Artists Who Have Used Human Skulls in Their Work

Tezcatlipoca (15th-16th Century) Mexico

Jacques de Gheyn the Younger Vanitas (1603)

Frans Hals Young Man with a Skull(Vanitas 1626)

Aelbert Jansz van der Schoor Skulls on a Table (1660)

Christian Thum Still Life with Astronomical Instruments c1670

Paul Cezanne Skull, Candlestick and Book (1865)

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes Meditation (1869)

Gustav Klimt Death and Life (1911)

José Guadalupe Posada Calavera Catrina (c1940)

Francisco Onate Santiaguero en Tzintzuntzan (1960s)

Andy Warhol Self-portrait with Skull (c1977)

Andy Warhol (c1977)

Jiří Koláří Stupné Vítézú (Victors’ Podium) (1970s)

Gerhard Richter Skull (1983)

Jean-Michel Basquiat Untitled Skull (1984)

Gabriel Orozco Black Kites (1997)

Damien Hirst For the Love of God (2000s)

Raghu Rai India Bhopal (2001)

Damien Hirst Requiem (c2008)

Contemporary Textile Design

Contemporary Shoe Design

Contemporary Sugar Craft

Contemporary Tattoo

Christian Louboutin FW 09/10 campaign