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Arnold Böcklin, The ArtistsIsle of the Dead, 3rd Versioni
Portrait of Arnold Böcklin

Arnold Böcklin was a Swiss artist born on October 16, 1827. Böcklin contributed to the Symbolist movement, worked in France and Italy and died on January 16, 1901.

Self-portrait with fiddling Death, Arnold Böcklin

Self-portrait with fiddling Death 1872

Spring Evening, Arnold Böcklin

Spring Evening 1879

Isle of the Dead, 1st Version, Arnold Böcklin

Isle of the Dead, 1st Version 1880

Isle of the Dead, 2nd Version, Arnold Böcklin

Isle of the Dead, 2nd Version 1880

Ulysses and Calypso, Arnold Böcklin

Ulysses and Calypso 1882

In the Sea, Arnold Böcklin

In the Sea 1883

Isle of the Dead, 3rd Version, Arnold Böcklin

Isle of the Dead, 3rd Version 1883

The Island of life, Arnold Böcklin

The Island of life 1888

The Plague, Arnold Böcklin

The Plague 1898

William Blake, The ArtistsPortrait of William Blake

William Blake

Art is life, science is death

1757 – 1827
Gustave Moreau, The ArtistsPortrait of Gustave Moreau

Gustave Moreau

A hermit explores the dreamscape

1826 – 1898
Franz Stuck, The ArtistsPortrait of Franz Stuck

Franz Stuck

The darkness beckons

1863 – 1928
18012000

Gustave Moreau

Frederic Edwin Church

Arnold Böcklin

William Holman Hunt

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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