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Light is reflected in the water, sparkles through a canopy of leaves and you can literally feel the breeze gently tipping the reeds aside. The paintings of the Swiss painter Arnold Böcklin are so powerfully and masterfully expressed that one would like to sit in front of his masterpieces for hours. Restrained yet expressive, that was his strength and it is not without reason that he is considered one of the founders of Symbolism.
Arnold Böcklin was born in Basel in 1827 and was already as a young man caught up in an uninterrupted urge to travel, which would not leave him until his death. After his training in Düsseldorf, he spent extended periods of time in Belgium and the Netherlands, in Paris at the Louvre or in ancient Rome. Each stay left a lasting impression and had a particular impact on his works of art. While his first paintings were characterized by peaceful landscape painting, in which muted colors, gentle breezes and winking sunbeams predominate, his style later changed to the over-compensatory ideal of antique-mythological art. Instead of green hills and colourful trees, dark motifs such as ruins, wars, death and the plague increasingly came to the fore.
Böcklin was influenced, among other things, by his travels and numerous moves from one vibrant European city to another, which was expressed above all in his love of landscape painting. However, the paradigm shift in Europe at that time towards growing nationalism and imperialism combined with wars and epidemics and personal strokes of fate also had a decisive influence on Böcklin. Together with his wife and muse Angela Pascucci, he gave birth to fourteen children, eight of whom died in infancy. Pictures such as his work "Self-Portrait with Fiddling Death" bear witness to his grief and the depression of these losses. On top of this came financial problems, impending poverty and artistic setbacks.
With "Pan in the Reeds" in 1859, he finally made his first breakthrough and marked the beginning of his transformation from landscape impressionism to mythical symbolism, which he decisively influenced with his works during his creative period. Whether it be idyllic landscapes or stormy mythical and religious motifs, Böcklin loved the play of light and shadow, of light and dark between plants, trees, waters and rocks. He processed social and political events in Europe at the time in expressions of deep mythology such as in "A Murderer Persecuted by Furies" or "Centaur Fight" in 1873, which is interpreted as his emblematic contemporary expression of the Franco-Prussian War. Böcklin's works were not popular with everyone at the time, many critics found his paintings too "loud" or "shouting" or were shocked by the "offensive" motifs. Nevertheless, Böcklin managed during his lifetime to gain attention and recognition throughout Europe with his works of art and he was able to settle at the age of 68 in the Italian city of Florence, where he died on 18 January 1901.
Light is reflected in the water, sparkles through a canopy of leaves and you can literally feel the breeze gently tipping the reeds aside. The paintings of the Swiss painter Arnold Böcklin are so powerfully and masterfully expressed that one would like to sit in front of his masterpieces for hours. Restrained yet expressive, that was his strength and it is not without reason that he is considered one of the founders of Symbolism.
Arnold Böcklin was born in Basel in 1827 and was already as a young man caught up in an uninterrupted urge to travel, which would not leave him until his death. After his training in Düsseldorf, he spent extended periods of time in Belgium and the Netherlands, in Paris at the Louvre or in ancient Rome. Each stay left a lasting impression and had a particular impact on his works of art. While his first paintings were characterized by peaceful landscape painting, in which muted colors, gentle breezes and winking sunbeams predominate, his style later changed to the over-compensatory ideal of antique-mythological art. Instead of green hills and colourful trees, dark motifs such as ruins, wars, death and the plague increasingly came to the fore.
Böcklin was influenced, among other things, by his travels and numerous moves from one vibrant European city to another, which was expressed above all in his love of landscape painting. However, the paradigm shift in Europe at that time towards growing nationalism and imperialism combined with wars and epidemics and personal strokes of fate also had a decisive influence on Böcklin. Together with his wife and muse Angela Pascucci, he gave birth to fourteen children, eight of whom died in infancy. Pictures such as his work "Self-Portrait with Fiddling Death" bear witness to his grief and the depression of these losses. On top of this came financial problems, impending poverty and artistic setbacks.
With "Pan in the Reeds" in 1859, he finally made his first breakthrough and marked the beginning of his transformation from landscape impressionism to mythical symbolism, which he decisively influenced with his works during his creative period. Whether it be idyllic landscapes or stormy mythical and religious motifs, Böcklin loved the play of light and shadow, of light and dark between plants, trees, waters and rocks. He processed social and political events in Europe at the time in expressions of deep mythology such as in "A Murderer Persecuted by Furies" or "Centaur Fight" in 1873, which is interpreted as his emblematic contemporary expression of the Franco-Prussian War. Böcklin's works were not popular with everyone at the time, many critics found his paintings too "loud" or "shouting" or were shocked by the "offensive" motifs. Nevertheless, Böcklin managed during his lifetime to gain attention and recognition throughout Europe with his works of art and he was able to settle at the age of 68 in the Italian city of Florence, where he died on 18 January 1901.
