Death becomes us

The Bat-Woman (Circa 1890)

Albert Joseph Pénot (French, 1862–1930)

Mythology

Head of Man Expressive of Horror (1915)

Victor Joseph Ségoffin (French, 1867 – 1925)

Drawings

I am against further killing and maiming of American men … (1971)

Ron Johnstone (American, 20th century)

Posters

Pyramid of Five Men (circa 1543)

Juste de Juste (French, 1505-1559)

Drawings

Three satyr masks (1887)

Hans Thoma (German, 1839-1924)

Mythology

Memento Mori, ‘To This Favour’ (1879)

William Michael Harnett (American, 1848-1892)

Still Life

Fruit Still Life (c. 1670)

Cornelis de Heem (Flemish, 1631-1695)

Still Life

Phantoms in the Studio – Despair (1883-1885)

Piotr Stachiewicz (Polish, 1858–1938)

Mythology

Fallen Angel (1847)

Alexandre Cabanel (French, 1823-1889)

Religion

Karpathenwacht (1914–1915)

Alois Hans Schram (Austrian, 1864 – 1919)

Mythology

Equality Before Death (1848)

William Bouguereau (French, 1825-1905)

Mythology

Mors Janua Vitae (Death is the gate to life) (1895)

Koloman Moser (Austrian, 1868 – 1918)

Still Life

Death and Crystallization (1909)

Edvard Munch (Norwegian, 1863 - 1944)

Abstract

All tragedies are finished by a death. All comedies are ended by a marriage Lord Byron (1788-1824) (1965)

Herb Lubalin (American, 1918 – 1981)

Posters

Abel’s Death (1790)

Francois Xavier Fabre (French, 1766 - 1837)

Religion

Et celui qui était monté dessus se nommait la Mort (And his name that sat on him was Death) (1899)

Odilon Redon (French, 1840-1916)

Drawings

Death’s Head (1599 – 1604)

Jan Saenredam (Dutch, 1565-1607)

Drawings

Death crushing a book reader

Johannes Josephus Aarts (Dutch, 1871-1934)

Drawings

Study for ‘Death and Victory’ (between 1921 and 1922)

John Singer Sargent (American, 1856-1925)

Mythology

Death at the piano

Maria Yakunchikova (Russian, 1870 – 1902)

Drawings