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Henry Fuseli
Swiss born British painter, draughtsman and writer on art (1741–1825)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 7 February 1741, 6 February 1741, 1741
- Died
- 16 April 1825, 1825
- Place of birth
- Zurich
- Place of death
- Putney
- Sex or gender
- male
- Family name
- Füssli
- Father
- Johann Caspar Füssli
- Mother
- Elisabeth Waser
- Spouse
- Sophia Fuseli
- Movement
- Romanticism, fairy painting, Neoclassicism
- Occupation
- painter, poet, draftsperson, illustrator, graphic artist, architectural drafter, art historian, visual artist, artist
- Citizenship
- Switzerland, United Kingdom
- Religion
- Protestantism, reformed
- artist files at
- Philadelphia Museum of Art Library and Archives, Frick Art Research Library, National Gallery of Art Library
- depicted by
- Henry Fuseli, RA (1741–1825), Henry Fuseli
- described by source
- Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Paintings of the nineteenth century: contribution to the history of art, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, New International Encyclopedia
- documentation files at
- SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts
- ethnic group
- Swiss
- has works in the collection
- Art Institute of Chicago, Auckland Art Gallery, J. Paul Getty Museum, Tate, National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Art, Nationalmuseum, National Gallery of Canada, The Frick Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Victoria and Albert Museum, Detroit Institute of Arts
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- member of
- Royal Academy of Arts
- municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
- Zurich
- name in native language
- Johann Heinrich Füssli, Henry Fuseli
- notable work
- Titania and Bottom, Percival Delivering Belisane from the Enchantment of Urma, The Nightmare
- place of burial
- St Paul's Cathedral
- significant person
- John Bonnycastle
- topic has template
- Template:Henry Fuseli
- topic's main category
- Category:Johann Heinrich Füssli
- work location
- Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Great Britain, Rome, London, United Kingdom
- writing language
- English
Connected on Wikidata
Creator of
- The Nightmare
- Thor Battering the Midgard Serpent
- Titania and Bottom
- Dido
- The Vision of Catherine of Aragon
- Lady Macbeth Seizing the Daggers
- The sleepwalking Lady Macbeth
- Bodmer und Füssli vor der Büste Homers
- The Oath on the Rütli
- The artist's despair before the grandeur of ancient ruins
- The Night-Hag Visiting Lapland Witches
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