Arnold bocklin

Legh Mulhall Kilpin, Gate of the Infinite (1910) @la.belle.otero

When faced with posterity’s lottery, artists might hope they have one work at least which finds favour with future generations. In the case of Swiss painter Arnold Böcklin (1827–1901) this would be Die Toteninsel (The Isle of the Dead), not a single picture but a series of paintings produced from 1880 to 1886 all of […]

1870. Oli sobre tela. 136 x 79 cm. Private collection.

Symbolism emerged in the 19th century as a reaction against industrialisation. Artists reflected emotions and ideas, not objective reality.

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Arnold Böcklin - 1849 Ruins in the moonlit- landscape (Mondscheinlandschaft mit Ruine)

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