The Nightmare
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The Nightmare is a 1781 oil painting by the Swiss artist Henry Fuseli. It shows a woman with her arms thrown below her, in deep sleep as she undergoes a nightmare as an almost hidden horse looks on as
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Thomas Burke's 1783 engraving
The unfinished painting on the back of The Nightmare's canvas
Because of the popularity of the work, Fuseli painted a number of versions, including this c. 1790–91 variation.
Carl Jung
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Carl Gustav Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and psychologist who founded the school of analytical psychology. He was a prolific author of over twenty books, illustrator, correspondent,
The Nightmare
…evocation of obsession became a breakthrough success for Fuseli. Critics were taken aback by its overt sexuality, since interpreted as anticipating Jungian ideas about the unconscious. Although Fuseli had unsuccessfully exhibited at the Royal Academy of London many times earlier, critics reacted with…
Jung, c. 1935
Birthplace in Kesswil
The clergy house in Kleinhüningen, Basel, where Jung grew up
Jung as a child, early 1880s