2. "The Crying Boy"- it is a painting
that has caused a lot of negative
feelings towards it. Why? I will try
to answer this question in this
presentation.

4. A terrifying story is connected with
this painting. Many people can think
that it is only a made-up story, but is
this kind of a coincidence possible?

5. This painting - "The Crying Boy" was painted
(probably) by Italian painter Bruno Amadio.
Until today it is still unknown what the artist
had in mind when painting this cursed picture.
The first strange phenomenon
connected with the painting was the fire at the
studio where it was painted. After this event,
the boy who is depicted in the painting was
run over by a car. By reading these two
previous sentences it is clearly visible that
these accidents aren't just everyday cases of
mishaps, but this is just the beginning of the
whole story.

6. People started to buy the copies of this painting. It
was so maybe because it contained some part of
mysticism and it was simply beautiful, but no one
has ever noticed it was cursed! Every house in
which a portrait of the crying boy was found, burnt
down. No one knows why. Everything was burnt...
except for the cursed painting. Then, people
realized that there is something wrong about the
painting and decided to burn all the copies at the
big stake. And so they did - all of the copies of
"The Crying Boy" were burnt. The residents
thought it was the end of fear, but it wasn't. After
burning all of the copies loud and terrible screams
of children were heard at night. It was probably the
last known event associated with this painting.
Even if the curse associated with this
painting exists, I hope it won't affect any of us.

8. "The Crying boy" - description of the painting.
In the foreground one can see a crying boy, of course. Let us start
with the external look of the boy. He has got blonde hair, blue
eyes, small nose and big, protruding ears. He is wearing shabby
clothes. Braces are visible on his dark-yellow blouse. A blue scarf
is tied around his neck. His eyes are bleary. Tears are running
down his cheeks. Now it's a time for describing a character of the
boy (according to my observations, of course, since actually
nobody knew him). I think the boy is sad and annoyed. But of
course this is my opinion. At the first glance, only a boy is visible in
the foreground, but if we watch carefully other faces can be seen
in the background. The crying boy is depicted against the
darkness, however, there is a yellowish part in the upper left
corner. His right side is illuminated (probably by the sun), and his
left side is almost invisible because of the shadow and the
darkness.

9. I think that "The Crying Boy" is a beautiful and
nicely done painting, but it is too horrifying for me
to accept it as it is. It has got the equal number of
pros and cons. The main disadvantage is too
spare usage of various colours, and a sadness of
the boy. If this image had been painted to be more
cheerful and happy, it would have certainly gained
larger audience. The very face of the child makes
the painting mysterious, but if a story of this
portrait is real, then fear and the mystery are
increasing to the maximum level. Summing up -
this painting is not meant to be favourite to people
who like diversity and vast usage of colours. It was
created to the joy of those one who enjoy
nightmares and the mystery of a different kind.