Henry Fuseli, born Johann Heinrich Füssli in Zurich in 1741, is one of the most remarkable painters of his time. Fuseli came from an educated milieu and received his first painting impulses from his father, who was himself a landscape and still life painter. Fuseli's sisters were also painters. After studying theology, Henry Fuseli initially became a pastor, but then had to leave his native Zurich because of critical writings. At that time, the painting pastor had already studied ancient writings of Homer, Shakespeare and Dante.
In 1764, Fuseli settled in London after a brief stint in Berlin, where he had made a name for himself as a translator. The portrait painter Sir Joshua Reynolds supported him in concentrating on painting in the future. Between 1770 and 1778, Fuseli lived in Rome, intensively studying the works of Michelangelo and engaging with the art of antiquity. Back in London, Fuseli was accepted into the Royal Academy: His reputation was already legendary at the time. With the oil painting "Thor's Fight with the Midgard Serpent", Fuseli became a full member of the Academy. A few years later he also received a professorship.
What distinguishes the painting of the Swiss-English artist? Fuseli's art is considered suggestive, demonic, intensely sensual. The visionary, even gruesome is the subject of his painting. Fuseli realizes this, as in "Titania and Bottom," in sensuous colors and strong contrasts of light and dark. At the same time, the painter was a lover of theater and literature. In an emotionally charged manner, he illustrated Shakespeare's dramas, for example "Hamlet", in drastic black and white. The painting "The Three Witches Appear Macbeth and Banquo" is magnificent in its somber coloring and palpable drama.
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.jpg "The Nightmare, c1790 by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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_Fuseli_-_Queen_Mab_-_(MeisterDrucke-1172667).jpg "Queen Mab by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Titania and Bottom by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-318840).jpg "The Witch and the Mandrake by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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_Fuseli_-_The_Awakening_of_Titania_-_(MeisterDrucke-1081940).jpg "The Awakening of Titania by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Dido by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Sapphic Love by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "The Duke of Gloucester Lying in Wait for Lady Anne at the Funeral Procession of Her Father-in-law, King Henry VI (recto); Standing Male Nude, Leaning Forward (verso) by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "The Three Witches Appearing to Macbeth and Banquo by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1288717).jpg "Sketch for \"Oath on the Rütli,\" Female Figure (verso) by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Study of the Back of a Female Nude, Standing by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "The Night-Hag Visiting Lapland Witches by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Titania")
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.jpg "Percival Delivering Belisane by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "The Death of Cardinal Beaufort, engraved by W. Bromley, illustration from David Hume")
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.jpg "Reclining Nude and Woman at the Piano by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Fertilization of Egypt, engraved by William Blake, 1791 by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "The Oath of the Rutli by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Titania Awakes, Surrounded by Attendant Fairies, Clinging Rapturously to Bottom, Still Wearing the Ass")
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.jpg "The Appearance of Christ at Emmaus, 1792 by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Sin Pursued by Death by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Prometheus Freed by Hercules by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Study of a Woman")
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.jpg "Lady Macbeth Seizing the Daggers, exhibited 1812 by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-319107).jpg "Vision of the Deluge, from")
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.jpg "Woman in 17th century costume, 1791 by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "The Fairy Queen Appears to Prince Arthur by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-279907).jpg "Achilles sacrificing his hair for Patroclus by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "The Shepherds Dream, from Paradise Lost by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Scene of Witches, from The Masque of Queens by Ben Jonson by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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_Fuseli_-_Theodore_rencontre_le_spectre_de_son_ancetre_Guido_Cavalcanti_Illustration_du_po_-_(MeisterDrucke-1423058).jpg "Theodore Encounters the Specter of His Ancestor Guido Cavalcanti (Illustration of the poem")
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.jpg "The Creation of Eve, 1791-93 by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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_Fuseli_-_Satan_Starting_from_the_Touch_of_Ithuriels_Lance_-_(MeisterDrucke-1315472).jpg "Satan Starting from the Touch of Ithuriel")
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_Fuseli_-_Achilles_trying_to_grasp_at_the_shade_of_Patroclus_-_(MeisterDrucke-1112540).jpg "Achilles trying to grasp at the shade of Patroclus by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Sketch for Oath on the Rütli, Female Figure by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Satan Starts from the Touch of Ithuriel")
