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1741 Zurich, Switzerland - 1825 London, England. Known for: Romantic painting, themes of horror and eroticism.
To have influenced a great artist may not make a painter great, but it does help make him interesting; probably no one had more impact on William Blake than John Henry Fuseli. To look at Blake's... Read full biography
To have influenced a great artist may not make a painter great, but it does help make him interesting; probably no one had more impact on William Blake than John Henry Fuseli. To look at Blake's nudes and then at Fuseli's, with their rhetorical gestures and armor-plate muscles, is to sense this.... Read full biography
To have influenced a great artist may not make a painter great, but it does help make him interesting; probably no one had more impact on William Blake than John Henry Fuseli. To look at Blake's nudes and then at Fuseli's, with their rhetorical gestures and armor-plate muscles, is to sense this. Reckon in Fuseli's eccentricities, which though irreligious were akin to Blake's own, and it seems clear why the younger Blake spared Fuseli the contempt he felt for nearly every other English artist of... Read full biography
To have influenced a great artist may not make a painter great, but it does help make him interesting; probably no one had more impact on William Blake than John Henry Fuseli. To look at Blake's nudes and then at Fuseli's, with their rhetorical gestures and armor-plate muscles, is to sense this. Reckon in Fuseli's eccentricities, which though irreligious were akin to Blake's own, and it seems clear why the younger Blake spared Fuseli the contempt he felt for nearly every other English artist of his day. Fuseli painted and drew like a man possessed; his images are full of paranoia. He was suspected of being both a Turk and a Jew; he was neither. He was born Johann Heinrich Fussli in Zurich in 1741, the son of a portrait painter. Fuseli was... Read full biography
To have influenced a great artist may not make a painter great, but it does help make him interesting; probably no one had more impact on William Blake than John Henry Fuseli. To look at Blake's nudes and then at Fuseli's, with their rhetorical gestures and armor-plate muscles, is to sense this. Reckon in Fuseli's eccentricities, which though irreligious were akin to Blake's own, and it seems clear why the younger Blake spared Fuseli the contempt he felt for nearly every other English artist of his day. Fuseli painted and drew like a man possessed; his images are full of paranoia. He was suspected of being both a Turk and a Jew; he was neither. He was born Johann Heinrich Fussli in Zurich in 1741, the son of a portrait painter. Fuseli was not a painter when he came to England in 1764, but a young Zwinglian minister whose liberal ideas had driven him o... Read full biography
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeThe Faerie Queene appears to Prince Arthur, from Edmund Spenser's 'The Faerie Queene' (recto); and A sketch for the Faerie Queene and Prince Arthur (verso)
John Henry Fuseli Auction: 07/03/2018Lot: 100Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeAmanda/Rezia throws herself into the sea with Hüon, Fatime is held back by force, 1804/1805
John Henry Fuseli Auction: 03/13/2024Lot: 9Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeHÜON RESCUING ANGELA FROM THE GIANT ANGULAFFER, FROM WIELAND'S OBERON
John Henry Fuseli Auction: 12/08/2011Lot: 291Subscribe or get free alerts
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