Artist: Henry Fuseli (1741 - 1825)
Nationality: Swiss
Movement: Romanticism
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Henry Fuseli was born in Zurich, Switzerland. Although his father was an amateur painter, Fuseli originally joined the seminary and was ordained as a minister in the Swiss Reformed Church in 1761. Under the encouragement of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Fuseli began to paint in 1768, spending eight years in Italy admiring the religious work of Michelangelo. Fuseli moved to London in 1778, exhibiting his most famous painting, The Nightmare at the Royal Academy in 1782. In Fuseli’s work he tended to favor dramatic scenes of terror, imagination, and eroticism.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (60)
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John Rogers Henry Fuseli 19th - 20th century
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Henry Fuseli - The Nightmare 1781 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art Swiss
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An Old Man Murdered by Three Younger Men
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LADY MACBETH SOMNAMBULE (1781 entre ; 1784 et) by FUSSLI Johann Heinrich, FUSELI Henry (dit)
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The Night-Hag Visiting Lapland Witches, 1796 Henry Fuseli (Johann Heinrich Füssli) (Swiss, 1741-1825)Oil on canvas;
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John Henry Fuseli - Satan and Death with Sin Intervening 1799-1800 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art Swiss
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Henry Fuseli - Oedipus Cursing His Son, Polynices 1786 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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Henry Fuseli, Swiss, 1741-1825 Heavenly Ganymede England, 1804 Crayon lithograph Sheet: 32 x 25.5 cm
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Henry Fuseli - Dispute between Hotspur, Glendower, Mortimer and Worcester 1784 oil on canvas Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery Swiss
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Henry Fuseli - Head of a Damned Soul from Dante's "Inferno" 1770-78 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago British
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Francesco Bartolozzi Queen Katharine's Dream, after J.H. Fuseli Stipple engraving 1788
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Johann Heinrich Fuseli Shakespeare , Henry V, Act II, Scene II. Line and stipple engraving with hand coloring 18th - 19th century
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Johann Heinrich Fuseli Shakespeare - Second Part of Henry IV - Act II, Scene IV. Line and Stipple Engraving with hand coloring. 18th - 19th century
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Peter Paul Rubens - The Reconciliation of King Henry III and Henry of Navarre 1628 oil on panel Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester Flemish
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Johann Heinrich Fuseli The Temple of Nature: or , the Origin of Society (London: J. Johnson, 1803) book with engravings 1803
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Johann Heinrich Fuseli Frontispiece to the book, The Temple of Nature: or , the Origin of Society (London: J. Johnson, 1803) engraving 1803
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Johann Heinrich Fuseli Poems by William Cowper (London: J. Johnson , 1808), vol. 1 Book with 5 engravings 1808
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Johann Heinrich Fuseli Poems by William Cowper (London: J. Johnson , 1808), vol. 2 Book with 3 engravings 1808
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Johann Heinrich Fuseli Kate, frontispiece in the book, Poems by William Cowper (London: J. Johnson , 1808), vol. 2 Engraving 1807
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Johann Heinrich Fuseli Shakespeare - King Lear - Act I Scene I. Line and stipple engraving with hand coloring 18th - 19th century
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Johann Heinrich Fuseli Shakespeare - The Tempest - ActI, Scene II. Line and stipple engraving with hand coloring 18th - 19th century
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Johann Heinrich Fuseli Illustration for Summer, opposite page 59 in the book The Seasons by James Thomson (London: F. J. du Roverayä, 1802) engraving 1801
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Johann Heinrich Fuseli Illustration for Winter, opposite page 208 in the book The Seasons by James Thomson (London: F. J. du Roverayä, 1802) engraving 1801
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Johann Heinrich Fuseli The Poet*s Vision, frontispiece in the book, Poems by William Cowper (London: J. Johnson , 1808), vol. 1 Engraving 1807
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Johann Heinrich Fuseli The Prison., plate opposite p. 223 in the book, Poems by William Cowper (London: J. Johnson , 1808), vol. 2 Engraving 1807
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Johann Heinrich Fuseli Shakespeare - Mid-summer night's Dream - Act IV, Scene I. Line and stipple engraving with hand coloring 18th - 19th century
