Weird Paintings

A LOOK AT

When it comes to labeling art as “weird”, one would be careful not to dismiss the significance of including the “weird” or “uncanny” in the field of important art in art history.

NOTIONS OF WEIRD IN ART

Weird artworks generally tend to feature unlikely compositions or pairings of subjects that either make you cringe or wonder how the artist even conceived of such a visual.

WHAT MAKES ART WEIRD?

SOME OF THE MOST FAMOUS WEIRD PAINTINGS

The Melun Diptych (1452)  Jean Fouquet

Hell (1485)  Hans Memling

The Garden of Earthly Delights (c. 1490 – 1500)  Hieronymus Bosch

Gabrielle d’Estrées and One of Her Sisters (c. 1594)  Fontainebleau School

Magdalena Ventura with Her Husband and Son (1631)  Jusepe de Ribera

The Overturned Bouquet (1660 – 1679)  Abraham Mignon

Saturn Devouring His Son (1821 – 1823)  Francisco de Goya

Lobster Telephone (1936)  Salvador Dalí and Edward James

The Family (1918)  Egon Schiele