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Arnold Böcklin
Arnold Böcklin

Arnold Böcklin

Swiss, 1827-1901
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Arnold Böcklin was a Swiss symbolist painter.
He was born in Basel. His father, Christian Frederick Böcklin (b. 1802), was descended from an old family of Schaffhausen, and engaged in the silk trade. His mother, Ursula Lippe, was a native of the same city. Arnold studied at the Düsseldorf academy under Schirmer, and became a friend of Anselm Feuerbach. He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. Schirmer, who recognized in him a student of exceptional promise, sent him to Antwerp and Brussels, where he copied the works of Flemish and Dutch masters. Böcklin then went to Paris, worked at the Louvre, and painted several landscapes.

After serving his time in the army, Böcklin set out for Rome in March 1850. The many sights of Rome were a fresh stimulus to his mind. These new influences brought allegorical and mythological figures into his compositions. In 1856 he returned to Munich, and remained there for four years.

Influenced by Romanticism, Böcklin's symbolist use of imagery derived from mythology and legend often overlapped with the aesthetic of the Pre-Raphaelites. Many of his paintings are imaginative interpretations of the classical world, or portray mythological subjects in settings involving classical architecture, often allegorically exploring death and mortality in the context of a strange, fantasy world.

Böcklin is best known for his five versions (painted 1880 to 1886) of the Isle of the Dead, which partly evokes the English Cemetery, Florence, which was close to his studio and where his baby daughter Maria had been buried. An early version of the painting was commissioned by a Madame Berna, a widow who wanted a painting with a dreamlike atmosphere.

Clement Greenberg wrote in 1947 that Böcklin's work "is one of the most consummate expressions of all that is now disliked about the latter half of the nineteenth century."

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Roman wine tavern

Roman wine tavern (1867-1868)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss, 1827-1901)
Landscape
Landscape in the Roman Campagna

Landscape in the Roman Campagna (1851)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss, 1827-1901)
Landscape
Spring in a Narrow Gorge (Quell in einer Felsschluct)

Spring in a Narrow Gorge (Quell in einer Felsschluct) (1881)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss, 1827-1901)
Landscape
Portrait of Lucia, the Artist’s Daughter

Portrait of Lucia, the Artist’s Daughter (1864)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss, 1827-1901)
Figurative
Dryaden

Dryaden (1897)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss, 1827-1901)
Mythology
Landscape

Landscape

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss, 1827-1901)
Landscape
Fiesole Villa by the sea

Fiesole Villa by the sea (1865)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss, 1827-1901)
Landscape
Sleeping Diana Watched by Two Fauns

Sleeping Diana Watched by Two Fauns (1877-1885)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss, 1827-1901)
Mythology
Castle by the sea & murder in the castle garden

Castle by the sea & murder in the castle garden (1859)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss, 1827-1901)
Landscape
Die Toteninsel III

Die Toteninsel III (1883)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss, 1827-1901)
Landscape
Pan Dancing with Children

Pan Dancing with Children (circa 1884)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss, 1827-1901)
Mythology
Flora, scattering flowers

Flora, scattering flowers (1875)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss, 1827-1901)
Mythology
Self-portrait with fiddling Death

Self-portrait with fiddling Death (1872)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss, 1827-1901)
Figurative
Mondscheinlandschaft Mit Ruine (Moonlit Landscape)

Mondscheinlandschaft Mit Ruine (Moonlit Landscape) (1849)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss, 1827-1901)
Landscape
Mountain Lake With Seagulls

Mountain Lake With Seagulls (1847)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss, 1827-1901)
Landscape
Portrait of Jakob Mähly

Portrait of Jakob Mähly (1848)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss, 1827-1901)
Figurative
Melancholy

Melancholy (1885–1900)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss, 1827-1901)
Mythology
Melancholy

Melancholy (1871)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss, 1827-1901)
Mythology
Diana’s Hunt

Diana’s Hunt (1862)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss, 1827-1901)
Mythology
Battle of the Centaur

Battle of the Centaur (1872-1873)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss, 1827-1901)
Mythology
Astolf Riding Away with the Head of Orill

Astolf Riding Away with the Head of Orill (1873)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss, 1827-1901)
Mythology
Odysseus And Polyphemus

Odysseus And Polyphemus (1896)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss, 1827-1901)
Mythology
Meeresidylle

Meeresidylle (1887)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss, 1827-1901)
Mythology
Battle On The Bridge

Battle On The Bridge (1889)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss, 1827-1901)
Mythology
Landscape At Sunset, 1849

Landscape At Sunset, 1849

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss, 1827-1901)
Landscape
Nymphe with Horn of Plenty

Nymphe with Horn of Plenty (1866)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss, 1827-1901)
Mythology
Le Dolmen

Le Dolmen (1847)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss, 1827-1901)
Landscape
High Mountain Landscape With Chamois

High Mountain Landscape With Chamois (Around 1849)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss, 1827-1901)
Landscape
Spring

Spring (1862)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss, 1827-1901)
Mythology
Sappho

Sappho (1862)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss, 1827-1901)
Mythology
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