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Henry Fuseli (German: Johann Heinrich Füssli; 7 February 1741 – 17 April 1825) 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". He held the posts of Professor of Painting and Keeper at the Royal Academy. His style had a considerable influence on many younger British artists, including William Blake.
Fuseli was born in Zürich, Switzerland, the second of 18 children. His father was Johann Caspar Füssli, a painter of portraits and landscapes, and author of Lives of the Helvetic Painters. He intended Henry for the church, and sent him to the Caroline college of Zurich, where he received an excellent classical education. One of his schoolmates there was Johann Kaspar Lavater, with whom he became close friends.
After taking orders in 1761 Fuseli was forced to leave the country as a result of having helped Lavater to expose an unjust magistrate, whose powerful family sought revenge. He travelled through Germany, and then, in 1765, visited England, where he supported himself for some time by miscellaneous writing. Eventually, he became acquainted with Sir Joshua Reynolds, to whom he showed his drawings. Following Reynolds' advice, he decided to devote himself entirely to art. In 1770 he made an art-pilgrimage to Italy, where he remained until 1778, changing his name from Füssli to the more Italian-sounding Fuseli.
This week we study a piece from the Anglo-Swiss artist Henry Fuseli that typifies the symbolism and complexity of artistic Romanticism
Henry Fuseli Swiss, 1741-1825 A Nightmare You Won't Soon Forget In this painting, a young woman lies across a bed, seemingly in the midst of a nightmare. A small demon sits on her stomach, while a horse pokes his head through the drapery in the background. The woman depicted in this painting is probably Anna Landholdt, who Fuseli had fallen in love with. Some scholars believe that The Nightmare was painted as a revenge fantasy; since Landholdt did not return the artists' advances, Fuseli condemned her to experience a permanent nightmare. There is also a portrait on the reverse of this canvas which some believe is of Landholdt. DID YOU KNOW? The famous psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud considered The Nightmare representative of sublimated sexual desires, and kept an engraved copy of it hanging...
Henry Fuseli - 1741-1825 - was born in Switzerland, the son of a painter and writer, Johann Caspar Fuseli (sometimes spelt Füssli, 1707-82). His father's love of art and literature was transmitted to his son, manifesting itself in such works as The Death of Oedipus (1784) and Titania and Bottom (c. 1780-90), as well as in Henry's later career as an art critic. At the age of 20, Henry Fuseli was ordained as a pastor, but a disagreement with his father prompted him to leave Switzerland and the Church. He traveled throughout Europe, studying in Germany and Italy, where he was influenced by Michelangelo, before arriving in London. He was soon accepted into the London art-world and became a member of the Royal Academy in 1790. Despite frequent visits to Europe, including to his native Switzerl...
Pintor y escritor suizo nacido en Zürich el l7 de febrero de 1741 y fallecido en Londres el 16 de abril de 1825. Pasó la mayoría de su vida en Londres. Pintor de difícil clasificación, se le ha calificado de neoclásico, neomanierista y prerromántico. En sus imágenes confluyen corrientes que provienen de las tradiciones clasicista y manierista con otras que son específicas de la pintura inglesa y nórdica, reflejando una concepción de lo sublime que se manifiesta en el arte y la literatura inglesas del siglo XVIII. En su estancia en Italia alcanza su estilo definitivo, basado en el manierismo; aporta rasgos clasicistas, pero más dramáticos que los de sus contemporáneos. Su apasionamiento, emocionalismo y subjetividad lo que llamamos romanticismo desvía su estilo hacia lo irracional. La obr...
Henry Fuseli, Titania and Bottom, c. 1790, oil on canvas, 2172 x 2756 mm (Tate Britain, London) More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=DMxaK0xjIdE View this work up close on the Google Art Project: http://www.googleartproject.com/collection/tate-britain/artwork/titania-and-bottom-henry-fuseli/330308/
Henry Fuseli (Johann Heinrich Füssli) (1741-1825). Nacido en Suiza, y nacionalizado británico, fue un pintor, dibujante, historiador de arte y escritor, que pasó casi toda su vida en Inglaterra, donde fue una de las figuras más destacadas del romanticismo. En 1763 estudió en Londres la pintura de Reynolds. tradujo las obras de Winckelmann, y posteriormente, durante una larga estancia en Italia (1770-1778), profundizó en el estudio de la Antigüedad clásica (La desesperación del artista ante la grandeza de las ruinas antiguas) y de Miguel Ángel. Su obra pictórica, de estilo teatral, se compone de grandes lienzos con temas sacados de la Biblia, de Shakespeare, de los Nibelungos, de Homero, etc. Sus formas se inspiran en Miguel Ángel, mientras el colorido liso recuerda el de los flamencos. S...
Johann Heinrich Füssli (7 de febrero de 1741, Zúrich Ý 16 de abril de 1825, Putney Hill, Londres) fue un pintor y escritor suizo, posteriormente establecido en Gran Bretaña, donde es conocido como Henry Fuseli.
Henry Fuseli. The Nightmare. The Art of Gothic Documentary clip. Henry Fuseli’s infamous masterwork The Nightmare. This has been an icon of horror ever since it was first exhibited to the public at the annual Royal Academy exhibition in London in 1782. The painting draws on folklore, science and classical art to create a new kind of sexually-charged image. Fuseli wanted the painting to shock and intrigue. https://www.questia.com/newspaper/1G1-142216375/the-dreamy-stuff-of-nightmares-effect-in-an-exhibition http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/henry-fuseli-198 http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/artist-info.2513.html?artobj_artistId=2513&pageNumber;=1 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/great-works/fuseli-henry-the-nightmare-1781-797997.html http://www.tate.org.uk/wh...
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Henry Fuseli, original name Johann Heinrich Füssli (born Feb. 7, 1741, Zürich, Switz.—died April 16, 1825, Putney Hill, London, Eng.) Swiss-born artist whose paintings are among the most dramatic, original, and sensual works of his time. Fuseli 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. He was encouraged to become a painter by Sir Joshua Reynolds, and he left England in 1770 to study in Italy, where he stayed until 1778. During his stay in Rome he studied the works of Michelangelo and classical art, which became his major stylistic influences. Fuseli is famous for his paintings and drawings of nude figures caught in strained and viol...
Published on Feb 11, 2016 Fragments from the short Horror / thriller film 'Fuseli' (directed by Randy Kent). Presented with the courtesy of Green Leaf Pictures. 1. Henry's Theme - The Fugue 2. The Second Night 3. Dying To Sleep 4. The Third Night 5. Henry Loses It Composed & produced by Lionel Ziblat www.lionelziblat.com www.greenleafpictures.com
Praising Painters is an online video art series. It is curated and produced by Artistic Drapes Digital Studios. It celebrates the work and lives of great painters. In this video, Henry Fuseli is featured. For more information: Featured Artist: http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Henry_Fuseli Curator: http://artisticdrapes.weebly.com/about.html
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