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, 1781 by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "The Nightmare, c1790 by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Titania and Bottom 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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_-_(MeisterDrucke-318840).jpg "The Witch and the Mandrake 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 "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 "Dante Swoons before the Soaring Souls of Paolo and Francesca, Virgil at his Side 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 "Lady Macbeth Sleepwalking, 1783 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 "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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 c1785 - (MeisterDrucke-72909).jpg "Scene of Witches from")
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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 "Woman in 17th century costume, 1791 by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Teiresias foretells the future to Odysseus 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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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1288717).jpg "Sketch for \"Oath on the Rütli,\" Female Figure (verso) by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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_Fuseli_-_Study_for_self-portrait_by_Henry_Fuseli_(1741-1825)_drawing_Switzerland_-_(MeisterDrucke-1092132).jpg "Study for self-portrait by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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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 "Percival Delivering Belisane 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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.jpg "The Changeling 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 "Specimens of Polyautography: Woman on a Sofa by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "The Peasant")
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.jpg "The Night-Hag Visiting Lapland Witches by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Mother and Her Family in the Country by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "The Shepherds Dream, from Paradise Lost 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 "Death of Cardinal Beaufort, illustration from Shakespeare")
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.jpg "The Creation of Eve, 1791-93 by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Milton Dictating to His Daughter by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Hephaestus, Bia and Crato Securing Prometheus on Mount Caucasus by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Reclining Nude and Woman at the Piano by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Figure Leaning over Stairs by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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_Calligraphy_(verso)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1312010).jpg "A Night Scene of Shiva Puja (recto); Calligraphy (verso) by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Prometheus Freed by Hercules by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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 engraved by JP Simon for the Boydell Shakespeare Company - (MeisterDrucke-84732).jpg "Scene from Act IV, Scene I of A Midsummer Night")
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.jpg "Mad Kate, 1806-07 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-268232).jpg "Allegory of Vanity, 1811 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 "The Mandrake: A Charm by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Figure Leaning over Stairs by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "The Shepherd")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-73181).jpg "Zethos, Antiope and Amphion 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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.jpg "The Death of Oedipus (engraved by William Ward) by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Oedipus cursing his son Polynices - Go to Ruin, Spurned and Disowned by me by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Woman Reading, Seated Before a Window by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Study of a Woman")
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.jpg "Ariadne Watching the Struggle of Theseus with the Minotaur 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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_Fuseli_-_MrsFuseli_wearing_an_Elaborate_Headdress_and_Studies_of_an_Eye_Mouth_and_Torso_(_-_(MeisterDrucke-1172931).jpg "Mrs. Fuseli wearing an Elaborate Headdress and Studies of an Eye, Mouth and Torso by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "The Witch and the Mandrake by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Gentleman, Identified as Franz Joseph Haydn, Half-Length, at a Pianoforte 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 "Study for the Finding of the Body of Bassanio by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "The Mighty Mother Sails Through the Air, Frontispiece to Theophilus Swift")
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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 "Theodore Meets in the Wood the Spectre of His Ancestor Guido Cavalcanti by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Woman Sitting, Curled up by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "A Woman Swooning at a Writing Table with a Threatening Figure Behind by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "The Birth of Sin 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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.jpg "The Apotheosis of Penelope Boothby, 1792 by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Girl and Youth at a Table 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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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1348041).jpg "Danaë and Perseus on Seriphos(?) by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "O Evening thou Bringest All by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Triumph of Death: Three Skeletons Invading a Bacchanal Orchestrated by a Magician or an Evil Demon by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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_engraved_by_Robert_Thew_-_(MeisterDrucke-74995).jpg "Hamlet, Act I, Scene IV, by William Shakespeare, Engraved by Robert Thew by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-306998).jpg "Cassandra Raving, 18th Century by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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_Fuseli_-_Titanias_Dream_c1809-13_(pencil_wash)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1116684).jpg "Titania")
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.jpg "Christ Disappearing at Emmaus by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Dead Hero with Goddesses, 1778, 1943 by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "An Hermaphrodite by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Oedipus Curses His Son Polynices by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-312780).jpg "Europa and the Bull by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Haman, After Michelangelo by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Michelangelo Buonarroti by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "The Magician Balaam by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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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 "Hercules Killing the Mares of Diomedes by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Thetis Mourning the Body of Achilles by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Head of a Damned Soul from Dante")
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.jpg "A Woman Sitting by the Window by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "The Vision of the Deluge by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "Titania")
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.jpg "The Peasant")
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_Fuseli_-_The_Shepherds_Dream_c1786_(pencil_red_chalk_and_grey_wash)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1409587).jpg "The Shepherd")
_Fuseli_-_The_Shepherds_Dream_c1786_(pencil_red_chalk_and_grey_wash)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1409587).jpg)
 - (MeisterDrucke-71538).jpg "The Nightmare Leaving Two Sleeping Women 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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.jpg "A letter from Henry Fuseli, 29 September 1823 by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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.jpg "The Cave of Despair by Johann Heinrich Füssli")
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