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Fuseli, Henry

1741–1825

Nationality: Switzerland, United Kingdom

Born: 1741, Zurich

Died: 1825, Putney

Gender: male

Movements

fairy painting

Romanticism

Neoclassicism

Occupations

painter

artist

illustrator

art historian

poet

draftsperson

architectural draftsperson

graphic artist

visual artist

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Biography

Second son of Johann Caspar Füssli, portrait painter and writer on art. He was reared in an intellectual and artistic milieu and initially studied theology. Obliged to flee Zürich because of political entanglements, he went first to Berlin, and then settled in London in 1764. Fuseli is famous for his paintings and drawings of nude figures caught in strained and violent poses suggestive of intense emotion.

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Notable Works

Percival Delivering Belisane from the Enchantment of Urma
Titania and Bottom
The Nightmare

Artworks

35 artworks

Menelaus and Patroclus, after the Antique (recto and verso)

Menelaus and Patroclus, after the Antique (recto and verso)

1770–78

Hercules Slays Diomedes and his Flesh-Eating Mares (Apollodorus, II, 5, 8 and Quintus Smyrnaeus, VI, 247-250)

Hercules Slays Diomedes and his Flesh-Eating Mares (Apollodorus, II, 5, 8 and Quintus Smyrnaeus, VI, 247-250)

1806

Der Tod des Oedipus (The Death of Oedipus)

Der Tod des Oedipus (The Death of Oedipus)

1806

Wie Till zur Barbier durch's Fenster kömt (How Till Eupenspiegel Came In Through the Barber's Window)

Wie Till zur Barbier durch's Fenster kömt (How Till Eupenspiegel Came In Through the Barber's Window)

1806

Wie Till die Schneider duch Saüe straft (How Till Eugenspiegel Punished the Tailors)

Wie Till die Schneider duch Saüe straft (How Till Eugenspiegel Punished the Tailors)

1806

Der Schweizerbund (The Oath of the Rütli)

Der Schweizerbund (The Oath of the Rütli)

1806

Belisane and Percival Under the Enchantment of Urma

Belisane and Percival Under the Enchantment of Urma

1806

Der Kronenräuber (Claudio Murders His Brother, King Hamlet, By Pouring Poison into His Ear as He Lies Sleeping in the Garden, Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 5: 58-78)

Der Kronenräuber (Claudio Murders His Brother, King Hamlet, By Pouring Poison into His Ear as He Lies Sleeping in the Garden, Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 5: 58-78)

1806

Caius Marius and the Cimbrian Soldier (Plutarch, "Marius," 39; Lucan, "Pharsalia," XI, 75-86)

Caius Marius and the Cimbrian Soldier (Plutarch, "Marius," 39; Lucan, "Pharsalia," XI, 75-86)

1806

Der Besessene (The Escapee: A Real Scene in the Hospital of San Spirito at Rome)

Der Besessene (The Escapee: A Real Scene in the Hospital of San Spirito at Rome)

1806

Fuessli und Bodmer (Fuseli and Bodmer in Conversation)

Fuessli und Bodmer (Fuseli and Bodmer in Conversation)

1806

Das Gespenst des Dion (The Apparition Appears to Dion Wielding a Broom, Plutarch, Dion, 55)

Das Gespenst des Dion (The Apparition Appears to Dion Wielding a Broom, Plutarch, Dion, 55)

1806

Flora Attired by the Elements (Frontispiece to The Economy of Vegetation, vol. I of Erasmus Darwin's The Botanic Garden)

Flora Attired by the Elements (Frontispiece to The Economy of Vegetation, vol. I of Erasmus Darwin's The Botanic Garden)

June 1, 1791

The Daughter of Herodias (Salome Receiving the Head of John the Baptist, Matthew 14:10-11)

The Daughter of Herodias (Salome Receiving the Head of John the Baptist, Matthew 14:10-11)

1798

The Night Mare

The Night Mare

1782

Sleeping Woman with a Cupid (Hush)

Sleeping Woman with a Cupid (Hush)

1780–90

Chrysogone Conceives, in a Ray of Sunshine, Amoretta and Belphoebe (Edmund Spenser, "The Faerie Queene, III, vi)

Chrysogone Conceives, in a Ray of Sunshine, Amoretta and Belphoebe (Edmund Spenser, "The Faerie Queene, III, vi)

1800–1810

Night and Her Children Aither and Hemera (Hesiod, Theogony)

Night and Her Children Aither and Hemera (Hesiod, Theogony)

ca. 1810–15

The Night-Hag Visiting Lapland Witches

The Night-Hag Visiting Lapland Witches

1796

Oedipus at Colonus, Cursing his Son Polynices

Oedipus at Colonus, Cursing his Son Polynices

1777

The Weird Sisters (Shakespeare, MacBeth, Act 1, Scene 3)

The Weird Sisters (Shakespeare, MacBeth, Act 1, Scene 3)

March 10, 1785

Fertilization of Egypt, from Erasmus Darwin's "The Botanic Garden"

Fertilization of Egypt, from Erasmus Darwin's "The Botanic Garden"

1791

Tornado–Zeus Battling Typhon, from Erasmus Darwin's "The Botanic Garden"

Tornado–Zeus Battling Typhon, from Erasmus Darwin's "The Botanic Garden"

August 1, 1795

Tornado–Zeus Battling Typhon, from Erasmus Darwin's "Botanic Garden"

Tornado–Zeus Battling Typhon, from Erasmus Darwin's "Botanic Garden"

August 1, 1795