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The following works of art have been described as being haunted or cursed in some way.

Painting Title Artist Year Location Nature of haunting or curse
Portrait of Bernardo de Gálvez??Hotel Galvez, Galveston, TexasThe painting of the Spanish General Bernardo de Gálvez (1746-1786) at the end of a hallway in a hotel that bears his name is said to have supernatural influence over photographs taken of it. Some claim to see a skull in flash photography of the painting,[1] and according to local folklore, visitors must politely ask permission of the ghost to take a picture of the portrait, or else the photo will be ruined upon development.[2][3]
Portrait of Henrietta Nelson??Yaxley Hall, Eye, SuffolkHenrietta Nelson (1734-1816) died by falling down a flight of stairs in her home at Yaxley Hall, and was buried in a mausoleum on the property, according to her wishes. However, years later, new owners moved in and destroyed the mausoleum, moving her remains to a nearby church.[4] According to legend, she's been haunting the grounds ever since, trying to return home to her desired resting place.[5] Her portrait has also purportedly become imbued with her spirit, with her ghost following it even when moved out of the house. Viewers have reported her face in the painting changing shape, and a pale figure with identical clothing walking the grounds.[4]
Man Proposes, God DisposesEdwin Landseer1864Royal Holloway, University of London The painting is believed to be haunted, and a bad omen.[6] According to urban myth, a local student once committed suicide during exams by stabbing a pencil into their eye, writing "The polar bears made me do it" on their exam paper.[7] There is, however, no university record of a death in the picture gallery.[8] A slightly less morbid legend among students dating back to at least the 1960s is that anyone sitting in front of the painting during an exam will fail it. This has led to teachers covering the painting with a Union Jack when student examinations are ongoing.[8]
Mi Novia, or Portrait of a Lady Juan Luna 1890 National Museum, Phillipines Legend says the portrait is of the artist's wife, Paz, who Juan Luna murdered, possibly while working on the portrait. Juan was acquitted on grounds of temporary insanity.[9] According to the legend, the painting is now possessed by the spirit of Paz, who brings misfortune upon its owners. Past owners have died in car crashes, been forced into bankruptcy, and experienced miscarriage, among other reported sorrows.[10] Unfortunately for the legend, the women depicted in the painting is believed to be Angela Duche, a French women who was not in fact murdered by, nor married to, the painter.[10]
The Dead MotherEdvard Munch1899Munch Museum, Oslo Edvard Munch's mother and sister died of tuberculosis when he was a child, and memories of that trauma were a recurring motif throughout his work.[11] Munch was also influenced by the nihilist Hans Jæger, who urged him to paint his own emotional and psychological state (described as 'soul painting'), leading to his distinctive style.[12]

According to urban legend, Munch's painting The Dead Mother is cursed. Purportedly, viewers have described the horrified girl's eyes following them as they move, hearing a soft rustling sound (usually attributed to the eponymous mother's bed sheets) when near the painting, and occasionally, the girl disappearing altogether from the canvas.[13]

The Crying BoyGiovanni Bragolin1950sMultiple locations Paintings of crying children were blamed for a series of house fires in the 80s, after prints were found undamaged amidst the ruins of multiple burned houses.[14][15]
The Hands Resist HimBill Stoneham1972Perception Gallery, Grand Rapids, Michigan Characters in the painting are said to move or leave the painting during the night.[15][16]
The Anguished ManUn­known?Privately owned The owner recorded scraping, banging, crying, and moaning noises on YouTube, described the manifestation of fog in the house, and the appearance of a figure of a man. Guests reportedly had nosebleeds and experienced extreme nausea while looking at the painting.[17]
 The paintings of Arshile Gorky Arshile Gorky 1904-1938 Multiple locations Gorky's paintings are rumored to be cursed, with paintings reportedly falling from walls, catching on fire, and being visited by a black-haired ghost in a blue overcoat. On March 1, 1962, A plane with 87 passengers, 8 crew members, and 15 abstract paintings by Gorky crashed into a swamp two minutes after takeoff, killing everyone on board and destroying the paintings.[18]

According to Anthonie Holslag, a researcher studying the aftermath of the Armenian genocide, the painter's work has come to symbolize "everything we lost" for many Armenian survivors, as well as offering identity and a source of strength.[19]

Love Letters Richard King[lower-alpha 1] 1990s Driskill Hotel,

Austin, Texas

 The expression of the girl in the painting (Samantha Houston) is said to change[16] whenever one looks away. Guests have also reported dizziness, nausea, and feeling like they are floating or falling while viewing the painting.
Pogo the Clown John Wayne Gacy 1990s Privately owned A signed self-portrait by the serial killer John Wayne Gacy, depicting his alter-ego, "Pogo the Clown". Musician Nikki Stone purchased the painting for $3,000 in 2001, but began to regret the purchase when his dog died and his mother got cancer, which he attributed to the malicious influence of the painting. A friend offered to keep the painting, and soon after the friend's neighbor was killed in a car crash. A second friend then took it for storage, and later attempted suicide. The painting was never hung up, and was given to a local art dealer.[20]
The Stagecraft or The Hanging Man Laura[lower-alpha 2] 1994-1995 Privately owned Claimed to be responsible for a series of unexplained and dangerous incidents.[citation needed]
The Rain Woman Svetlana Telets 1996 Hidden[21] For six months prior to the creation of the painting, the artist Svetlana Telets felt like she was being constantly watched. One day she was sitting in front of a blank canvas, when a clear vision of the final painting appeared to her. Feeling like "someone was controlling"[22] her hand, she sketched the composition for five hours, then spent another month refining the details.