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-802554).jpg "The Isle of the Dead Die Toteninsel. 1883 Third version of Fifth by Arnold Böcklin")
.jpg "Isle of the Dead, 1883 by Arnold Böcklin")
.jpg "The island of the dead by Arnold Böcklin")
.jpg "The Isle of the Dead by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Die Toteninsel. The Isle of the Dead. Fifth version. 1886 by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "The Isle of the Dead by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Villa by the Sea by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Sacred Grove, 1886 by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "The wisp of light by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Nymph and satyr by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "The Chapel by Arnold Böcklin")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-126464).jpg "Isle of the Dead, second version, 1880 (oil on wood) by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Sappho by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Odysseus and Polyphemus, 1896 by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Holy grove by Arnold Böcklin")
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_Oil_On_-_(MeisterDrucke-964282).jpg "Centaur at the village blacksmith. Painting by Arnold Bocklin (1829-1901), Oil On Canvas by Arnold Böcklin")
.jpg "Der Abenteurer. The Adventurer. 1882 by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Moonlight landscape with ruin by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Ruin by the Sea by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Angelika, guarded by a dragon by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Faun Whistling to a Blackbird by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Landscape in the Roman Campagna by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Vestalin by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Triton, blowing on a conch by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "The Chapel; The chapel, 1898 by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Roman Landscape, 1852 by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Two-fishing Pane by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "The Freedom Helvetia, 1891. by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Flora by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Ruine am Meer by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Odysseus and Polyphemus by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Self-portrait with Death Playing the Fiddle, 1872 by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Self-portrait with Death Playing the Fiddle, 1872 by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Ulysses and Calypso, 1882. by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Battle of the Centaurs, 1872-73 by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "The fields of the blessed by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Play of the Nereides, 1886 by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "the return home by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Nymphs and satyrs by Arnold Böcklin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-376857).jpg "The Island of the Living, 1888 (oil on mahogany wood) by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "In the game of waves by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Saint Anthony Preaching to the Fish by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Sirens. 1875 by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "The silence of the forest by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Selbstporträt mit fiedelndem Tod. Self-Portrait with Death playing the Fiddle. 1872 by Arnold Böcklin")
.jpg "The island of life , 1888. by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "In the game of waves by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Naked child with blond hair by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Pan in the Reeds by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Summer Day, 1881 by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Sea Idyll, 1887 by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "The plague by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Self Portrait, 1873 by Arnold Böcklin")
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 1886-87 - (MeisterDrucke-212154).jpg "Meerestille (Calm Sea), 1886-87 by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Pirate assault on a coastal fort, 1872 by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Playing in the Waves by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Sleeping Diana Watched by Two Fauns, 1877 by Arnold Böcklin")
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_1859_-_(MeisterDrucke-803854).jpg "Castle at the seaside Murder in the Castle Schloss am Meer Mord im Schloss. 1859 by Arnold Böcklin")
.jpg "The Plague by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Calm Sea, 1886-1887. by Arnold Böcklin")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-103214).jpg "Medusa shield (painted plaster relief) by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Venus Anadyomene by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "The Mermaidens by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Centaur and nymph by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "The Hunt of Diana, 1896 by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "The Penitent Mary Magdalene, 1873 by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Flora, strewing flowers by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Play of the Nereides , 1886. by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Kentaurenkampf by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Orlando furious by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Spring Evening, 1879 by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Nymph at the source by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Teutons on boar hunt by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Roman Landscape with a Bridge, 1863 by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "The Sanctuary of Hercules by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "The Plague, 1898. by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Centaurus and Nymph by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Angela Böckling by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "spring anthem by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "In the Pontine Marshes by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "mother and child by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "A View of the Village of Tenniken, 1846 by Arnold Böcklin")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-678099).jpg "Ocean Breakers (The sound) by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "In the Sea, 1883. by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Einsiedler by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "The Deposition by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Girl and young man picking flowers by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Spring in a Narrow Gorge, 1881 by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Odysseus and Polyphemus by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "The action of the shepherds by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Angelika, guarded by a dragon by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Shield with the face of Meduse, 1897 by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Venus Abandoned by Arnold Böcklin")
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_1872_-_(MeisterDrucke-376785).jpg "The Death of Cleopatra (first version), 1872 by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Pan in the reed by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Ruin by the Sea by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Self-Portrait in the Studio, 1893. by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Sleeping Diana Watched by Two Fauns by Arnold Böcklin")
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.jpg "Self-portrait by Arnold Böcklin")
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