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, c. 1781 by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Titania and Bottom by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Dido by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "The Nightmare, c. 1790 by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-318840).jpg "The Witch and the Mandrake, 18th century 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 "Sapphic Love by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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_Fuseli_-_Queen_Mab_-_(MeisterDrucke-1172667).jpg "Queen Mab 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 "Titania Awakes, Surrounded by Attendant Fairies, clinging rapturously to Bottom, still wearing the Ass")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1276731).jpg "Figure Studies (recto and verso) by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Achilles Searching for the Shade of Patrocles, 1803 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 "Ulysses Escaping from Polyphemus the Cyclops, engraved by I. G. Walker, 1808 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 "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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_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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_Fuseli_-_The_body_of_Sarpedon_brought_home_by_Death_and_Sleep_(Iliad_Book_XVII_682)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1115874).jpg "The Body of Sarpedon Brought Home by Death and Sleep (")
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.jpg "Celadon and Amelia 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 "Satan Touched by Ithuriel")
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_Fuseli_-_Satan_touched_by_Ithuriels_sword_by_Johann_Heinrich_Fussli_(1741-1825)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1109403).jpg "Satan touched by Ithuriel")
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.jpg "Study of a Back of a Female Nude, Standing by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Tekemessa and Eurysakes, c. 1800-10 by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-71538).jpg "The Nightmare Leaving Two Sleeping Women, 1810 by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "The Apotheosis of Penelope Boothby, 1792 by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Satan Starts from the Touch of Ithuriel")
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.jpg "Danish King Is Poisoned in His Sleep by His Brother 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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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1348041).jpg "Danaë and Perseus on Seriphos(?) by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "The Shepherds Dream, 1786 by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-195656).jpg "Portrait of Mrs Fuseli, c.1798 by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-319107).jpg "Vision of the Deluge, from")
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_engraved_by_Robert_Thew_-_(MeisterDrucke-74995).jpg "Hamlet, Act I, Scene IV, by William Shakespeare (1564-1616), engraved by Robert Thew (1758-1802) by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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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 "Head of a Damned Soul from Dante")
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.jpg "The Three Witches Appearing to Macbeth and Banquo, late 18th century by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "The Shepherds")
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.jpg "Sketch for Oath on the Rütli (detail) 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 "Reclining Nude and Woman at the Piano, 1799-1800 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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_-_(MeisterDrucke-312780).jpg "Europa and the Bull by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Percival Delivering Belisane from the Enchantment of Urma by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "The Creation of Eve, 1791-93 by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Prometheus Freed by Hercules, 1781-1785 by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Lady Macbeth Seizing the Daggers, exhibited 1812 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 "Satan Starts from the Touch of Ithuriel")
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.jpg "Dido by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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_Fuseli_-_Portrait_of_Ulrich_Braker_(Nabis_Switzerland_-_(MeisterDrucke-1110490).jpg "Portrait of Ulrich Braker by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Portrait of Anna Magdalene Schweizer, née Hess by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "The Vision of Catherine of Aragon. 1781 by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Sin Pursued by Death by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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_Fuseli_-_Macbeth_and_the_Three_Witches_Showing_Him_the_Armed_Head_(watercolor)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1172502).jpg "Macbeth and the Three Witches Showing Him the Armed Head by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Ascending by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-52253).jpg "The Fire King appears to Count Albert, c.1801-10 by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Lady Macbeth Sleepwalking, 1783 by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Mad Kate, 1806-07 by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Ariadne Watching the Struggle of Theseus with the Minotaur by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Lady by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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_Paraphrase_of_the_Ignudo_Seated_t_-_(MeisterDrucke-1280657).jpg "Study of Ignudo in Sistine Chapel, Rome (recto); Paraphrase of the Ignudo Seated to Upper Right of Prophet Jeremiah in Chapel, Rome (verso) 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 "The Vision of the Deluge by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Percival Delivering Belisane by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "The Night-Hag Visiting Lapland Witches, 1796 by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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_Fuseli_-_Titanias_Dream_c1809-13_(pencil_wash)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1116684).jpg "Titania")
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.jpg "Heavenly Ganymede, plate XV from the second issue of Specimens of Polyautography by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "The Cave of Despair by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Study of a Woman")
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.jpg "Death of Cardinal Beaufort, illustration from Shakespeare")
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.jpg "The Creation of Eve by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Woman Reading, Seated Before a Window by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "A Mother with Her Family in the Country, engraved by Richard Rhodes by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Percival Frees Belisane from the Spell of Urma by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Gloves by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "The Death of Oedipus (engraved by William Ward) by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "The Dispute between Hotspur, Worcester, Mortimer and Glendower by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "A Warrior Rescuing a Lady 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_-_The_Shepherds_Dream_c1786_(pencil_red_chalk_and_grey_wash)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1409587).jpg "The Shepherd")
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.jpg "Puck Basking Asleep Before the Country Hearth, engraved by Moses Haughton Jr. by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Half Figure of a Courtesan with Feathers, a Bow and a Veil in her Hair, 1800-10 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 "Dispute between Hotspur, Glendower, Mortimer and Worcester by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "A Lady Walking by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Seated Troubadour Looking at Woman Asleep on Ledge by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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