The Most Melancholic Masterpieces
The saddest paintings in art history. Works that evoke grief, loss, longing, and profound melancholy.
Some of the greatest art ever made channels grief, loss, and human suffering into something transcendent. These are the most melancholic works in our collection.
- unknown title by Fikret Mualla Saygi — Sadness 100, Anger 85, Nostalgia 100
- The Last Judgement by Petrus Christus — Anger 90, Sadness 100, Nostalgia 100
- By the Deathbed (Fever) I by Edvard Munch — Sadness 100, Tension 61, Anger 8
- By the Deathbed (Fever) by Edvard Munch — Sadness 100, Tension 59, Anger 8
- unknown title by Vasile Kazar — Anger 95, Sadness 99, Tension 60
- unknown title by Vasile Kazar — Anger 96, Sadness 98, Tension 63
- Expulsion Of The Money Changers by Stanley Spencer — Anger 85, Sadness 95, Tension 94
- Melancholy (mélancolie) by Paul-Albert Besnard — Sadness 95, Anger 80, Tension 85
- The Fall of the Damned (copy after Rubens) by David Scott — Sadness 95, Anger 81, Tension 95
- Christ crucified between the two thieves an oval plate by Rembrandt — Anger 85, Sadness 95, Tension 95
- The Ascention of Saint Rose of Lima by Aubrey Beardsley — Sadness 95, Anger 80, Tension 90
- Nicola D'Inverno by John Singer Sargent — Sadness 95, Tension 95, Anger 69
- Jesus Christ s Body Carried to the Tomb by Rembrandt — Sadness 95, Tension 90, Anger 65
- Indifferent by Paul-Albert Besnard — Anger 85, Sadness 95, Tension 95
- Christ crucified between the two thieves (Three crosses) by Rembrandt — Anger 85, Sadness 95, Tension 95
- Nude 1 by John Singer Sargent — Sadness 95, Tension 95, Anger 70
- The Scream (after Munch) by Andy Warhol — Sadness 95, Anger 80, Tension 95
- Self-Portrait, Nude Torso by Avigdor Arikha — Sadness 96, Anger 75, Tension 90
- Jeremiah mourning over the Destruction of Jerusalem by Rembrandt — Sadness 95, Tension 85, Anger 60
- Untitled by Zdzislaw Beksinski — Anger 85, Sadness 95, Tension 95
- Death by Jacek Malczewski — Sadness 95, Anger 75, Tension 86
- The Deposition by Jacopo Pontormo — Sadness 95, Tension 85, Nostalgia 80
- Last Judgment by Willem van Swanenburg — Anger 86, Sadness 95, Tension 95
- Winter Night by Aleksey Savrasov — Sadness 95, Tension 84, Nostalgia 55
- Mulher com filho morto by Candido Portinari — Anger 85, Sadness 95, Tension 95
- Fallen Rain by Wilhelm Kotarbinski — Anger 85, Sadness 95, Nostalgia 90
- In Basements of Cheka by Ivan Vladimirov — Anger 88, Sadness 95, Tension 96
- The Burial of Salome by Aubrey Beardsley — Anger 80, Sadness 94, Tension 90
- Gassed by John Singer Sargent — Sadness 95, Tension 95, Anger 70
- unknown title by Michel Carrade — Sadness 94, Nostalgia 96, Anger 70
- Head of Demon with mountains by Mikhail Vrubel — Anger 86, Sadness 95, Tension 96
- Jesus Christ Entombed by Rembrandt — Sadness 94, Tension 91, Anger 65
- Black on Dark Sienna on Purple by Mark Rothko — Sadness 95, Tension 95, Nostalgia 85
- Brenning by Theodor Severin Kittelsen — Sadness 96, Anger 80, Tension 89
- The Scream (after Munch) by Andy Warhol — Sadness 94, Anger 79, Tension 92
- The Scream (after Munch) by Andy Warhol — Sadness 93, Anger 79, Tension 91
- The Cave of Spleen by Aubrey Beardsley — Sadness 93, Anger 79, Tension 89
- Winter road by Aleksey Savrasov — Sadness 91, Tension 82, Nostalgia 57
- Plaster Statuette of a Female Torso by Vincent van Gogh — Sadness 91, Nostalgia 87, Anger 62
- Urn of marble with its lid by Giovanni Battista Piranesi — Anger 88, Sadness 92, Tension 80
- Bare Stripped Bride by Marcel Duchamp — Sadness 92, Anger 75, Tension 88
- The Black Cat by Aubrey Beardsley — Sadness 92, Anger 78, Tension 88
- Former Tsar's Officials on Forced Labor by Ivan Vladimirov — Anger 83, Sadness 92, Tension 90
- Trophy of the ancient marble Clementino at the Vatican Museum, which was found in 1772 by Giovanni Battista Piranesi — Anger 88, Sadness 92, Tension 80
- L'Exode by Theophile Steinlen — Sadness 92, Anger 71, Tension 88
- The Day The World Turned Auerbach by Glenn Brown — Sadness 92, Nostalgia 87, Tension 88
- Nude Girl Standing, arms folded behind his head by Paula Modersohn-Becker — Sadness 91, Tension 92, Anger 45
- The Scream (after Munch) by Andy Warhol — Anger 78, Sadness 92, Tension 91
- Expression of sadness - III by A.Mishra — Sadness 92, Anger 40, Tension 60
- Oh my God, if we saw Mrs. by Theophile Steinlen — Sadness 92, Anger 70, Tension 88