, as they considered this place to be the Xibalba - the entrance to the underworld.
Leap Castle, Ireland
Leap Castle in Offaly, Ireland is considered one of the world's cursed castles. Its dark attraction is a large underground dungeon, the bottom of which is studded with sharp stakes. The dungeon was discovered during the restoration of the castle. In order to take out all the bones from it, the workers needed 4 wagons. Locals say that the castle is inhabited by many ghosts of people who died in the dungeon.
Chauchilla Cemetery, Peru
Chauchilla Cemetery is located about 30 minutes from the deserted Nazca plateau, on the south coast of Peru. The necropolis was discovered in the 1920s. According to researchers, bodies were found in the cemetery, which are about 700 years old, and the last burials were carried out here in the 9th century. Chauchilla differs from other burial sites in the special way in which people were buried. All the bodies are "squatting", and their "faces" seem to be frozen in a wide smile. The bodies are perfectly preserved thanks to Peru's dry desert climate.
Sanctuary of Tophet, Tunisia
The most infamous feature of Carthaginian religion was the sacrifice of children, mostly infants. It was forbidden to cry during the sacrifice, as it was believed that any tear, any plaintive sigh would detract from the value of the sacrifice. In 1921, archaeologists discovered a place where several rows of urns were found with the charred remains of both animals (they were sacrificed instead of people) and small children. The place was called Tophet
Snake Island, Brazil
Queimada Grande is one of the most dangerous and famous islands of our planet. On it there is only a forest, a rocky inhospitable coast up to 200 meters high and snakes. There are up to six snakes per square meter of the island. The poison of these reptiles acts instantly. The Brazilian authorities have decided to completely ban anyone from visiting this island, and locals tell chilling stories about it.
Buzludzha, Bulgaria
The largest monument in Bulgaria, located on Mount Buzludzha with a height of 1441 meters, was built in the 1980s in honor of the Bulgarian Communist Party. Its construction took almost 7 years and involved more than 6 thousand workers and experts. The interior was partly finished in marble, and the stairs were decorated with red cathedral glass. Now the memorial house has been completely looted, leaving only a concrete frame with reinforcement, similar to a destroyed alien ship.
City of the Dead, Russia
Dargavs in North Ossetia looks like a pretty village with small stone houses, but in fact it is an ancient necropolis. In crypts of various types, people were buried along with all their clothes and personal belongings.
Unfinished subway in Cincinnati, USA
Abandoned subway depot in Cincinnati - project built in 1884. But after the First World War and as a result of changing demographics, the need for the subway disappeared. Construction slowed down in 1925, half of the 16 km line was completed. There are now guided tours of the abandoned subway twice a year, but many people have been known to roam its tunnels alone.
Not all artists prefer to depict portraits and landscapes. Some people want to convey in their images a certain mystery, mysticism, a sense of fear. For example, the most terrible picture in the world, which brings endless horror to all Internet users, was photographed from the famous canvas called "Hands resist him." This truly terrible canvas created such a stir around itself that many were afraid to even look at it through the monitor screen, thinking that it was cursed. Rumor has it that the artist poured into the picture all his dark sides of the soul and the most terrible nightmares. However, more about everything in our interesting article.
"Hands resist him." Fiction or a real curse?
This creepy painting was painted in 1972 by a famous artist. It depicts a girl resembling a doll and a boy, about 5 years old. Children stand against the background of a glass door, on which a huge number of small hands can be seen.
The scariest painting in the world was copied from a childhood photograph of the artist. Stoneham portrayed himself at the age of 5 and the little girl next door.
What did the artist want to say?
According to Stoneham, the door means nothing more than a wall between the world of the living and parallel world dreams. The boy on the canvas is depicted angry and dissatisfied. And this is not surprising, because he really wants to open the door and see what is outside the real world. But the children's hands resist this, blocking the boy's path. The doll standing nearby is insensitive and empty. She does not see or hear anything, but is the only one who in this case can help the boy to enter the world of dreams.
What creepy stories are associated with the painting?
The first owner of "Hands Resist Him" was the famous American actor John Marley. Some time later, the man died. No one still knows whether the unfortunate picture is really to blame for his death. The same thing happened with other owners of the mystical canvas. The young family who once owned this eerie picture told about the terrible things that happened in their house. They found the canvas in a landfill along with another pile. Overjoyed, the head of the family took it into the house and placed it in the most prominent place. At night, their little daughter broke into her parents' bedroom, screaming that some children were quarreling in her room. The next day, the girl again reported that the image in the picture had changed somewhat - the children were outside the glass door. After that, the father decided to get rid of the "cursed" creation.
