Mood: Mysterious
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Pigment, sweat and nothing else... III
Gersony Silva
Photography - 120 x 79 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.1 x 0.4 inch
$2,262
Santorin ou le mythe du chaos
Corinne Medina Saludo
Painting - 100 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$1,923
De rose et d'envol
Annie Tremsal
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$4,948
A la renverse
Catherine Lopès-Curval
Painting - 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,410
Under The Moon's Pale Light
Sinden Collier
Photography - 41 x 51 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16.1 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$1,809
The Dance of the Geisha
Kiritin Beyer
Photography - 102 x 102 x 0.1 cm Photography - 40.2 x 40.2 x 0 inch
$1,696
Wings of the moon
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 100 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,000
Mysterious space
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 90 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,500
Autoportrait face au rideau
Carmen Selma
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$8,262
Refuge au bord du monde
Maryse Chatron Kriloff
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,696
The Curve is the Shortest Path to Beauty
Antoine Buttafoghi
Photography - 120 x 80 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 inch
$1,583
Exploration rationnelle des fonds sous-marins: la carte
Philippe Ramette
Photography - 100 x 80 cm Photography - 39.4 x 31.5 inch
$11,987
Songe d'Hiver
Orphné Achéron
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 19.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 7.7 inch
$792
On avance malgré ce ciel lourd
Maryse Chatron Kriloff
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
$1,696
The creation of blood and bones
Brooke Shaden
Photography - 25 x 25 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$961 $914
Cenizas y diamantes VII
Cecilia Méndez Casariego
Painting - 33 x 45 x 0.3 cm Painting - 13 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
$600
Songe abyssal
Agnès Tiollier
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 100 x 0.25 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,357
Xare BI 22042
Marianne Cresson
Sculpture - 195 x 45 x 10 cm Sculpture - 76.8 x 17.7 x 3.9 inch
$1,244
Regard Blanc - Digital art digigraphie
Claire Giraudeau
Photography - 70 x 50 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
$283
Sans titre, Exit serie
Baptiste Laurent
Painting - 90 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,239
Sans titre
Helga Stüber-Nicolas
Photography - 20.5 x 20.5 x 4 cm Photography - 8.1 x 8.1 x 1.6 inch
$633
Hidden Light II
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 91.4 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 48 x 2 inch
$3,400
Temporal Disorder - 17
Radu Corneliu Sarion
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$565
La femme au cobra
Lionel le Jeune
Painting - 43 x 32 x 2 cm Painting - 16.9 x 12.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,074
Série: Natura facit saltus - deplacage (Entpanzerung)
Edgar Lissel
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$9,047
Entre deux boules quies
Thomas Loyatho
Painting - 130 x 162 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 63.8 x 1.2 inch
$4,524
Échos de l’Univers
Laurent Folco
Painting - 102 x 155 x 3 cm Painting - 40.2 x 61 x 1.2 inch
$10,743
Clint Eastwood's Grave
Lionel le Jeune
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$622
La forêt enchantée
Cekyka Art
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.02 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$395
Invocation
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Painting - 100 x 73 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,827
The other side of the Moon
Alice-Anne Augustin
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$260
Death town
Cekyka Art
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29.7 x 0.02 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.7 x 0 inch
$451
Tableau original bleu en peinture acrylique Abysse
Julien Abstrait
Painting - 60 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$848
Curva 3
J/Y Delaunay-Israël
Fine Art Drawings - 108 x 158 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 42.5 x 62.2 x 0.4 inch
$2,578
Dessein 22
J/Y Delaunay-Israël
Fine Art Drawings - 108 x 188 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 42.5 x 74 x 0.4 inch
$2,545
Faire signe
Remi Delaplace
Painting - 80 x 130 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch
$3,381 $3,043
Wonderland : Faith I & Change
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$441 $375
Les apparences trompeuses
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$4,524
Soledad : Frida's Reflection II
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 42 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$362
Mood: Mysterious
Most artworks contain an element of mystery. As written by Cennino Cennini in his 15th-century artist's guide The Craftsman's Handbook, the concept of mystery can be defined as “the art of eliciting unseen things hidden in the shadow of natural ones, and serving to demonstrate as real the things that are not." This mystery, by suggesting that there is something more behind the surface, draws us into a work and makes us want to know more.
Artworks that privilege the mysterious are far from new. The Dutch painter Hieronymous Bosch produced disturbing and dream-like works in the 15th and 16th centuries, such as his famous work The Garden of Earthly Delights. This triptych uses strange, imagined imagery to illustrate humanity's descent into Hell where humans are punished for their sins.
The mysterious has been explored by artists throughout art history, still being used frequently by artists today. At Artsper, we have curated a selection of works in different mediums that are inspired by the unseen, the imagined, and the unexplained. In the photographic works of Dina Goldstein, the viewer is confronted with cinematic scenes that conjure strange narratives and dream-like worlds. Approaching the concept of mystery from a different perspective, French artist François Cognet paints somber and distorted portraits that evoke a dark side of the human psyche. Discover our whole selection of mysterious artworks today!