Henry Fuseli (1741-1825) was one of the most provocative and inventive artists of the eighteenth century. He is best known for his painting The Nightmare, which created a new form of terrifying Gothic imagery for the Romantic era. This fascinating study of the artist's career reveals his complexities, navigating the contradictions between literary and pictorial works, sacred and secular subjects, as well as traditional patronage compared to the new era of competitive exhibitions and intense criticism. Fuseli's journey from Zurich to Paris, to Rome, and ultimately to London, where he secured lasting fame, reveals the artist as a masterful seeker of publicity and self-proclaimed génie who transformed himself from a clergyman to an Enlightenment writer, a 'crazy' mercurial force in the art world, and eventually a respected teacher.

Pages: 224, Dimensions: 16.8x16.8cm