List of reportedly haunted paintings
The painting of the Spanish General Bernardo de Gálvez (1746–1786) at the end of a hallway in Hotel Galvez in Galveston, Texas, is said to have supernatural influence over photographs taken of it.
Some claim to see a skull in flash photography of the painting,[1] and according to local folklore, visitors must politely ask permission of the ghost to take a picture of the portrait, or else the photo will be ruined upon development.
[2][3] Henrietta Nelson (1734–1816) died by falling down a flight of stairs in her home at Yaxley Hall in the English town of Eye, and was buried in a mausoleum on the property, according to her wishes.
Viewers have reported her face in the painting changing shape, and a pale figure with identical clothing walking the grounds.
Viewers have described the horrified girl's eyes following them as they move, and hearing a soft rustling sound (usually attributed to the eponymous mother's bed sheets) when near the painting.
[11] Munch's mother and sister died of tuberculosis when he was a child, and memories of that trauma were a recurring motif throughout his work.
[20] Svetlana Telets, an artist from Vinnytsia, painted The Rain Woman in 1996 after reportedly feeling like she was constantly being watched for six months.
[21] After displaying it in a local art salon, multiple people successively bought the painting, only to return it to the seller after describing a figure following them in their homes and dreams.
[21] The piece was eventually purchased by the musician Sergei Skachkov in 2008,[22] though reportedly his wife later hid the painting after seeing a ghostly figure walk around their apartment at night.
Tatsushima has stated that most of her paintings are self-portraits, and often incorporate themes of sexual abuse, nuclear holocaust, and borderline personality disorder.
In 2010, owner Sean Robinson uploaded a YouTube video which included a text description of how he had heard “strange noises and crying", and seen the figure of a man appear.
