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Arnold Böcklin
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Arnold Böcklin was a Swiss Symbolist painter. He is best known for his six versions of the Isle of the Dead, which inspired works by several late-Romantic composers.
Self-portrait (1872)
Self-portrait (1872)
Roger Freeing Angelica, 1873
Roger Freeing Angelica, 1873
Grave of Arnold Böcklin, Cimitero degli Allori, Florence, Italy
Grave of Arnold Böcklin, Cimitero degli Allori, Florence, Italy
Villa by the Sea
Villa by the Sea
Isle of the Dead (painting)
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Isle of the Dead is the best-known painting of Swiss Symbolist artist Arnold Böcklin (1827–1901). Prints were very popular in central Europe in the early 20th century—Vladimir Nabokov observed in his 1936 novel Despair that they could be "found in every Berlin home".
Isle of the Dead: "Basel" version, 1880
Isle of the Dead: "Basel" version, 1880
Isle of the Dead: "New York" version, 1880
Isle of the Dead: "New York" version, 1880
Isle of the Dead: Third version, 1883
Isle of the Dead: Third version, 1883
Isle of the Dead: Fourth version, 1884 (black-and-white photograph)
Isle of the Dead: Fourth version, 1884 (black-and-white photograph)