Art Drenched in Nostalgia
Paintings that evoke a powerful longing for the past. The most nostalgic artworks across centuries of art history.
Some artworks feel like a half-remembered dream, familiar yet distant, aching with the passage of time. These score highest for nostalgia.
- Untitled by M.F. Husain — Interest 100, Wonder 100, Nostalgia 100
- unknown title by Fikret Mualla Saygi — Sadness 100, Anger 85, Nostalgia 100
- The End #28 by Edward Ruscha — Anger 85, Sadness 95, Nostalgia 100
- A Little Boy Lost by Dorothy Lathrop — Nostalgia 100, Sadness 90, Tension 95
- Untitled by M.F. Husain — Interest 100, Wonder 100, Nostalgia 100
- Momus Criticizes the Gods Creations by Maerten van Heemskerck — Sadness 95, Nostalgia 100, Tension 100
- The End by Edward Ruscha — Anger 84, Sadness 95, Nostalgia 100
- Untitled by M.F. Husain — Nostalgia 100, Interest 100, Wonder 100
- The Witch by Alfred Kubin — Sadness 96, Anger 80, Nostalgia 100
- unknown title by Fikret Mualla Saygi — Nostalgia 100, Sadness 90, Anger 75
- What Is a Monster? Woman Sole in Bath Tub by Domenico Gnoli — Sadness 95, Nostalgia 100, Tension 90
- Untitled by Pablo Picasso — Interest 100, Nostalgia 100, Wonder 95
- Colossus of Rhodes by Maerten van Heemskerck — Sadness 95, Nostalgia 100, Tension 100
- Lustmurder by Otto Dix — Sadness 95, Nostalgia 100, Tension 95
- The End by Edward Ruscha — Anger 85, Sadness 95, Nostalgia 100
- Untitled by Pablo Picasso — Nostalgia 100, Interest 95, Wonder 90
- A Little Boy Lost by Dorothy Lathrop — Nostalgia 100, Sadness 90, Tension 95
- Untitled by Pablo Picasso — Nostalgia 99, Interest 95, Wonder 85
- Gateway to Hell by Alfred Kubin — Sadness 95, Nostalgia 100, Anger 75
- Don Juan Tenorio by Carlos Saenz de Tejada — Nostalgia 98, Anger 75, Sadness 86
- Don Juan. Illustration. by Carlos Saenz de Tejada — Anger 80, Nostalgia 100, Sadness 90
- Don Juan. Study of illustration. by Carlos Saenz de Tejada — Anger 80, Nostalgia 99, Sadness 90
- Don Juan. Illustration. by Carlos Saenz de Tejada — Anger 80, Nostalgia 99, Sadness 91
- The Past (forgotten-swallowed) by Alfred Kubin — Sadness 93, Nostalgia 99, Anger 75
- Veuves d'un Louis sketch by Theophile Steinlen — Nostalgia 98, Sadness 90, Tension 95
- La Barricade by Theophile Steinlen — Anger 85, Sadness 95, Nostalgia 98
- Pacific Rim Image III by Morris Graves — Nostalgia 98, Sadness 91, Tension 95
- A Knight and Cupid Before a Castle Door by Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale — Anger 83, Nostalgia 98, Sadness 88
- Pained Madonna by Plautilla Nelli — Sadness 95, Nostalgia 97, Anger 75
- Don Juan Tenorio by Carlos Saenz de Tejada — Nostalgia 98, Anger 76, Sadness 85
- Number 652 by Anne Ryan — Nostalgia 98, Sadness 75, Anger 30
- The sweet and touching tale of Fleur and Blanchefleur by Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale — Anger 81, Nostalgia 96, Sadness 86
- I like the Sorrow by Jacek Yerka — Nostalgia 95, Sadness 85, Tension 90
- Old Woman by Otto Dix — Sadness 90, Nostalgia 95, Tension 85
- Vierges Pales by Theophile Steinlen — Nostalgia 95, Sadness 85, Tension 90
- NIE MEHR BLUTIGE KINDERMÄULCHEN MIT ATTERSEES SUPPENSCHWAMMLÖFFEL by Christian Attersee — Nostalgia 95, Sadness 85, Anger 71
- Uno de los grandes Ahuehuetes by Jose Maria Velasco — Nostalgia 95, Wonder 90, Interest 85
- Greeting Card by Léo Schnug — Anger 85, Sadness 90, Nostalgia 95
- The Man of Sorrows by Petrus Christus — Anger 86, Sadness 95, Nostalgia 95
- The Pollution of the Water by Remedios Varo — Anger 75, Nostalgia 95, Sadness 85
- Crucifixion by Georges Rouault — Nostalgia 95, Sadness 85, Tension 85
- Lord´s Crucifixion by George Stefanescu — Nostalgia 95, Anger 70, Sadness 81
- unknown title by Fikret Mualla Saygi — Nostalgia 95, Sadness 85, Anger 70
- Negativo-Positivo by Carla Accardi — Nostalgia 95, Sadness 85, Anger 70
- The End #1 by Edward Ruscha — Anger 80, Sadness 90, Nostalgia 95
- Lamentation over the Dead Christ by Raphael — Sadness 90, Nostalgia 95, Tension 81
- Vesuvius by Edgar Degas — Nostalgia 95, Sadness 85, Tension 90
- An Old Man with a Beard, Fur Cap and a Velvet Cloak by Rembrandt — Sadness 90, Nostalgia 95, Tension 86
- Orphan Man in Sunday Clothes with Eye Bandage by Vincent van Gogh — Sadness 91, Anger 75, Nostalgia 94
- Abraham's Sacrifice by Rembrandt — Sadness 90, Nostalgia 95, Tension 85