5 Craziest Artists...Ever By LilianaAlam [7 more lists]

Meaning statistically defined as insane, clinically diagnosed with a mental disorder or several. Important to note: usually also assigned a parallel definition as genius. So you just think about that one. ;0 Top denotes Artist who has been diagnosed with the most conditions or most frequently.

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Vincent van Gogh

1853

View of Arles, Flowering Orchards, Irises, The Bedroom, The Poet's Garden, The Olive Trees, Corridor in the Asylum, Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat, Les Alyscamps, La Mousmé, Self-Portrait, Self-Portrait with Grey Felt Hat, Self-Portrait with Pipe and Straw Hat, Portrait of Dr. Gachet (Second Version), Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin, Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin, Nude Woman on a Bed, The Smoker, Portrait of Madame Augustine Roulin, Portrait of Camille Roulin, Japonaiserie: Flowering Plum Tree (after Hiroshige), L'Arlésienne, Self-Portrait with Pipe and Glass, An Old Man Putting Dry Rice on the Hearth, Bedroom in Arles, Bedroom in Arles, Head of a Young Peasant in a Peaked Cap, The Wheat Field, Sunrise, The Old Tower of Nuenen with People Walking, Les Arènes, Ivy, two paintings by Vincent van Gogh, Blossoming Almond Branch in a Glass with a Book, Le Moulin de la Galette, Olive Orchard, Woman Walking Under the Trees (L'Oliver), Portrait of Dr. Gachet, Four Cut Sunflowers, Two Cut Sunflowers, Self-Portrait (Dedicated to Paul Gauguin), Still Life: Majolica with Wildflowers, L'Arlésienne, Self-Portrait with Dark Felt Hat at the Easel, Self-Portrait with Straw Hat, Wheat Stacks with Reaper, Farmhouse Among Trees, Noon - Rest from Work (after Millet), Portrait of Paul-Eugène Milliet, A Corner of Montmartre: The Moulin a Poivre, Terrace and Observation Deck at the Moulin de Blute-Fin, Montmartre, Portrait of Père Tanguy, Almond Blossoms, Blossoming Pear Tree, Portrait of Doctor Félix Rey, Dance Hall in Arles, The Starry Night, The Drinkers, Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers, Cafe Terrace at Night, Portrait of Dr. Gachet (second version), Farmhouse in Provence, Self-Portrait with Dark Felt Hat, Starry Night Over the Rhone, Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin, Portrait of Armand Roulin, La Berceuse (Augustine Roulin), Vineyards with a View of Auvers, Flowering Peach Trees, Still Life: Vase with Oleanders and Books, View of Paris from Vincent's Room in the Rue Lepic, L'Arlésienne, Thatched Cottages by a Hill, Arles: View from the Wheat Fields, Mademoiselle Ravoux, Couple Walking in the Trees, Two Cut Sunflowers, Two Cut Sunflowers, Sunflowers, Self-Portrait, Self-Portrait, Self-Portrait in Front of the Easel, Self-Portrait, Wheat Field with Crows, La Berceuse (Augustine Roulin), The Church at Auvers, Peasant Woman Against a Background of Wheat, Self-Portrait with Pipe, Self-Portrait, Self-Portrait with Pipe, Pietà (after Delacroix), A Road at Saint-Remy with Female Figure, Butterflies, Portrait of the Artist's Mother, Entrance to the Public Gardens in Arles, Vase with Twelve Sunflowers, Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers, Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, The Potato Eaters, Daubigny's Garden, The Road Menders, Vase with Three Sunflowers, Vase with Five Sunflowers, The Old Cemetery Tower at Nuenen, Vase with Twelve Sunflowers, Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers, Still Life with Apples, Pears, Lemons and Grapes, Portrait of Dr. Gachet (First Version), Wheat Field with Cypresses, Self-Portrait, Self-Portrait with Grey Felt Hat, Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe, Fishing in Spring, the Pont de Clichy (Asnires), Yellow House, Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin, Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin, Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin, Portrait of Armand Roulin, La Berceuse (Augustine Roulin), La Berceuse (Augustine Roulin), La Berceuse (Augustine Roulin), Schoolboy (Camille Roulin), Breton Women and Children, Pork Butcher's Shop in Arles, Spring in Arles, Daubigny's Garden, Wheat Fields at Auvers Under Clouded Sky, Willows at Sunset, The Sick-ward of the Hospital at Arles, Girl in White, Mountain Landscape behind the Saint Paul Hospital, Rose Bush, The Night Café, Portrait of Eugene Boch, The Red Vineyard, Falling Autumn Leaves, At Eternity's Gate, The Town Hall at Auvers, A Peasant Woman Digging in Front of Her Cottage, The Raising of Lazarus (after Rembrandt), Prisoners Exercising (after Dore), The Reaper with a Sickle (after Millet), Terrace of a Cafe on Montmartre (La Guinguette), Still Life: Vase with Oleanders, Flowering Peach Tree, Orchard in Blossom (Plum Trees), Almond Tree in Bloom, Blossoming Almond Branch in a Glass, A Lane in the Public Garden at Arles, A Lane near Arles, A Meadow in the Mountains: Le Mas de Saint-Paul, A Woman Walking in a Garden, Fisherman's Wife on the Beach, Fisherman on the Beach, Landscape with Snow, Still Life with Beer Mug and Fruit, Still Life with Cabbage and Clogs, Women Mending Nets in the Dunes, The Langlois Bridge at Arles, Garden of the Hospital in Arles, Le Moulin de la Galette, Portrait of Adeline Ravoux, Sloping Path in Montmartre, Mountains at Saint-Remy, Paysage d'Arles, Double-square painting, Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin, Outskirts of Paris, Copies after Millet, and others, Peasant Character Studies, Woman on Her Deathbed More

Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands

Drawing, Painting
2

Jackson Pollock

1912

Guardians of the Secret, Shimmering Substance, Echo: Number 25, 1951, Blue Poles, The She-Wolf, The Flame, No. 5, 1948, Free Form, Bird, Greyed Rainbow, Gothic, Stenographic Figure, Full Fathom Five, One: Number 31, 1950, There Were Seven in Eight, Number 1A, 1948, Easter and the Totem, Number 7, 1950, White Light, Number 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist), Untitled, The Key, Convergence More

United States of America

Painting
3

Frida Kahlo

1907

My Grandparents, My Parents, and I (Family Tree), Fulang-Chang and I, Self-Portrait Dedicated to Leon Trotsky, Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird, Frieda and Diego Rivera, Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair More

Mexico

Painting
4

Pablo Picasso

1881

Le Rêve, Autoportrait à la palette, Portrait of Sylvette David, She-Goat, Three Women at the Spring, Landscape, Glass, Guitar, and Bottle, Head of a Woman, Glass of Absinthe, The Sigh, Girl with a Mandolin (Fanny Tellier), Seated Bather, The Rape, Reading the Letter, The Glass, Head of a Sleeping Woman (Study for Nude with Drapery), Pregnant Woman, Guernica, Ma Jolie, Maya with Doll, Maya in a Pinafore, Woman in Hat and Fur Collar, Jacqueline, Nature morte, Torse de femme (Female Torso), Les femmes d'Alger (Women of Algiers), La Cruche fleurie (Jug of Flowers), Head of a Woman (Fernande), Head, Crazy Woman with Cats, Half-length Female Nude, Baboon and Young, The Charnel House, Three Musicians, Maquette for Guitar, Family of Saltimbanques, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, Three Musicians, Massacre in Korea, Garçon à la pipe, Tête de trois quarts (Head in Three-Quarter View), Villa in Vallauris, Still Life with Liqueur Bottle, The Kitchen, Harlequin, Bather, Self-Portrait, The Actor, Les Noces de Pierrette, Woman with Loaves, Boy Leading a Horse, Portrait of Suzanne Bloch, Jester, Nude Under a Pine Tree, Student with a Pipe, Nude Seated on a Rock, Fruit Dish, Pierrot, Bather with Beach Ball, Nude with Joined Hands, Bull, The Blue Room, Nude on a black armchair, Woman Dressing Her Hair, Maya in a Sailor Suit, Study for Les Demoiselles D'Avignon, Goat Skull and Bottle, Scene de rue (Street Scene), Studio with Plaster Head, Two Nudes, Woman by a Window, Painter and Model, Repose, The Architect's Table, The Studio, Violin and Grapes, Woman with Pears, Interior with a Girl Drawing, Bather and Cabin, Card Player, Girl before a Mirror, At Work, Green Still Life, Night Fishing at Antibes, The Reservoir, Horta de Ebro, Woman's Head, Woman in an Armchair, Seated Woman, Woman Plaiting Her Hair, Guitar, Guitar, Mother and Child, Las Meninas (after Velázquez), The Death of Casagemas, Celestina, The Barefoot Girl, The Old Guitarist, Dora Maar au Chat, Femme aux Bras Croisés, The Three Dancers, Portrait of Angel Fernandez de Soto, The Weeping Woman, The Accordionist, Le pigeon aux petits pois, Le guitariste, Sylvette, Seated circus performer and boy, Chicago Picasso, Tête de picador au nez cassé (Head of a Picador with a Broken Nose), Nude with a Pitcher, Untitled (Man with Moustache, Buttoned Vest, and Pipe, Seated in an Armchair), Standing Woman, The Red Armchair, Abstraction: Background with Blue Cloudy Sky, Glass and Pipe, Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Figure, Still Life, Project for a Monument to Guillaume Apollinaire, Guitar, Woman's Head (Fernande), Head of a Warrior, Monument, Minotauromachy, Minotaur Kneeling over Sleeping Girl, La Lecture, Don Quixote, Nude, Green Leaves and Bust, Jeune Fille Endormie More

Spain

Sculpture, Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Ceramics
5

Leonardo da Vinci

1453

Annunciation, The Last Supper, The Virgin and Child with St. Anne, Portrait of a Musician, Drapery for a Seated Figure, Virgin of the Rocks, Madonna Litta, Ginevra de' Benci, Virgin of the Rocks, La Belle Ferronière, Adoration of the Magi, The Virgin and Child with St Anne and St John the Baptist, Madonna of the Yarnwinder, Mona Lisa, St. Jerome in the Wilderness, The Battle of Anghiari, St. John the Baptist, Bacchus, The Benois Madonna, Madonna of the Carnation, Lady with an Ermine, Self-portrait More

Italy

Sculpture, Drawing, Painting