LibGuides: Mysticism, Spiritualism, and the Supernatural: Featured Artists

Leonora Carrington

Friday, the Thirteenth

Carrington, Leonora, 1917-. Friday, the Thirteenth. oil on canvas, 1965. JSTOR, https://jstor.org/stable/community.13705741. Accessed 19 June 2024.

What Are You, White Vision?

Carrington, Leonora. What Are You, White Vision? oil on canvas, 1959. JSTOR, https://jstor.org/stable/community.13712487. Accessed 19 June 2024.

Cornelia and Cornelius

Carrington, Leonora. Cornelia and Cornelius. oil on canvas, 1973. JSTOR, https://jstor.org/stable/community.13697299. Accessed 19 June 2024.

Surrealist painting of three people under a compass image

Under the Compass

Carrington, Leonora. Under the Compass. oil on canvas, 1955. JSTOR, https://jstor.org/stable/community.13710613. Accessed 19 June 2024.

Witches dancing in a circle while surrounded by beasts

Round Dance

Carrington, Leonora. Round Dance. oil on canvas, 1968. JSTOR, https://jstor.org/stable/community.13704418. Accessed 19 June 2024.

Pamela Colman Smith (artist behind the Rider-Waite tarot deck)

Close-up View of Smith's Tarot Cards and Her Inspiration

Smith, Pamela Colman (artist), et al. “Up-Close View of Tarot Cards Display.” Pamela Colman Smith: Life and Work. Pratt Institute Archives, Pratt Institute Library, JSTOR, https://jstor.org/stable/community.31319189. Accessed 19 June 2024.

King Lear and the Fool, III, 2

Smith, Pamela Colman. King Lear and the Fool, III, 2. Drawing : watercolor, Folger Shakespeare Library. Open: Folger Shakespeare Library. Artstor, JSTOR, https://jstor.org/stable/community.25241625. Accessed 19 June 2024.

View of woman's back as she's walking away

Portia Hurrying to the Railway Station

Smith, Pamela Colman. Portia Hurrying to the Railway Station P.C.S. 1 print : colored lithograph, 1900. Folger Shakespeare Library. Open: Folger Shakespeare Library. Artstor, JSTOR, https://jstor.org/stable/community.25247394. Accessed 19 June 2024.

Macbeth Act 1 Scene 4

Smith, Pamela Colman and William Macbeth. The Service and the Loyalty I Owe, in Doing It Pays Itself, Macbeth, Act 1, [Scene 4] P.C.S. 1 print : hand-colored lithograph, 1898. Folger Shakespeare Library. Open: Folger Shakespeare Library. Artstor, JSTOR, https://jstor.org/stable/community.25246167. Accessed 19 June 2024.

Examples of Smith's work along with a photo of Bram Stoker whom Smith was Friends with

Francisco Jose de Goya

Witches flying around while a figure dances below

Flying Witches

Goya, Francisco. Flying Witches. Oil on canvas, 1797-8. JSTOR, https://jstor.org/stable/community.13600125. Accessed 19 June 2024.

Witches' Sabbath

Goya, Francisco. Witches’ Sabbath. Oil on canvas, 1797-8. Fundación Lázaro Galdiano, JSTOR, https://jstor.org/stable/community.13698268. Accessed 19 June 2024.

Man sleeping with bats and demons flying around him

The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters

Francisco, Goya. The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters. 1796, JSTOR, https://jstor.org/stable/community.24857926. Accessed 19 June 2024.

Saturn Devouring One of His Sons

Goya, Francisco de. Saturn Devouring One of His Sons. Mural painting transferred to canvas, 1820-1823. Museo del Prado, JSTOR, https://jstor.org/stable/community.18113572. Accessed 19 June 2024.