Creator of Nightmares: Henry Fuseli's Art and Life

By: Baker, Christopher

A critical biography of the eighteenth-century painter.

Henry Fuseli (1741-1825) was one of the eighteenth century's most provocative and inventive artists. He is best known for his painting The Nightmare, which channeled a new form of gothic imagery for the Romantic age. This engaging study of the artist's career unveils Fuseli's complexities, navigating contradictions between literary and painted works, sacred and secular themes,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789149304
• ISBN13: 9781789149302
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Length: 192 Pages