Arnold Böcklin

1827–1901 · Switzerland · Symbolism

Arnold Böcklin (16 October 1827 – 16 January 1901) was a Swiss Symbolist painter. His five versions of the Isle of the Dead inspired works by several late Romantic composers. Wikipedia

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Mythical, brooding landscapes: islands of the dead, cypresses, nymphs and centaurs in dark Romantic colour.

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“Self-Portrait with Death Playing the Fiddle”, 1872 — Alte Nationalgalerie
“The Plague”, 1898 — Kunstmuseum Basel
“Odysseus and Polyphemus”, 1896 — Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
“The War”, 1896 — Dresden State Art Collections
“Roger freeing Angelica”, 1873 — Alte Nationalgalerie
“Odysseus and Calypso”, 1882 — Kunstmuseum Basel
“Spring Evening”, 1879 — Hungarian National Gallery
“Sleeping Diana Watched by Two Fauns”, 1881 — Museum Kunstpalast
“Faun whistling to a Blackbird”, 1863 — Bavarian State Painting Collections
“The Homecoming”, 1887
“The Sanctuary of Hercules”, 1884
“Playing in the Waves”, 1882 — Bavarian State Painting Collections
“In the Sea”, 1883 — Art Institute of Chicago
“The hunt of Diana”, 1896 — Musée d'Orsay
“Isle of the Dead”, 1883 — Alte Nationalgalerie
“Villa by the Sea, version I”, 1864 — Bavarian State Painting Collections
“Triton and Nereid”, 1874 — Bavarian State Painting Collections
“Villa by the Sea, version II”, 1865 — Bavarian State Painting Collections
“Sea Surf (the Sound)”, 1879 — Alte Nationalgalerie
“Sirens”, 1875 — Alte Nationalgalerie
“The Honeymoon”, 1878 — Alte Nationalgalerie
“God father leading Adam into paradise”, 1871 — Museum of Art and Cultural History (Dortmund)
“Villa by the Sea”, 1863 — Bavarian State Painting Collections
“Angela Böcklin with a red hairnet”, 1863 — Alte Nationalgalerie
“A Sacred Grove”, 1871 — Bavarian State Painting Collections
“Centaurus and Nymph”, 1855 — Alte Nationalgalerie
“The sculptor Joseph von Kopf”, 1863 — Alte Nationalgalerie
“Rocky hill country with bridge”, 1858 — Alte Nationalgalerie
“Paolo and Francesca”, 1893 — Kunst Museum Winterthur | Reinhart am Stadtgarten
“The Artist and his Wife”, 1863 — Alte Nationalgalerie
“Campagna Landscape”, 1859 — Alte Nationalgalerie
“Self-portrait with a Wine Glass”, 1885 — Alte Nationalgalerie
“Landscape with castle ruins”, 1847 — Alte Nationalgalerie
“Attack by Pirates”, 1886 — Wallraf-Richartz Museum
“Triton and Nereid”, 1877 — Kunst Museum Winterthur | Reinhart am Stadtgarten
“Villa by the Sea III”, 1872 — Städel Museum
“Self-portrait”, 1873 — Hamburger Kunsthalle
“Portrait of Augusto Fratelli”, 1864 — Hamburger Kunsthalle
“Head of a Roman”, 1863 — Kunstmuseum Basel
“Farmland in Early Spring /”, 1884 — Alte Nationalgalerie

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