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Henry Fuseli

1741 - 1825

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Henry Fuseli ( FEW-zə-lee, few-ZEL-ee; German: Johann Heinrich Füssli [ˈjoːhan ˈhaɪ̯nʁɪç ˈfyːsli]; 7 February 1741 – 17 April 1825) was a Swiss painter, draughtsman, and writer on art who spent much of his life in Britain. Many of his successful works depict supernatural experiences, such as The Nightmare. He produced painted works for John Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery and his own "Milton Gallery". He held the posts of Professor of Painting and Keeper at the Royal Academy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Fuseli is the 193rd most popular painter (up from 197th in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 54th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Swiss Painter.

Henry Fuseli is most famous for his paintings of gothic and romantic themes, including "The Nightmare" and "The Demon Barber."

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Henry Fuseli ranks 193 out of 2,023. Before him are Suzanne Valadon, Quentin Matsys, Gerhard Richter, Angelica Kauffman, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, and Hans von Aachen. After him are Pieter de Hooch, Aristide Maillol, Pietro da Cortona, Hans Baldung, Agostino Carracci, and Niko Pirosmani.

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Among people born in 1741, Henry Fuseli ranks 6. Before him are Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, Peter Simon Pallas, Princess Isabella of Parma, Angelica Kauffman, and André Grétry. After him are Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Emperor Momozono, Benedict Arnold, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, Johann Kaspar Lavater, and Andrea Luchesi. Among people deceased in 1825, Henry Fuseli ranks 10. Before him are Daniel D. Tompkins, Henri de Saint-Simon, Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria, Eli Whitney, Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies, and Pauline Bonaparte. After him are Jean Paul, Dmitry Bortniansky, Laskarina Bouboulina, Bernard Germain de Lacépède, Vivant Denon, and Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Henry Fuseli ranks 58 out of 1,015. Before him are Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (1778), Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1926), Ursula Andress (1936), Walter Rudolf Hess (1881), Angelica Kauffman (1741), and Richard R. Ernst (1933). After him are Hermann Rorschach (1884), Auguste Piccard (1884), Michel Mayor (1942), Johannes Itten (1888), Kurt Wüthrich (1938), and Werner Arber (1929).

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Among PAINTERS In Switzerland

Among painters born in Switzerland, Henry Fuseli ranks 4. Before him are Paul Klee (1879), Arnold Böcklin (1827), and Angelica Kauffman (1741). After him are Johannes Itten (1888), Ferdinand Hodler (1853), Félix Vallotton (1865), H. R. Giger (1940), Charles Gleyre (1806), Albert Anker (1831), Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889), and Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702).

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