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Henry Cousins Henry Leverage 19th century
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Johann Heinrich Fuseli The Newspaper in the Country, plate opposite p. 141 in the book, Poems by William Cowper (London: J. Johnson , 1808), vol. 2 Engraving 1807
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Johann Heinrich Fuseli The Negro revenged., plate opposite page 375, in the book, Poems by William Cowper (London: J. Johnson , 1808), vol. 1 Engraving 1807
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Henry Wolf Portrait of the Engraver Henry Wolf 1905
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Johann Heinrich Fuseli A Dressing room., plate opposite page 51, in the book, Poems by William Cowper (London: J. Johnson , 1808), vol. 1 Engraving 1807
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Henry Wolf Henry Irving 19th - 20th century
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Henry Wolf Portrait of Mrs. Henry 19th - 20th century
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Johann Heinrich Fuseli Virtue reclaiming Youth, &c., plate opposite page 44, in the book, Poems by William Cowper (London: J. Johnson , 1808), vol. 1 Engraving 1807
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Johann Heinrich Fuseli A. Mother and her Family in the Country, plate opposite page 276, in the book, Poems by William Cowper (London: J. Johnson , 1808), vol. 1 Engraving 1807
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Charles Henry Jeens Mr. Hackett as Falstaff in King Henry IV. 19th century
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Henry Wolf Portrait of Henry Irving 19th - 20th century
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W. & D. Downey Sir Henry Irving as Cardinal Wolsey in Shakespeare's Henry VIII Woodburytype 1892
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Johann Heinrich Fuseli Recto: Bereaved Mother Mourning After the Massacre of the Innocents ~Verso: An Assassin Fleeing r: Pen and gray-black ink and gray and brown washes with scraping and graphite on laid paper v: Pen and gray-black ink and gray and bro
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Henry Meyer The Right Honorable Henry Robert Stewart 18th - 19th century
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Henry William Bunbury Falstaff reproved by King Henry - Shakespeare - Henry VI, Part 2, Act V, Scene 8. Line and stipple engraving 18th - 19th century
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Henry Wolf Henry Irving at Home wood engraving 19th - 20th century
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John Henry Robinson Henry Somerset, First 18th - 19th century
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Henry Wolf Henry Mills Alden Wood Engraving 19th - 20th century
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Christian in Palestine by Henry Stebbing (London: George Virtue, [ca. 1830]) engraving 1830
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Christian in Palestine by Henry Stebbing (London: George Virtue, [ca. 1830]) engraving 1830
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Christian in Palestine by Henry Stebbing (London: George Virtue, [ca. 1830]) engraving 1830
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William Henry Bartlett Title page vignette in the book The Christian in Palestine by Henry Stebbing (London: George Virtue, [ca. 1830]) engraving 1830
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Christian in Palestine by Henry Stebbing (London: George Virtue, [ca. 1830]) engraving 1830
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Christian in Palestine by Henry Stebbing (London: George Virtue, [ca. 1830]) engraving 1830
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Christian in Palestine by Henry Stebbing (London: George Virtue, [ca. 1830]) engraving 1830
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Christian in Palestine by Henry Stebbing (London: George Virtue, [ca. 1830]) engraving 1830
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Christian in Palestine by Henry Stebbing (London: George Virtue, [ca. 1830]) engraving 1830
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Christian in Palestine by Henry Stebbing (London: George Virtue, [ca. 1830]) engraving 1830
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Christian in Palestine by Henry Stebbing (London: George Virtue, [ca. 1830]) engraving 1830
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Christian in Palestine by Henry Stebbing (London: George Virtue, [ca. 1830]) engraving 1830
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Christian in Palestine by Henry Stebbing (London: George Virtue, [ca. 1830]) engraving 1830
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Christian in Palestine by Henry Stebbing (London: George Virtue, [ca. 1830]) engraving 1830
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Christian in Palestine by Henry Stebbing (London: George Virtue, [ca. 1830]) engraving 1830
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Christian in Palestine by Henry Stebbing (London: George Virtue, [ca. 1830]) engraving 1830

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