Creepy Dead: Jaroslav Panuška 's paintings

[snowynight]

Czechoslovakian artist Jaroslav Panuška 's dark mythological paintings are very inspiring as horror prompts: 
CREEPING DEATH: THE DECADENT MYTHOLOGICAL ARTWORK OF JAROSLAV PANUŠKA

Spirit of the Dead Mother, 1900

Comments

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

Has nobody noticed that figure is male? It has no breasts, but has an Adam's apple.

Re: Thoughts

[snowynight]

Probably because it's subtle.

Re: Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

It jumped right out at me. I saw "mother" and looked for motherly features, then found masculine ones instead. 0_o But perhaps other people see "mother" and assume feminine features without looking.