Henry Fuseli
Swiss born British painter, draughtsman and writer on art (1741–1825)
Facts
40 properties- Instance of
- human
- Date of death
- April 16, 1825, 1825[12]
- Place of birth
- Zurich
- Place of death
- Putney
- Country of citizenship
- Switzerland, United Kingdom[17][18]
- Occupation
- painter, poet, draftsperson, illustrator, graphic artist, architectural drafter, art historian, visual artist, artist[20][21][22][23]
- Religion or worldview
- Protestantism, reformed[28][29]
- Notable work
- Titania and Bottom, Percival Delivering Belisane from the Enchantment of Urma, The Nightmare[24][25][26]
- Father
- Johann Caspar Füssli[14]
- Mother
- Elisabeth Waser[15]
- Spouse
- Sophia Fuseli[16]
- Work location
- Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Great Britain, Rome, London, United Kingdom[42][43][44][45][46][47]
- Languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- Artist files at
- Philadelphia Museum of Art Library and Archives, Frick Art Research Library, National Gallery of Art Library
- Copyright status as a creator
- copyrights on works have expired
- Depicted by
- Henry Fuseli, RA (1741–1825), Henry Fuseli
- Described by source
- Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Paintings of the nineteenth century: contribution to the history of art, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, New International Encyclopedia, Neue Deutsche Biographie
- Documentation files at
- SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts
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- Has works in the collection
- Art Institute of Chicago, Auckland Art Gallery, J. Paul Getty Museum, Tate, National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Art, Nationalmuseum, National Gallery of Canada, The Frick Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Victoria and Albert Museum, Detroit Institute of Arts, Kunsthaus Zürich, National Gallery, Albertina, Bavarian State Painting Collections, Yale Center for British Art, National Museum of Western Art, Royal Academy of Arts, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Yale University Art Gallery, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Goethe House, Dallas Museum of Art, Vanderbilt Museum of Art, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Kunstmuseum Basel, Museum of All Saints, Kurpfälzisches Museum, Tate Britain, Sir John Soane's Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Whitworth Art Gallery, Building of the Winterthur Museum of Art, Walker Art Gallery, National Museum Cardiff, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, York Art Gallery, Print Collection, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Musea Brugge, Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, Tabley House, Fondazione Magnani-Rocca, Vancouver Art Gallery, Germanisches Nationalmuseum
- Member of
- Royal Academy of Arts[27]
- Municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
- Zurich
- Name in native language
- Johann Heinrich Füssli, Henry Fuseli
- On focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library, WikiProject New York Public Library
- P14536
- 353884
- P14585
- 43697
- P14608
- 118536745
- P14674
- 1873
- Place of burial
- St Paul's Cathedral[13]
- Residence
- 37 Foley Street[38]
- Significant person
- John Bonnycastle
- Topic has template
- Template:Henry Fuseli
- Writing language
- English
🏷️ Also known as
en Henry Fusoli
en Henry Füssli
en Henry Füessli
en Henry Fuessli
en Henry Fusely
en Henry Fuseli
en Henri Fusseli
en heinrich fussli der jungere
en Henri Fuseli
en heinrich fussli der altere
en Hen. Fuseli
en Heinrich, II Füssli
en Hen Fuseli
en Heinrich (III) Füssli
en heinrich fuessli
en Fuzelli
en Hans Heinrich Füssli
en Genry Fi︠u︡zeli
en Heinrich Füssli
en heinrich fussli
🔖 Identifiers · 172
- ISNI
- 0000000122755592
- VIAF cluster ID
- 53061
- Library of Congress authority ID
- n79021856
- GND ID
- 118536745
- ARTIC artist ID
- 9093
- AbART person ID
- 37297
- ArchINFORM person/group ID
- 59447
- Archives at Yale agent ID
- people/253
- Art Renewal Center artist ID
- 185
- Art UK artist ID
- fuseli-henry-17411825
- Artcyclopedia artist ID
- fuseli_john_henry
- Artist-info artist ID
- 246640
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- Artists of the World ID
- 00109671T
- Artnet artist ID
- henry-fuseli
