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Halloween Costume Ideas From The Art World

All Hallows’ Eve is just round the corner.

If you haven’t decided on what to dress up as, looking at art could help you get ideas.

Happy deciding on what to wear!


Flapper

Razzle Dazzle
by Heather UpChurch

Zombie Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Halloween.
by isabelle LUTTER

Witch

Witches in a Hayloft (engraving)
by Thomas Rowlandson

Ghost

Meeting with a Wise Man, 2003-04 (oil on canvas)
by Stevie Taylor

Tatania from Eugene Onegin

Costume design for Tatania in the opera 'Eugene Onegin' by Tchaikovsky (1840-93) (w/c on paper)
by French School

King Louis XIV of France (Don’t forget the red high heels)

Louis XIV in Royal Costume, 1701 (oil on canvas)
by Hyacinthe Rigaud

Dandy

Lensky, costumes from acts I, II and III of the opera 'Eugene Onegin', 1830 (gouache on paper)
by A. Lebrun

Gypsy

Galli Marie in the role of Carmen in 'Carmen' by Georges Bizet (1840-75) (colour litho)
by French School

Don’t forget to dress up your cat and carve pumpkins! Or dress up as a pumpkin-loving cat…

The Pumpkin-Cat, 1995 (acrylic on panel)
by Ditz

And decorate your home with strange, scary-looking props!

Japanese Ghost (woodblock)
by Katsushika Hokusai
 

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