Johann Heinrich Füssli

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Johann Heinrich Füssli, better known as Henry Fuseli, was an 18th–19th century Swiss-born British Romantic painter famed for his dramatic, nightmarish, and psychologically intense works such as "The Nightmare."

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Johann Heinrich Füssli canonical 5
Henry Fuseli 4
Füssli 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Romantic artist ⓘ
art historian ⓘ
draughtsman ⓘ
human ⓘ
illustrator ⓘ
painter ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Henry Fuseli ⓘ
Johann Heinrich Fuesli ⓘ
artStyle dramatic ⓘ
nightmarish ⓘ
psychologically intense ⓘ
burialPlace St Paul’s Cathedral ⓘ
linked to: St Paul's Cathedral
countryOfCitizenship Switzerland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1741-02-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1825-04-17 ⓘ
educatedAt Carolinum, Zürich ⓘ
employer Royal Academy of Arts ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Swiss ⓘ
father Johann Caspar Füssli ⓘ
fieldOfWork book illustration ⓘ
drawing ⓘ
painting ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre fantasy art ⓘ
history painting ⓘ
literary painting ⓘ
mythological painting ⓘ
influenced Romantic painters in Britain ⓘ
William Blake ⓘ
influencedBy Classical mythology ⓘ
John Milton ⓘ
Michelangelo ⓘ
William Shakespeare ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
German ⓘ
movement Romanticism ⓘ
Sturm und Drang ⓘ
name Johann Heinrich Füssli ⓘ
notableWork Lady Macbeth Seizing the Daggers ⓘ
Oedipus Cursing His Son Polynices ⓘ
The Artist Moved by the Grandeur of Ancient Ruins ⓘ
The Nightmare ⓘ
The Nightmare (1781 version) ⓘ
linked to: The Nightmare

The Nightmare (1790–1791 version) ⓘ
linked to: The Nightmare

The Shepherd’s Dream ⓘ
The Three Witches ⓘ
linked to: Macbeth

Thor Battering the Midgard Serpent ⓘ
Titania and Bottom ⓘ
occupation art critic ⓘ
painter ⓘ
professor of painting ⓘ
writer ⓘ
period 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
placeOfBirth Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
Zürich ⓘ
linked to: Zurich
placeOfDeath London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Putney ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
positionHeld Keeper of the Royal Academy ⓘ
Professor of Painting at the Royal Academy ⓘ
residence London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Rome ⓘ
Zürich ⓘ
linked to: Zurich
sibling Johann Kaspar Füssli ⓘ
spouse Sophia Rawlins ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kunsthaus Zürich → hasWorkBy → Johann Heinrich Füssli ⓘ
Henry Fuseli → birthName → Johann Heinrich Füssli ⓘ
Henry Fuseli → familyName → Füssli ⓘ
linked to: Johann Heinrich Füssli
Henry Fuseli → alternateName → Johann Heinrich Füssli ⓘ
Henry Fuseli → alternateName → Heinrich Füssli ⓘ
linked to: Johann Heinrich Füssli
Henry Fuseli → alternateName → Henry Füssli ⓘ
linked to: Johann Heinrich Füssli
Johann Heinrich Füssli → name → Johann Heinrich Füssli ⓘ
Johann Heinrich Füssli → alsoKnownAs → Henry Fuseli ⓘ
linked to: Johann Heinrich Füssli
Thor Battering the Midgard Serpent → creator → Henry Fuseli ⓘ
linked to: Johann Heinrich Füssli
Thor Battering the Midgard Serpent → creator → Johann Heinrich Füssli ⓘ
The Artist Moved by the Grandeur of Ancient Ruins → creator → Henry Fuseli ⓘ
linked to: Johann Heinrich Füssli
Sophia Rawlins → associatedWith → Henry Fuseli ⓘ
linked to: Johann Heinrich Füssli