After displaying it in a local art salon, multiple people successively bought the painting, only to return it to the seller after describing a figure following them in their homes and dreams. One temporary owner described white eyes appearing everywhere he looked, and returned the painting with an offer to pay back half the purchase price, fearing he might drown in the eyes if kept for any longer.[22] The piece was eventually purchased by the musician Sergei Skachkov in 2008,[23] though reportedly his wife later hid the painting, after seeing a ghostly figure walk around their apartment at night.[21] According to Archpriest Vitaly Goloskevich, Priest of the Transfiguration Cathedral in Vinnytsia, "A person has a spirit and a soul. There are truly spiritual works of art, and there are soulful ones. And the painting you are talking about represents just such soulful art. And it doesn't come from God.... The artist puts into the work the mood in which he was at the time of his writing. And it is not known who led the artist at that moment."[22]

"The Scariest Picture on the Internet (REAL)." Un­known 2000s YouTube An early internet creepypasta, the video claimed to show a portrait painted by a Japanese woman shortly before committing suicide, saying that anyone who stared into its eyes for more than five minutes would also kill themselves.[24]

Notes


  1. The painting is a replica of an original painting by the same name by Charles Trevor Garland (1855-1906)
  2. Painting is based on a photo taken by James Kidd in 1994.

References


  1. Anders, Helen (October 21, 2012). "A spirited tour of Galveston's old haunts". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
  2. Gordon, Maggie (2015-10-28). "Haunted Galvez tours now all year round". Chron. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
  3. Gordon, Maggie (2015-10-01). "A trip through 'haunted' Galveston". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
  4. Connor, Stacia Briggs And Siofra (2019-06-01). "Weird Norfolk: Could a picture or a chair retain a haunting memory from its past?". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
  5. Hartsiotis, Kirsty; Wilkinson, Cherry (2017). Suffolk Ghost Tales. History Press. ISBN 978-0-7509-8667-0.
  6. MacCulloch, Laura. "The haunted painting of fabled Franklin ship discovered in the Canadian Arctic". The Conversation. Archived from the original on 2021-01-12. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  7. "The painting reputed to make students fail exams". BBC. September 13, 2014. Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
  8. "Why Do So Many Students At Royal Holloway Fear Edwin Landseer's Eerie Painting?". Huffington Post. Archived from the original on 2018-02-16. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  9. Alvaro Limos, Mario (June 18, 2019). "The Darker Life of Juan Luna: A Tale of Jealousy and Murder". Esquiremag.ph. Archived from the original on 2022-02-25. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  10. Gomez, Jerome (January 20, 2017). "Behind the Curse of Juan Luna's "Portrait of a Lady"". Esquiremag.ph. Archived from the original on 2021-06-16. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  11. Eggum, Arne (1984). Edvard Munch: Paintings, Sketches, and Studies. C.N. Potter. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-517-55617-7.
  12. Sue Prideaux (2005). Edvard Munch. Internet Archive. Yale University Press. pp. viii, 71. ISBN 978-0-300-11024-1.
  13. Wollschleger, Jessica; Kaboonki (June 28, 2021). "ArtCurious Podcast #82: Cursed Art: Munch's "The Dead Mother"". ArtCurious. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  14. Zarrelli, Natalie (2017-04-21). "A Painting of a Crying Boy Was Blamed for a Series of Fires in the '80s". Atlas Obscura. Archived from the original on 2022-03-25. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
  15. Page, Thomas. "Netflix's 'Velvet Buzzsaw' and the sinister world of haunted art". CNN. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  16. Jones, David Annwn (2018-01-12). Gothic effigy: A guide to dark visibilities. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-1-5261-0124-2. Archived from the original on 2022-06-27. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
  17. Peterson, Megan Cooley (2017). Haunted Objects Around the World. Capstone Press. p. 19. ISBN 978-1515738596. Archived from the original on 2021-10-08. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
  18. "Flight 1 And The Curse Of Arshile Gorky". Artlyst. April 26, 2015. Archived from the original on 2022-06-27. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  19. Holslag, Anthonie (2016), Demirdjian, Alexis (ed.), "Memorization of the Armenian Genocide in Cultural Narratives", The Armenian Genocide Legacy, London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 255–269, doi:10.1007/978-1-137-56163-3_17, ISBN 978-1-137-56163-3, archived from the original on 2022-06-27, retrieved 2022-06-27
  20. Sweet, Laurel J. (December 1, 2005). "Gacy painting turns Stone cold". Wicked Local. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
  21. Gazeta.ua (2011-08-11). "Художница Светлана Тилец нарисовала картину с привидением". Gazeta.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  22. Yankova, Irina. "Картина одержимая злым духом преследует свою хозяйку 11 лет". КП в Украине | КП в Україні | KP in Ukraine (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  23. ""Женщину дождя» купила группа «Земляне"". КП в Украине | КП в Україні | KP in Ukraine (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  24. Considine, Austin (2010-11-13). "Bored at Work? Try Creepypasta, or Web Scares". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-06-27.


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