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Curated Collections · 30 artworks · Created October 21, 2026

A Darker Kind of Beauty

Eerie figures, haunted landscapes and wonderfully unsettling scenes for a night of shadows.

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A Darker Kind of Beauty

Halloween has always offered artists a fascination with the strange, the mysterious and the unknown. Long before it became a night of costumes and carved pumpkins, artists were imagining witches in moonlit forests, skeletons at feasts, ghostly figures, stormy landscapes and scenes that sit somewhere between the real and the supernatural.

Francisco Goya returned to these darker subjects throughout his work, finding something unsettling in superstition, folklore and the human imagination. Other artists approached darkness differently, through haunted landscapes, dramatic skies, strange creatures or scenes that feel quietly uncanny.

This collection brings together works that embrace that darker mood. Some are frightening, some mysterious, and some simply become more intriguing when the lights go down. Together, they turn the familiar Halloween atmosphere into something a little more unexpected: art that doesn't just decorate the room, but changes how the room feels.

Artworks in this collection

30 artworks
Wanderer above the Sea of Fog - Caspar David Friedrich (1818)
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Wanderer above the Sea of Fog - Caspar David Friedrich (1818)

Caspar David Friedrich

Germany, 1818

Misty mountain, lone figure, brooding romantic gloom

Head of a Skeleton with a Burning Cigarette - Vincent van Gogh (1886)

Head of a Skeleton with a Burning Cigarette - Vincent van Gogh (1886)

Vincent van Gogh

Netherlands, 1886

Skeleton with cigarette, literal macabre vanitas motif

Wanderer in the Storm - Carl Julius von Leypold (1835)
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Wanderer in the Storm - Carl Julius von Leypold (1835)

Carl Julius von Leypold

Germany, 1835

Lone figure, ruined wall, bare trees, stormy dusk

All Souls' Day (Le Jour des Morts) - William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1859)
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All Souls' Day (Le Jour des Morts) - William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1859)

William-Adolphe Bouguereau

France, 1859

Mourners at a foggy graveyard, literal All Souls' Day

Dance of Death I - Allaert Claesz (1562)
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Dance of Death I - Allaert Claesz (1562)

Allaert Claesz

Netherlands, 1562

Skeleton allegory, sombre gothic mood, perfect fit

Death and Life - Gustav Klimt (1910–1915)
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Death and Life - Gustav Klimt (1910–1915)

Gustav Klimt

Austria, 1910

Skeleton figure amid sleepers, eerie symbolism

The Sleeping Gypsy - Henri Rousseau (1897)
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The Sleeping Gypsy - Henri Rousseau (1897)

Henri Rousseau

France, 1897

Night scene with moon, lion, mysterious desert calm

The Fall of the Magician - Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1565)
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The Fall of the Magician - Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1565)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Netherlands, 1565

Chaotic demons and magician, gothic and unsettling

Carnival Evening - Henri Rousseau (1886)
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Carnival Evening - Henri Rousseau (1886)

Henri Rousseau

France, 1886

Moonlit night forest with ghostly white figures

Modo de volar (A Way of Flying) - Francisco Goya (1815–1816)

Modo de volar (A Way of Flying) - Francisco Goya (1815–1816)

Francisco Goya

Spain, 1816

Dark print of winged figures flying against black sky

The Starry Night - Vincent van Gogh (1889)
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The Starry Night - Vincent van Gogh (1889)

Vincent van Gogh

Netherlands, 1889

Iconic swirling night sky with moon and dark cypress tree

Blow (Sopla), Plate 69 from Los Caprichos - Francisco Goya (1799)
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Blow (Sopla), Plate 69 from Los Caprichos - Francisco Goya (1799)

Francisco Goya

Spain, 1799

Witches and bat-like figure in dark night scene

Wheatfield with Crows - Vincent van Gogh (1890)
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Wheatfield with Crows - Vincent van Gogh (1890)

Vincent van Gogh

Netherlands, 1890

Crows over dark stormy sky, iconic autumn eeriness

View of Toledo - El Greco (c. 1598-1600)
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View of Toledo - El Greco (c. 1598-1600)

El Greco

Greece, 1599

Stormy gothic cityscape under ominous sky

Disparate de miedo (Folly of Fear) - Francisco Goya (c. 1816–1819)
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Disparate de miedo (Folly of Fear) - Francisco Goya (c. 1816–1819)

Francisco Goya

Spain, 1816

Ghostlike figure looms over frightened crowd, eerie

Hadleigh Castle, The Mouth of the Thames—Morning after a Stormy Night - John Constable (1829)
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Hadleigh Castle, The Mouth of the Thames—Morning after a Stormy Night - John Constable (1829)

John Constable

England, 1829

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Saturn Devouring His Son - Francisco Goya (1820-1823)
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Saturn Devouring His Son - Francisco Goya (1820-1823)

Francisco Goya

Spain, 1821

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Escena de Inquisición (The Inquisition Tribunal) - Francisco Goya (1812)
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Escena de Inquisición (The Inquisition Tribunal) - Francisco Goya (1812)

Francisco Goya

Spain, 1812

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Still Life of a Lamb's Head and Flanks (A Butcher's Counter) - Francisco Goya (c. 1808–1812)
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Still Life of a Lamb's Head and Flanks (A Butcher's Counter) - Francisco Goya (c. 1808–1812)

Francisco Goya

Spain, 1810

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The Bewitched Man (The Devil's Lamp) - Francisco Goya (c. 1798)
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The Bewitched Man (The Devil's Lamp) - Francisco Goya (c. 1798)

Francisco Goya

Spain, 1798

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Harmonica Player - Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1908)
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Harmonica Player - Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1908)

Germany, 1908

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The Scream - Edvard Munch (1893)
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The Scream - Edvard Munch (1893)

Edvard Munch

Norway, 1893

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Vanitas Still Life - Jan van Kessel the Elder
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Vanitas Still Life - Jan van Kessel the Elder

Belgium

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A Cottage on Fire - Charles Turner (1810)
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A Cottage on Fire - Charles Turner (1810)

United Kingdom, 1810

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Moonlight - Ralph Albert Blakelock (c. 1890-1910)
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Moonlight - Ralph Albert Blakelock (c. 1890-1910)

Ralph Albert Blakelock

USA

Moonlit night landscape with silhouetted trees, glowing sky

Landscape with Ravens - Egon Schiele (1911)

Landscape with Ravens - Egon Schiele (1911)

Egon Schiele

Austria, 1911

Ravens over bare hillside, literal eerie Halloween motif

Avond (Evening): The Red Tree - Piet Mondrian (1908)
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Avond (Evening): The Red Tree - Piet Mondrian (1908)

Piet Mondrian

Netherlands, 1908

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The Triumph of Death - Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1562)

The Triumph of Death - Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1562)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Netherlands, 1562

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The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October 1834 - J.M.W. Turner (1835)
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The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October 1834 - J.M.W. Turner (1835)

J.M.W. Turner

England, 1835

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The Shipwreck - Claude-Joseph Vernet (1772)
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The Shipwreck - Claude-Joseph Vernet (1772)

Claude-Joseph Vernet

France, 1772

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