Henry Fuseli
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 199 years ago |
Date of birth | February 7,1741 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Born | Zurich |
Switzerland | |
Date of died | April 16,1825 |
Died | Putney |
London | |
United Kingdom | |
Periods | Romanticism |
Sturm und Drang | |
Neoclassicism | |
Classicism | |
Known for | painting, draughtsmanship |
Job | Curator |
Visual Artist | |
Books | Remarks on the Writings and Conduct of J. J. Rousseau |
A Dictionary of Painters: From the Revival of the Art to the Present Period | |
Prints and Engraved Illustrations by and After Henry Fuseli: A Catalogue Raisonné | |
The Plays of William Shakspeare: Timon of Athens. Coriolanus. Julius Ceasar. Antony and Cleopatra | |
The Plays of William Shakspeare: Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello. Glossarial Index | |
Dark Harvest | |
The Nephilim | |
The Drawings of Fuseli | |
Spouse | Sophia Rawlins |
Parents | Johann Caspar Füssli |
Anna Elisabeth Waser | |
Period by artworks | Romanticism |
Sturm und Drang | |
Neoclassicism | |
Classicism | |
Works | The Nightmare |
Dido | |
Nationality | British |
Swiss | |
Education | Carolinum, Zürich |
On view | National Gallery of Art |
Kunsthaus Zürich | |
Tate Britain | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 429224 |
Henry Fuseli Life story
Henry Fuseli RA was a Swiss painter, draughtsman and writer on art who spent much of his life in Britain. Many of his works, such as The Nightmare, deal with supernatural subject matter. He painted works for John Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery, and created his own "Milton Gallery".