Art can not only inspire, but also fascinate or even frighten. Creating unusual paintings with their own hands, artists embody the most hidden images, and sometimes they turn out to be very strange. However, such creations almost always have a lot of fans.
What are the most unusual pictures of the world, who creates them and what can they tell about?
"Hands resist him"
This creepy picture begins its history in 1972. It was then that Bill Stoneham, an artist from California, found an old photograph in his archive. It depicted children: Bill himself and his sister, who died at the age of four. The artist was surprised that the photo was taken in the house, which the family acquired after the death of the girl. A mystical event inspired Bill to create this unusual picture.
When the canvas was presented to the art critic, he soon died. It is difficult to say whether this can be called a coincidence, because the actor John Marley, who bought the picture, soon died. The canvas was lost, and then found in a landfill. The little daughter of the new owners of the picture immediately began to notice something strange - she assured that the painted children were fighting or coming to the door to her room. The father of the family put a camera in the room with the picture, which should have responded to movement, and it worked, but each time there were only interference on the film. When the canvas was put up for an online auction at the beginning of the new millennium, users began to complain about feeling unwell after watching it. Nevertheless, it was bought. Kim Smith, the owner of a small art gallery, decided to purchase something unusual as an exhibit.
The history of the picture does not end - the visitors emanating from it are now marking the evil.
"Crying boy"
Mentioning the unusual paintings of famous artists, one can not help but name this one. The whole world knows about the “damned” painting called “The Crying Boy”. To create a picture, the artist used his own son as a sitter. The boy could not cry for nothing, and his father specially upset him, frightening him with lit matches. Once a child shouted to his father: “Burn yourself!”, And the curse turned out to be effective - the baby soon died of pneumonia, and his father burned alive in the house. Attention to the picture was drawn in 1985, when fires began to occur throughout Northern England. People died in residential buildings, and only a simple reproduction depicting a crying child remained intact. Notoriety haunts the picture and now - many simply do not risk hanging it at home. Even more unusual is the fact that the location of the original remains unknown.
Scream
Unusual paintings constantly attract the attention of the public and even provoke attempts to repeat a masterpiece. One of these paintings, which have become iconic in modern culture, is the "Cry" by Munch. This is a mysterious, mystical image that seems to some to be a fantasy of a mentally ill person, to someone - a prediction of an environmental disaster, and to someone an absolutely absurd portrait of a mummy. One way or another, the atmosphere of the canvas attracts to itself and does not allow to maintain indifference. Unusual paintings are often full of details, and “Scream”, on the contrary, is emphasized simple - it uses two main shades, and the drawing of the appearance of the central character is simplified to primitivism. But it is precisely such a deformed world that makes the work especially attractive.
His story is also unusual - the work has been stolen more than once. Nevertheless, she is preserved and remains in the museum, inspiring filmmakers to create emotional tapes, and artists to search for no less expressive stories than this.
Guernica
Picasso's brushes belong to very unusual paintings, but one of them is especially remembered. Expressive "Guernica" was created as a personal protest against Nazi actions in the city of the same name. She is full of personal experiences of the artist. Each element of the picture is full of deep symbolism: the figures run away from the fire, the bull treads the warrior, whose pose resembles a crucifix, at the feet there are crushed flowers and a dove, a skull and a broken sword. The monochrome picture in the style of newspaper illustration is impressive and strongly affects the emotions of the viewer.
"Mona Lisa"
Creating unusual paintings with his own hands, Leonardo da Vinci retained his own name in eternity. His paintings are not forgotten for the sixth century. The most important of them is the "Mona Lisa" or "Mona Lisa". Surprisingly, in the genius diaries there are no entries about the work on this portrait. No less unusual is the number of versions about who is depicted there. Some believe that this is an ideal female image or the mother of the artist, someone sees a self-portrait in him, and someone sees a da Vinci’s student. According to the "official" opinion, Mona Lisa was the wife of a Florentine merchant. Be that as it may, the portrait is truly unusual. The lips of the girl are bent by a barely noticeable smile, and her eyes are amazing - it seems as if this picture is looking at the world, and not the audience is peering at it. Like many other unusual paintings of the world, "Gioconda" is made in a special technique: with the thinnest layers of paint with the smallest strokes, so elusive that neither a microscope nor an x-ray can determine the traces of the artist's work. It seems that the girl in the picture is alive, and the light smoky light that surrounds her is real.
"The Temptation of St. Anthony"
Of course, the most unusual pictures of the world cannot be studied without familiarizing yourself with the work of Salvador Dali. The following story is connected with his amazing work “The Temptation of St. Anthony”. At the time of creation, there was a competition for the selection of an actor for the adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's “Dear Friend”. The winner was to create the image of the tempted saint. What happened inspired the artist that such a plot was used by his favorite masters, for example, Bosch. He created a triptych on this subject. Similar work depicted and Cezanne. The unusual picture of Dali is that St. Anthony is not just a righteous man who saw a sinful vision. This is a desperate human figure, faced with sins in the form of animals on thin spider legs - if he succumbs to temptations, the legs of the spiders will break and destroy him underneath.
"The night Watch"
Unusual paintings of artists often disappear or find themselves in the center of mystical events. Nothing of the kind happened to Rembrandt’s “Night Watch”, but there are still a lot of puzzles with the canvas.
The plot is obvious only at first glance - the militias are going on a campaign, taking with them weapons, each hero is full of patriotism and emotions, everyone has an individuality and character. And immediately questions arise. Who is this little girl like a bright angel in a military crowd? The symbolic mascot of the squad or a way to balance the composition? But this is not even important. Previously, the size of the picture was different - customers did not like it, and they cut the canvas. He was placed in the hall for feasts and meetings, where the canvas was covered with soot for decades. Now it’s impossible to find out what some colors were. Even the most thorough restoration cannot remove the soot from sebaceous candles, so the viewer can only guess about some details.
Fortunately, the masterpiece is safe now. And at least its modern look is carefully guarded. A separate room is dedicated to him, which not all famous unusual paintings can boast of.
"Sunflowers"
To complete the list, which includes the most famous unusual paintings of the world, is Van Gogh. His works are filled with deep emotionality and hide the tragic story of an unrecognized genius during his lifetime. One of the most memorable paintings is the painting “Sunflowers”, in which the shades and strokes characteristic of the artist are concentrated.
But it is interesting not only for this reason. The fact is that the canvas is constantly copied, and the number of successfully sold copies exceeds those that other unusual paintings can boast of. At the same time, despite such popularity, the picture is still unique. And nobody really succeeded except Van Gogh.