Arnold Böcklin was born in Basel in 1827 and died in 1901 in his Italian retreat San Domenico near Florence. The son of a Swiss merchant studied at the Art Academy in Düsseldorf and later went to Paris and Rome to pursue further studies. In 1853 he married his longtime model Angela Pascucco and moved back to Basel. From 1960 to 1962 he held a teaching post as a professor at the Grand Ducal Saxon Art School in Weimar.
Böcklin is considered one of the main representatives of German Symbolism and one of the most important visual artists of the 19th century. His pictures are characterized by sharp contours and bright colors. Among the most significant works are the variations of the "Villa by the sea", "Pan in the reeds", "The"
island of the dead ", and the work"
self-portrait with fiddling death ".
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