The Most Melancholic Masterpieces

The saddest paintings in art history. Works that evoke grief, loss, longing, and profound melancholy.

unknown title by Fikret Mualla Saygi
The Last Judgement by Petrus Christus
By the Deathbed (Fever) I by Edvard Munch
By the Deathbed (Fever) by Edvard Munch
unknown title by Vasile Kazar
unknown title by Vasile Kazar
Expulsion Of The Money Changers by Stanley Spencer
Melancholy (mélancolie) by Paul-Albert Besnard
The Fall of the Damned (copy after Rubens) by David Scott
Christ crucified between the two thieves an oval plate by Rembrandt
The Ascention of Saint Rose of Lima by Aubrey Beardsley
Nicola D'Inverno by John Singer Sargent
Jesus Christ s Body Carried to the Tomb by Rembrandt
Indifferent by Paul-Albert Besnard
Christ crucified between the two thieves (Three crosses) by Rembrandt
Nude 1 by John Singer Sargent
The Scream (after Munch) by Andy Warhol
Self-Portrait, Nude Torso by Avigdor Arikha
Jeremiah mourning over the Destruction of Jerusalem by Rembrandt
Untitled by Zdzislaw Beksinski
Death by Jacek Malczewski
The Deposition by Jacopo Pontormo
Last Judgment by Willem van Swanenburg
Winter Night by Aleksey Savrasov
Mulher com filho morto by Candido Portinari
Fallen Rain by Wilhelm Kotarbinski
In Basements of Cheka by Ivan Vladimirov
The Burial of Salome by Aubrey Beardsley
Gassed by John Singer Sargent
unknown title by Michel Carrade
Head of Demon with mountains by Mikhail Vrubel
Jesus Christ Entombed by Rembrandt
Black on Dark Sienna on Purple by Mark Rothko
Brenning by Theodor Severin Kittelsen
The Scream (after Munch) by Andy Warhol
The Scream (after Munch) by Andy Warhol
The Cave of Spleen by Aubrey Beardsley
Winter road by Aleksey Savrasov
Plaster Statuette of a Female Torso by Vincent van Gogh
Urn of marble with its lid by Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Bare Stripped Bride by Marcel Duchamp
The Black Cat by Aubrey Beardsley
Former Tsar's Officials on Forced Labor by Ivan Vladimirov
Trophy of the ancient marble Clementino at the Vatican Museum, which was found in 1772 by Giovanni Battista Piranesi
L'Exode by Theophile Steinlen
The Day The World Turned Auerbach by Glenn Brown
Nude Girl Standing, arms folded behind his head by Paula Modersohn-Becker
The Scream (after Munch) by Andy Warhol
Expression of sadness - III by A.Mishra
Oh my God, if we saw Mrs. by Theophile Steinlen