Art That Keeps You on Edge
The most tense, anxious, and suspenseful paintings. Artworks that create a visceral sense of unease and dread.
Great drama requires tension. These artworks score highest for psychological unease, suspense, and anxiety-inducing atmosphere.
- Untitled by Craig Mullins — Anger 100, Tension 100, Sadness 100
- Untitled by Craig Mullins — Anger 100, Tension 100, Sadness 100
- Untitled by Craig Mullins — Anger 100, Tension 100, Sadness 100
- unknown title by Jacques Le Marechal — Anger 100, Tension 100, Sadness 100
- Untitled by Craig Mullins — Anger 100, Tension 100, Sadness 100
- Paulina by Thomas Lawrence — Tension 100, Interest 100, Wonder 90
- Untitled by Zdzislaw Beksinski — Anger 96, Sadness 100, Tension 100
- unknown title by Jacques Le Marechal — Anger 100, Tension 100, Sadness 95
- Untitled by Zdzislaw Beksinski — Anger 95, Sadness 100, Tension 100
- Mrs Siddons by Thomas Lawrence — Tension 100, Interest 95, Wonder 85
- Untitled by Zdzislaw Beksinski — Anger 94, Sadness 100, Tension 100
- Untitled by Craig Mullins — Anger 100, Tension 100, Sadness 100
- Untitled by Zdzislaw Beksinski — Anger 93, Sadness 100, Tension 100
- Untitled by Zdzislaw Beksinski — Sadness 100, Anger 92, Tension 100
- Untitled by Zdzislaw Beksinski — Sadness 100, Anger 91, Tension 100
- Untitled by Zdzislaw Beksinski — Anger 91, Sadness 100, Tension 100
- unknown title by Jacques Le Marechal — Anger 95, Tension 100, Sadness 90
- unknown title by Jacques Le Marechal — Anger 95, Tension 100, Sadness 90
- Untitled by Zdzislaw Beksinski — Anger 89, Sadness 100, Tension 100
- Untitled by Craig Mullins — Anger 100, Sadness 95, Tension 100
- Mrs Siddons by Thomas Lawrence — Tension 100, Interest 89, Wonder 80
- Untitled by Zdzislaw Beksinski — Sadness 100, Anger 88, Tension 100
- Untitled by Zdzislaw Beksinski — Anger 87, Sadness 100, Tension 100
- Untitled by Zdzislaw Beksinski — Anger 87, Sadness 100, Tension 100
- Untitled by Zdzislaw Beksinski — Sadness 100, Anger 85, Tension 100
- Supermarket by Tetsuya Ishida — Sadness 90, Tension 100, Anger 75
- ? (Surautomatism) by Dolfi Trost — Anger 90, Sadness 90, Tension 100
- Fountain of Milk Spreading Itself Uselessly on Three Shoes by Salvador Dali — Anger 85, Tension 100, Wonder 90
- unknown title by Jacques Le Marechal — Anger 90, Tension 100, Sadness 85
- The Incredulity of Saint Thomas by Mattia Preti — Anger 85, Sadness 90, Tension 100
- unknown title by Fikret Mualla Saygi — Sadness 100, Anger 85, Nostalgia 100
- Sexual intercourse by Francesco Hayez — Anger 80, Tension 100, Sadness 85
- Whip His Image Until Bleeding (Hypnagogic Movement) by Dolfi Trost — Anger 90, Sadness 95, Tension 100
- The Small Crucifixion by Matthias Grünewald — Anger 85, Sadness 95, Tension 99
- The Crucifixion 3 (detail) by Matthias Grünewald — Anger 85, Sadness 95, Tension 100
- Untitled by Craig Mullins — Anger 95, Sadness 91, Tension 100
- unknown title by Albin Brunovsky — Anger 95, Tension 100, Sadness 80
- The stoning of Stephen by Fra Angelico — Anger 90, Tension 100, Sadness 85
- Egyptian Warrior by Konstantin Makovsky — Anger 85, Sadness 95, Tension 100
- Dali's Hand Drawing Back the Golden Fleece in the Form of a Cloud to Show Gala,Completely Nude,the Dawn,Very,Very Far Away Behind the Sun by Salvador Dali — Anger 85, Sadness 95, Tension 100
- Woman Machine-Gunner in a State of Grace by Hans Bellmer — Anger 80, Tension 100, Sadness 70
- Erotic Beach by Salvador Dali — Anger 80, Tension 100, Wonder 85
- unknown title by Fikret Mualla Saygi — Sadness 95, Anger 80, Nostalgia 100
- Satan by Odilon Redon — Anger 85, Sadness 91, Tension 100
- Colossus of Rhodes by Maerten van Heemskerck — Sadness 95, Nostalgia 100, Tension 100
- unknown title by Antonietta Raphael — Sadness 90, Tension 100, Anger 70
- Fifty Abstract Paintings Which as Seen from Two Yards Change into Three Lenins Masquerading as Chinese and as Seen from Six Yards Appear as the Head of a Royal Bengal Tiger by Salvador Dali — Anger 85, Tension 100, Wonder 90
- Shipwreck by J.M.W. Turner — Anger 95, Sadness 90, Tension 100
- The Burning of the Houses of Parliament by J.M.W. Turner — Anger 95, Sadness 95, Tension 100
- Blood on the Floor by Francis Bacon — Anger 90, Sadness 96, Tension 100