NIGHTMARES

The Nightmare by Johann Heinrich Füssli oil on canvas 1781 101,6 × 127 cm

Johann Heinrich Fussli, The Nightmare, 1802, oil on canvas,

Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X, Francis Bacon, 1953

Portrait of pope Innocent X by Diego Velazquez, 1950

Seated Woman (Portrait of Muriel Belcher), Francis Bacon, 1961, oil on canvas

The portrait was sold for 20 million by Sotheby’s in Paris, 2007

The Scream by Edvard Munch, 1893, oil, tempura and pastel on cardboard, 91 cm × 73.5 cm (36 in × 28.9 in)

“the study of the soul, that is to say the study of my own self” Edvard Munch

"Evening on Karl Johan Street," by Edvard Munch, oil on canvas, 38 3/8 by 55 1/8 inches, 1892

“I do not believe in the art which is not the compulsive result of Man’s urge to open his heart.”

Death of Marat by Edvard Munch, 1907.

The Garden of Earthly Delights (c. 1480-1505) by Hieronymus Bosch. Oil on wood triptych, 220 cm x 389 cm, now in the Museo del Prado.

The last panel is hell with depictions of fantastic punishments of the various types of sinners.

L. I. by H. R. Giger, 1974, Cellotype 70×100cm

Landscape XVIII1973Acrylic on paper/wood70×100cm

Giger suffers from night terrors and his paintings are all to some extent inspired by his experiences with that particular sleep disorder.

Resurrection, Damien Hirst, sculpture installation

Human skull in space (oil on canvas)Damien Hirst, 2006-2008, 1020 x 764 mm.

The painting is the cover art for the 150th anniversary edition of Darwin's On the Origin of Species.