Biography john henry fuseli titania

          Swiss-born painter, draughtsman, and writer on art, active mainly in England, where he was one of the outstanding figures of the Romantic movement.

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          Titania and Bottom

          Painting by Henry Fuseli

          Titania and Bottom is an oil painting by the Anglo-Swiss painter Henry Fuseli. It dates to around 1790 and is in Tate Britain, in London.

          It was commissioned for the Boydell Shakespeare Gallery and depicts a scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare.

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        1. The shepherd's dream, from 'paradise lost'
        2. Lady macbeth seizing the daggers
        3. Henry Fuseli was a Swiss painter, draughtsman, and writer on art who spent much of his life in Britain.
        4. One of the leading figures of the Romantic Movement, Henry Fuseli (German: Johann Heinrich Füssli) (–) created pictures that explored the darker side.

          5. Background

          Henry Fuseli had become familiar with William Shakespeare's plays as a student in Zürich. He used them as the basis for paintings throughout his career. He became famous for his treatment of supernatural matters, which gave a special appeal to A Midsummer Night's Dream, along with plays like The Tempest, Hamlet and Macbeth.

          Titania and Bottom was commissioned by the publisher John Boydell for his Shakespeare Gallery.

          Fuseli also made a large pendant for Boydell's gallery, Titania's Awakening, which depicts a later moment from the same scene.

          Subject and composition

          The painting depicts a moment from the first scene of the fourth act