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.jpg "Lady Macbeth Sleepwalking, 1783 by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "The Mandrake: A Charm by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Teiresias foretells the future to Odysseus by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-71538).jpg "The Nightmare Leaving Two Sleeping Women by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "An Old Woman Wearing a Rosary Cursing a Seated Man; Possibly Queen Margaret Cursing the Duke of Gloucester by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1292488).jpg "Portrait of a Woman (Martha Hess) by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Theodore Meets in the Wood the Specter of His Ancestor Guido Cavalcanti, Chasing with Mastiffs His Former Disdainful Mistress by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Tekemessa and Eurysakes by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Johann Heinrich Füssli by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Titania, Bottom and the Fairies, Act 4, Scene 1 of A Midsummer Night")
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.jpg "Achilles Searching for the Shade of Patrocles, 1803 by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Oedipus Cursing His Son Polynices by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Odin in the Underworld by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Back View of a Standing Female, Called Mrs. Fuseli by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "A Nude Throwing by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Portrait of the Artist")
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.jpg "The Peasant")
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.jpg "Theodore Meets in the Wood the Spectre of His Ancestor Guido Cavalcanti by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "The Creation of Eve by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Woman Sitting, Curled up by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "The Vision of the Deluge by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Portrait of Mrs. Fuseli by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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 (1804-05 - (MeisterDrucke-104726).jpg "Titania finds the magic ring on the shore, from")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1276731).jpg "Figure Studies (recto and verso) by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Girl and Youth at a Table by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Titania Kissing Bottom in A Midsummer Night")
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.jpg "Specimens of Polyautography: Woman on a Sofa by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Woman Reading, Seated Before a Window by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Dante Swoons before the Soaring Souls of Paolo and Francesca, Virgil at his Side by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Milton Dictating to His Daughter by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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_Fuseli_-_The_Pain_of_Kriemhild_-_(MeisterDrucke-1421359).jpg "The Pain of Kriemhild by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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_Fuseli_-_Satan_calling_to_Beelzebub_-_(MeisterDrucke-1117390).jpg "Satan calling to Beelzebub by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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_Fuseli_-_Study_for_a_self_portrait_-_(MeisterDrucke-1081475).jpg "Study for a Self Portrait by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "The Massacre of the Innocents by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "The Apotheosis of Penelope Boothby, 1792 by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "The Death of Cardinal Beaufort by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Sleeping Woman with a Cupid by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Male Figure with Left Arm Raised Seen from the Back, and Fragment of Old Man by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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_Fuseli_-_Johann_Jakob_Bodmer_(Greifensee_-_(MeisterDrucke-1110129).jpg "Johann Jakob Bodmer by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Aided by Eeriboia, Hermes Carries Off the Exhausted Ares from the Sleeping Sons of Aloeus (recto); Sketch of One of the Sleeping Sons of Aloeus (verso) by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Undine Enters the House of the Fisherman and His Wife, 1821 by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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_Fuseli_-_Head_of_a_Damned_Soul_from_Dantes_Inferno_(verso)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1421734).jpg "Head of a Damned Soul from Dante")
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.jpg "A Mother with her Family in the Countryside by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Study of a Lady by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Haman, After Michelangelo by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Theresias Appears to Ulysses during the Sacrifice by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Perseus Starting from the Cave of the Gorgons by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Figure Leaning over Stairs by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Study for the Finding of the Body of Bassanio by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Titans Storming Mount Olympus by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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_Fuseli_-_The_Shepherds_Dream_c1786_(pencil_red_chalk_and_grey_wash)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1409587).jpg "The Shepherd")
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.jpg "The Mighty Mother Sails Through the Air, Frontispiece to Theophilus Swift")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1348041).jpg "Danaë and Perseus on Seriphos(?) by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Portrait Study of a Woman, Probably Mrs Fuseli by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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