Three Famous Paintings that Have Spooky Meanings

VIVA – Art is the beauty of a work that has a high value that is able to make the audience feel unexpected happiness from all the forms created from that art. Also, the painting works usually show or have meaning that’s felt by the artists. Many famous artists in the world make the most expensive and amazing masterpieces.

Here are some beautiful paintings that have spooky meanings and creation backgrounds.

1. Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear, Vincent Van Gogh

This painting belongs to Vincent Van Gogh. During Van Gogh's life, he experienced financial problems and mental problems. Van Gogh managed to create one of the most famous and most expensive paintings called Autoportrait a l'oreille bandee or Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear.

Long story short, on December 23, 1888, Van Gogh was in Paris and lived with his friend. In a state of deep depression, Van Gogh threatened his friend with a razor blade, before burning and cutting off his earlobe.

After committing the horrific incident, Van Gogh painted a portrait of himself with a bandage on his ear. This certainly shocked the people of Paris at that time.

2. Painting of Roman Charity

If seen, this painting contains a controversial meaning because it looks like a woman giving her breast milk to a man behind the prison. This painting is named Roman Charity painting and many other versions of the painting. This painting was painted by Hendrick Brugghen (1623), Peter Paul Rubens (1612), and many others.

The painting tells of a man named Cimon who was sentenced to death by starvation. The daughter, Pero, then did a desperate thing to help her father, namely by "feeding" her father with her breast milk.

According to the website of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the story was recorded by the Roman historian Valerius Maximus. According to the story, Pero begged the government to allow him to visit her father until her father died.