In 2000, the image of the canvas appeared on an online auction. Administrators warned Internet users that this is the most terrible picture in the world, because it was photographed from an analogue of the damned canvas “Hands resist him”, which has already brought grief to many people. However, many stared at the image, showing their immense curiosity. And after some time, letters began to arrive at the administrator's postal address, indicating that after viewing the "ill-fated" image, many began to feel dizzy.
Despite the terrible letters, the most terrible picture was still sold. It was taken over by a daring art gallery owner named Kim Smith. After some time, letters also began to come to his address, which said that this was the most terrible picture. Smith was even offered the services of famous psychics who promised to exorcise demons from this terrible canvas. To date, the fate of the painting is unknown.
"Crying Boy"
The painting "The Crying Boy" was painted by Giovanni Bragolina. Many people viewing the image on the Internet claim that this is the scariest picture of the planet they have ever seen.
There are several versions of this painting. The first says that the artist had a little son of 4 years of age. The boy was very afraid of fire and everything connected with it. Rumor has it that Giovanni deliberately set fire to a match and brought it to the baby’s face in order to more plausibly capture all his anger and fear. Rumor has it that because of this, the baby hated his cruel father so much that he sincerely wished him to burn. After some time, the boy died of pneumonia, and later, suddenly, a fire broke out in his father's workshop. The fire consumed everything in its path. Only the canvas remained intact. It is no wonder that the "Crying Boy" is the most terrible picture in the world, at the sight of which many hearts shudder.
Later, an unexpected series of fires took place throughout England, in which people died. No matter how strange it may sound, but in all rooms there were works by Giovanni, which remained absolutely untouched. People decided that the ghost of the offended boy, who moved into the canvas, decided to take revenge on the whole world. It is known that the most terrible picture in the world still excites the subconscious of many. The fear that is reflected in the eyes of a small, innocent boy will never be forgotten. The original Crying Boy has never been found.
"Red Dragon" by William Blake
One of the most controversial artists and poets painted this painting, drawing inspiration from the Book of Revelation. In the picture, William depicted the devil himself, who appeared to him in dreams.
The author managed to portray the king of darkness quite believably. Many at that time did not even have any doubts that the artist could really meet the devil himself in his dreams.
The Scream by Edvard Munch
As the artist himself wrote in his personal diary, he depicted in his picture those feelings that he had once experienced. "Scream" is undoubtedly included in the list of "The scariest pictures". The art gallery that keeps this terrible canvas within its walls is located in the city of Oslo (Norway) and is called the National Gallery.
Many scientists are of the opinion that Munch was a mentally unbalanced person, because only a person with serious diseases of the nervous system can portray this. The author created pictures of the same subject, which, as he himself claimed, tormented him for many years.
Many believe that the scariest picture in the world is the prototype of Scream. Few people know that the original of this famous canvas caused many deaths. The owners of this terrible picture allegedly endured serious illnesses or became victims of terrible disasters.
"Venus with a Mirror" Diego Velazquez
There are other most terrible paintings and pictures, for example "Venus with a Mirror", painted by the artist Diego Velazquez.
This seemingly unremarkable canvas has already brought a lot of grief to its owners.
Rumor has it that the one who acquired the cursed painting was rapidly ruined and died from this. That is why “Venus with a Mirror” for a long time could not find a permanent owner. In 1914, the most terrible picture was destroyed, it was cut with a knife by an unknown woman.
"Saturn Devouring His Son" by Francisco Goya
He depicted in his picture a mythical character named Kronos, who was afraid that he would be overthrown by his own son, and in desperation devoured the flesh of his children.
"Nightmare" by Henry Fuselli
"Nightmare" is the work of the famous English artist Henry Fuselli. The author's work was more inclined towards mysticism and secrets. He drew his plots from mythology and literature (most often the master depicted the works of Shakespeare).
In The Nightmare, Fuselli portrayed an unconscious woman on whose chest an incubus (a demon who indulges in sexual pleasures with single women) sits. Her figure is curved and elongated. Between the curtains you can see the head of an eyeless horse, which personifies a contented demon.
Paintings by Zdzisław Beksinski
The Polish artist most often depicted in his paintings dying and deformed people, wars, collapsing worlds, apocalypses and eternal grief.
Rumor has it that the artist depicted his death on the last canvas. The painting showed the body of a stabbed man. Such a terrible fate befell the artist. He was killed by the commandant's son because Zdzisław refused to lend him money.
Theodore Géricault and his Severed Heads
For his works, the artist used real human limbs, which he found in morgues. Therefore, it is not in vain that, looking at the image, many argue that this is the most terrible picture in the world.
Conclusion
The picture, like a sponge, absorbs all the positive and negative emotions of the artist. Experienced fear, anger, negativity - all this is certainly reflected on the canvas. This happened in the case of all the paintings listed in our article. Looking at them, we understand what a difficult fate haunted each artist.
