Skull Paintings

STRANGE LIGHT is the most recent of Sprecher’s paintings depicting skulls. Just like in other pieces from the series, the painting consists of several layers, this time bringing the ...

The “Plucking Daisies” offers rich ground for philosophical interpretation, particularly through a Heideggerian lens. It invites us to contemplate our own existence, our relationship...

Paul Delapoterie, born in 1930, is a painter from Geneva, Switzerland. His work spans various styles, including abstract landscapes, figurative portraits, and surrealist pieces. Know...

This painting features the colors of the rainbow as they appear in white objects. Guy Robinson is inspired by the work of Paul Klee, Albrecht Durer and Giuseppe Arcimboldo. Atlanta...

Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...

Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...

Inscription on back of drawing: Laughter is mad, and reckless mirth— What does she in this weary earth? Should Wealth, or Fame, Our life employ. Death comes, our labour to destroy; ...

This painting was a revisitation of ‘Woodland Shrine’, upon finding yet another site with a deer skull, it seemed uncannily familiar. This moment with the woods documented in paint b...

Artist: Oskar Maria D'Amico, Italian (1923 - 2003) Title: Red Surreal Abstract with Skull Year: 1967 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed Size: 54 x 60 in. (137.16 x 152.4 cm)

Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...

He explores themes of life, death and religion, and has created thought provoking artworks including various animals in formaldehyde and For The Love Of God, a diamond encrusted huma...

A Japanese gate, an ostrich, a buffalo skull, a sculpture, father and child, a surfer, ducks, and architectural details weave together into a dreamlike scene.

Going to an old man for advice, he was taken to the outskirts of the village to an old buffalo-skull, commanded to strip, smear his body with white clay, and sit in front of the skull.

Excellent quality and condition devotional scene with infants bathing behind the crucifix and the skull (Memento Mori) at the base. Presented in an antique gilt and ebony frame.

The Goddess holds a deer skull before her face, while the sunset visible through the window behind her forms a natural halo.

A brown habit with characteristic hood, rosary beads held aloft in one hand, and a hand pressed to his chest in a gesture of devotion. A skull in the lower left serves as a standard ...

The composition is sometimes accompanied by a vase or a skull, and often enlivened by various insects and animals, here a few tiny ants and a snail.

His gaze is directed heavenward in rapturous ecstasy whilst holding a small crucifix. A skull is visible in the upper left, a common vanitas element in Franciscan imagery.

The saint is portrayed clutching a crucifix and devotional vessel to his chest while gazing heavenward in mystical reflection. Beside him, a skull and open book rest upon a richly dr...

The work is exceptionally detailed, with attention paid especially to the shadows of the skull and the folds of fabric in the honours' cap.

Ellis says “My childhood in Norfolk, watching and rescuing birds and animals, collecting bones and digging up skulls, led to a continued fascination with the fragile and fleeting nat...

The scene is constructed with refined sensitivity to light, in a harmonious dialogue between the earthly dimension, highlighted by the skull and cross, and the celestial dimension, r...

These subjects, which had particular success in the Flemish context, are works of great charm, interesting to study and often difficult to decipher; protagonist of our canvas we see ...

He explores themes of life, death and religion, and has created thought provoking artworks including various animals in formaldehyde and For The Love Of God, a diamond encrusted huma...

He explores themes of life, death and religion, and has created thought provoking artworks including various animals in formaldehyde and For The Love Of God, a diamond encrusted huma...

With his feet he crushes a snake and a skull, a sign of Christ's triumph over sin and death.

Striking in its macabre subject matter, depicting a skull surrounded by human bones, our oil on canvas belongs to the rare Symbolist corpus within Egon Kossuth’s production.

In Les Invalides , the dome is replaced by a skull. The columns of La Bourse become columns of coins and tremble under the weight of gold.

This painting, titled Memento Mori is an ode to vintage skull portraits. Framed in vintage gold frame, wired and ready to hang, 10.5 in. wide x 12 in. high

We see her in profile, with a meditative gaze full of emotion, evoking repentance, directed toward the crucifix, the open book, and the skull—the three canonical symbols of her icono...

His traditional attributes are present: a skull, symbol of vanitas and contemplation of death, and an open book alluding to his role as translator of the Scriptures.

His notable pieces include "The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living," a shark preserved in formaldehyde, and "For the Love of God," a diamond-encrusted huma...

A captivatingly colourful still life study featuring a cow skull alongside a black wine glass and kettle by Dutch artist Willem Kouwer Boomkens (1911-1991).

The saint is portrayed in half-length with his typical iconographic attributes: the crucifix to which to address adoration, the skull symbol of penance on the left hand resting on a ...

The circular motif beneath the figures, combined with the presence of a skull and rising smoke, reinforces the sense of ritual and symbolic intent.

Meanwhile, tiny nanobots and an ornate, dark orange skull are among the many micro details in the mound beneath the roots of the imagined botanical form.

He is surrounded by vanitas symbols - such as the skull and burnt out candle - which serve as reminders of mortality and the fleeting nature of earthly life.

They are traveling through an arid, desert landscape with low brush and a cattle skull and bones visible to the left of the wagon.

At the foot of the cross, a skull and a few bones evoke Adam and the redemption of humanity through Christ's sacrifice.

He explores themes of life, death and religion, and has created thought provoking artworks including various animals in formaldehyde and For The Love Of God, a diamond encrusted huma...

He explores themes of life, death and religion, and has created thought provoking artworks including various animals in formaldehyde and For The Love Of God, a diamond encrusted huma...

At the heart of the composition lies a bold red heart, a recurring emblem in Dine's body of work, symbolizing emotion, vulnerability, or love. Surrounding it are a skull, muscular li...

The background and overlaid pattern combine to form an enormous skull overlooking the scene, as bright yellow dividing lines delineate a road where the car and driver are breaking th...

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The master used to introduce religious figures into his fascinating landscapes: in this case, the protagonist of the work is a seductive Saint Mary Magdalene, semi-naked to recall he...

British street artist Chris Pegg fuses cartoon iconography, consumer symbolism and dark satire into a composition that is at once playful and unsettling. Skulls rendered with exagge...

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He has pushed the limits of fine art and good taste with sculptures that comprise dead animals submerged in formaldehyde; innumerable spot paintings that appear mass-produced and can...

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About halfway through its run, the strip suddenly switched both its locale and time period to a dude ranch in the 1930s, dropping almost all the characters and situations that had be...

He explores themes of life, death and religion, and has created thought provoking artworks including various animals in formaldehyde and For The Love Of God, a diamond encrusted huma...

The surrounding wrathful faces, each with three piercing eyes and adorned with skull crowns, express fierce compassion. A garland of severed heads hangs from his shoulders nearly to ...

The crucifix she delicately holds reinforces the contemplative character of the scene. At her side, the skull resting upon a book recalls the vanity of earthly things, while the jar ...

"The Vodou priest, Houngan, shakes his rattle, Asson, over an offering to Baron Samedi who is symbolized by the skull and bones on the center pole, Polo Mitan. Baron will descend the...

Artwork Details: Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933–1993) Title: Shadow Iris Medium: Oil on linen Dimensions: 60 x 100 inches (152.4 x 254 cm) Inscription: Signed, titled, dated, verso Dat...

The theme is reminiscent of Basquiat's Skull series.