Are There Vampire Artists?
Absolutely there are. There are tons. When you live this long, art becomes an inevitable fact of un-life. When you have this much time on your hands, you can't help but create. But humans don't always know which of their favourite renaissance artists were vampires and I'm not here to out anyone.
So What's This Page About?
My favourite pieces of visual art of vampires, of course! There are sections on this site for music and books too. Visual art is a whole different ballgame though. We'll tackle it by style.
Gothic
Unknown artist, 16th century. A portrait of Vlad the Impaler.
Unknown artist, 16th century. A portrait of Elizabeth Bathory.
Romanticism
James M. Rymer, 1845-1847. A pencil illustration of a vampire draining a sleeping person.
Henry Fuseli, 1781. An oil painting of a demon sitting upon a sleeping woman's chest. A horse looks on in horror.
Edvard Munch, 1893. A vampire woman with red hair embracing a man.
Impressionism
David Henry Friston, 1872. Pencil illustration of the vampire Carmilla leaning over a sleeping woman while a man walks into the room.
Surrealism
Max Ernst, 1930's. First Painting: A man fleeing a vampire woman who has wings. Both are very well dressed. Second Painting: A vampire man with wings kissing a woman.
Modernism
William Henry Dethlef-Koerner 1878-1938 A couple on a moonlit walk.
Cubism
Tommervik, 2018. A cubist dracula.
Contemporary
Olga Shvartsur, 2014. A watercolour painting of Nicholas Cage in A Vampire's Kiss. Prints here.
Grandfailure, 2010. A well-dressed vampire woman smoking a long cigarette.
Jacob Anderson, 2022. Jacob Anderson posting with his Q and A small vampire doodle.
howstuffworks, 2001. A pencil sketch of Chupacabra.
Anime
Some scene kid, circa 2008. An anime vampire girl.
Vampire Knight (2004) Vampire Knight Main Cast.