25 Incredible Artworks Inspired by Heartbreak

Just what you need this Valentine's Day.

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Love is a many splendored thing, until it's not...in which case it just plain sucks. Whether we fall out of love, experience unrequited love, or lose the love of our life, heartbreak is a pretty universal feeling for most people. I personally love a little heartache.

Not necessarily when I'm really in the midst of it, and definitely not before I've moved on, but I do believe that there's something to be said for what a little heart-wrenching despair can do for the creative mind. I'm not alone in this sentiment. Whether reeling from the discovery of an unfaithful husband, like Frida Kahlo, or capturing the death of a beloved wife on canvas, like Claude Monet, many artists have experienced their greatest strokes of genius after love has been lost.

Alone for Valentine's Day this year? This just might be your chance to make something great out of it all. In the meantime, get inspired and check out these 25 Incredible Artworks Inspired by Heartbreak.

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The Meeting on the Turret Stairs

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Romeo and Juliet: The Tomb Scene

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Pyramus and Thisbe

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The Broken Heart

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Love, Love Will Tear Us Apart Again

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Pietà

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Gravestone

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A Piece of Me

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Love's Melancholy

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The Death of Procris (or A Satyr Mourning Over a Nymph)

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THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE BECOME GHOSTS INSIDE OF YOU AND LIKE THIS YOU KEEP THEM ALIVE

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Take Care of Yourself

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A Few Small Nips (Passionately in Love)

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The Statue of Giulietta

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Tristram and Iseult

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Albert Memorial

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Taj Mahal

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Oh Christ I just wanted you / to Fuck me / and Then / I Became Greedy, I wanted / You to Love me

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Girl with the Pearl Earring

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Camille on Her Deathbed

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Beethoven Frieze

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Love Lost

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The Two Fridas

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Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear

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Ophelia

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