- Artsy artist ID
- henry-fuseli
- AskArt person ID
- 9000255
- Athenaeum person ID
- 4398
- Auckland Art Gallery artist ID
- 1862
- BIBSYS ID
- 15031234
- Beaux-Arts ID
- johann-heinrich-fussli
- Benezit ID
- B00069309
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
- 12176361j
- British Museum person or institution ID
- 28115
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
- fussli-johann-heinrich
- CANTIC ID
- 981058518260406706
- CERL Thesaurus ID
- cnp01163939, cnp00540090, cni00091063, cnp00884141
- CONOR.SR ID
- 29319271
- Canadiana Name Authority ID
- ncf12067887
- CiNii Research ID
- 1140563741813812352
- Cyprus University of Technology ID
- 112834
- DDB person (GND) ID
- 118536745
- De Agostini ID
- Füssli,+Johann+Heinrich
- Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
- 118536745
- Dictionary of Art Historians ID
- fuselih
- DigitaltMuseum ID
- 021036374888
- Discogs artist ID
- 2041441
- Dodis ID
- P14435
- ELNET ID
- a11488785
- Electronic Enlightenment ID
- fussljohan001503
- Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
- 128804
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
- biography/Henry-Fuseli
- Encyclopædia Universalis ID
- fussli-fuseli-fusely
- Entomologists of the World ID
- 60348
- Europeana entity
- agent/base/62147
- FAST ID
- 31845
- FID performing arts ID
- agent/gnd_118536745
- FINA Wiki ID
- 7120
- Find a Grave memorial ID
- 111132625
- Freebase ID
- /m/01djng
- Frick Art Research Library Artist File ID
- 991003953379707141
- Geni.com profile ID
- 6000000057827413853
- Goodreads author ID
- 1324583
- Google Arts & Culture entity ID
- m01djng
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
- heinrich-fussli
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
- 0028532
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
- Johann_Heinrich_Füssli
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
- 4726927
- HDS ID
- 011809
- Harper's tag
- henry-fuseli
- Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
- 20898
- ISFDB author ID
- 26228
- IdRef ID
- 030324890
- Invaluable.com person ID
- hpk1mo64lr
- IxTheo authority ID
- 079336736
- J. Paul Getty Museum agent DOR ID (old)
- 225
- J. Paul Getty Museum agent ID
- person/103JRD
- Japan Search name ID
- ヨハン・ハインリヒ・フュースリー
- Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
- 118536745
- Kallías ID
- PE00016548
- Krugosvet article (archived)
- kultura_i_obrazovanie/izobrazitelnoe_iskusstvo/FYUSLI_IOGANN_GENRIH.html
- KulturNav-ID
- a0858227-71b0-40da-8f41-631bdb559d3f
- Kunstindeks Danmark Artist ID
- 34425
- LBT person ID
- HeFusel1825
- LastDodo-area-ID
- 4221287
- Libraries Australia ID
- 35108211
- Libris-URI
- fcrttwhz3dwmsqf
- Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID
- 02251/eu_f_1402/f1402
- Met Constituent ID
- 165448
- Museum-digital ID
- 11460
- MusicBrainz artist ID
- 6f35a3cc-6295-422a-b142-783d878150d5
- MutualArt artist ID
- E775807D230D5A01
- NACSIS-CAT author ID
- DA02428756
- NDL Authority ID
- 00440350
- NE.se ID
- henry-fuseli, johann-heinrich-fussli
- NL CR AUT ID
- js20070406004
- NLA Trove people ID
- 829009
- NLP ID
- a0000002861424
- NSK (VIAF) ID
- 000112085
- NSK ID
- 981005765676409366
- NUKAT ID
- n98023294
- National Gallery of Art artist ID
- 2513
- National Gallery of Canada artist ID
- henry-fuseli
- National Gallery of Victoria artist ID
- 971
- National Library of Brazil ID
- 001053242
- National Library of Iceland ID
- 000087208
- National Library of Ireland ID
- vtls001100576
- National Library of Israel J9U ID
- 987007261420005171
- National Library of Latvia ID
- 000229417
- National Library of Lithuania ID
- LNB:SYv;=B4
- National Library of Poland MMS ID
- 9810575644405606
- National Library of Portugal ID
- 1555591
- National Library of Russia ID
- 770163480
- National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
- XX830307
- National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
- mp01702
- Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
- 069378843
- Nationalmuseum Sweden ID
- 10385
- NooSFere author ID
- -47426
- Obálky knih ID
- js20070406004
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
- 3903375
- Open Library ID
- OL249427A
- Open Plaques subject ID
- 296
- OpenMLOL author ID
- 211372
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
- 10254
- Oxford Reference overview ID
- 20110810104944553
- PUG authority ID
- 166974
- Parsifal cluster ID
- 43317
- Persée author ID
- 693384
- Philadelphia Museum of Art entity ID
- 37409
- Pinakothek artist ID
- Qr4DgOkGpE
- Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID
- 29765
- Prabook ID
- 729116
- Project Gutenberg author ID
- 40282
- Proleksis enciklopedija ID
- 22369
- Pushkin Museum artist ID
- 15900631
- RA Collections ID
- 6046
- RERO ID (legacy)
- A000067318
- RISM ID
- people/30037122
- RKDartists ID
- 29715
- Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID
- 38602
- Royal Academy ID
- henry-fuseli-ra
- SBN author ID
- CFIV117318
- SEARCH on line catalogue ID
- 12476
- SELIBR ID
- 187709
- SHARE Catalogue author ID
- 194877
- SIK-ISEA person ID
- 4022806
- SIKART person ID
- 4022806
- SNARC ID
- Manfred Sapper
- Saint Louis Art Museum person ID
- 3450
- Stuttgart Database of Scientific Illustrators ID
- 1754
- Svenska Institutet i Rom ID
- 34550
- Tabakalera ID
- 113378
- Tate artist ID
- henry-fuseli-198
- Te Papa agent ID
- 815
- The Encyclopedia of Fantasy ID
- fuseli_henry
- The Literary Encyclopedia person ID
- 1661
- Topic's main category
- Category:Johann Heinrich Füssli
- Treccani ID
- johann-heinrich-fussli
- Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
- johann-heinrich-fussli
- UK National Archives ID
- F59043
- Union List of Artist Names ID
- 500115235
- Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche ID
- 326k (2.6k–326k, n=3)
- University of Barcelona authority ID
- 981058518260406706
- University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
- a1237713
- Vatican Library ID (former scheme)
- ADV11412054
- Vatican Library VcBA ID
- 495/13828
- Vikidia article ID
- fr:Johann_Heinrich_Füssli
- Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID
- johann-heinrich-fussli
- Watercolour World artist ID
- henry-fuseli
- Web Gallery of Art artist ID
- f/fuseli
- Web umenia creator ID
- 2884
- Wellcome Collection concept ID
- f8h2xxgy
- WikiArt ID
- henry-fuseli
- WikiTree person ID
- Füssli-2
- WorldCat Entities ID
- E39PBJxMpwttDxpVXJ8VQVtqcP
- YCBA agent ID
- 15
🔗 Connections
Has works in the collection 39
Occupation 9
poet,
artist,
painter,
illustrator,
draftsperson,
art historian,
visual artist,
graphic artist
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Work location 7
Described by source 5
← Creator 5
Movement 3
Country of citizenship 2
Notable work 2
Ethnic group 1
Father 1
Influenced 1
Instance of 1
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Member of 1
Municipal affiliation of a Swiss national 1
Parent of 1
Place of birth 1
Place of burial 1
Place of death 1
Religion or worldview 1
Sex or gender 1
Sibling 1
Siblings 1
Significant person 1
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← Category combines topics 1
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Summary
Henry Fuseli was born on February 7, 1741[1], in Zurich[2]. He died on April 16, 1825[3], in Putney[4]. He worked as a painter[5], poet[6], draftsperson[7], illustrator[8], and graphic artist[9].
Product Details
The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.
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Type: Person[48]
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Country: CH[49]
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Began / founded: 1741-02-07[50]
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Ended / dissolved: 1825-04-16[51]
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MusicBrainz ID: 6f35a3cc-6295-422a-b142-783d878150d5[52]
Why It Matters
Henry Fuseli has been cited as an influence by William Blake[53], a painter[54], 1757–1827[55], of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[56], specialised in poetry[57].
FAQs
Where was Henry Fuseli born?
Henry Fuseli was born in Zurich[2].
Where did Henry Fuseli die?
Henry Fuseli passed away in Putney[4].
Who were Henry Fuseli's parents?
Henry Fuseli's father was Johann Caspar Füssli[14]. Henry Fuseli's mother was Elisabeth Waser[15].
Who was Henry Fuseli married to?
Henry Fuseli's spouses include Sophia Fuseli[16].
What did Henry Fuseli do for work?
Henry Fuseli worked as a painter[5], poet[6], draftsperson[7], illustrator[8], and graphic artist[9].
Who did Henry Fuseli influence?
Henry Fuseli has been cited as an influence by William Blake[53].