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Arnold Böcklin

117 works

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Painting of a young woman with loose hair and golden drapery holding a white flute against a dark background.

Nymph with Flute

1881

Painting of a man in a white shirt cradling a limp woman with bloodstains on a dark background.

Paolo and Francesca

1893

Elderly nude ferryman rowing a boat with veiled figures seated behind him in dark, shadowy light.

«Харон» German: Charon

1876

Dark forest scene with a setting sun, a pale glowing figure at center, and a kneeling man in red at right.

Will-o'-the-Wisp

1862

Painting of Pan playing pipes while nude children with flower wreaths dance in a circle under a blue sky.

Pan Dancing with Children

1884

Three women in period dress on a grassy stream bank, one playing a mandolin, under a cloudy sky with distant trees.

Spring (Songs of Spring)

1876

Reclining faun in a meadow whistling to a blackbird perched on a flowering branch, with a pen and paper nearby.

Faun einer Amsel zupfeifend

1864

Painting of a rocky island with tall cypress trees, a boat with a white-shrouded figure crossing dark still water.

Isle of the Dead

1883

Woman in embroidered gown scattering flowers from a basket in a meadow beside a stream, with mountains behind.

Flora, scattering flowers

1875

Painting of tall poplars beside a winding canal, with nude bathers in the water and a blue sky above.

Summer day

1881

Dark nocturnal painting of a ruined tower and cypresses beside the sea, with birds flying under moonlit clouds.

Ruins by the Sea

1880

Two women in medieval-style dress in a spring meadow, one playing a lute and the other holding pink flowers.

In springtime

1873

Painting of kneeling warriors before a stone wall and a towering bronze hero statue under a stormy sky.

The Sanctuary of Hercules

1884

Painting of a reclining nude nymph beside a satyr playing flute under trees, with the sea and cloudy sky behind.

Nymph and Satyr

1871

Painting of a glowing columned villa among cypresses above a rocky sea shore, with a woman in black standing near the water.

Villa by the Sea, version I

1864

Oil sketch of a sunlit rocky cliff face with cracks, dry grass on top, green shrubs and a blue sky above.

A Cliff Face

1850

Painting of a satyr playing panpipes on a rock beside two women among trees, with a blue evening landscape behind.

Spring Evening

1879

Oil painting of a windswept cliffside villa above the sea, with a dark-robed figure on the shore and bent cypress trees.

Villa by the Sea, version II

1865

Watercolor of a knight on horseback watching a woman tied to a tree beside a blue spiked sea monster.

Ruggiero and Angelica

1873

Painting of a woman and children on a wooden raft with a hairy male figure amid stormy sea waves and dark clouds.

Meeresidylle Sea Idyll

1887

Painting of the figure Pan seated among tall reeds and dense foliage beside water, with pale flowers at right.

Pan in the Reed

1858

Painting of a sleeping woman in a yellow dress on rocks, watched by two horned fauns peering over a boulder.

Sleeping Diana watched by two Fauns

1877

Portrait of a bearded man in a black beret and dark coat against a blue background with a window frame.

The painter Franz von Lenbach

1862

Dark forest landscape with a stream, rocks, and a small pale figure leaning against a tall tree under stormy clouds.

Roman Landscape

1852

Sepia print of an ancient Roman ruin with a round temple, cypresses, arches, and draped figures among overgrown plants.

Altrömische Weinschenke

1865

Nude woman in a red helmet seated on a rock above clouds, holding a palm frond with an eagle at her side and snowy mountains

Freedom (Helvetia)

1891

Dark landscape painting of castle ruins with glowing windows under stormy clouds, trees and overgrown walls in the foreground

Landscape with Castle Ruins

1847

Painting of two sirens on a rocky shore, one playing a conch shell, with skulls and a sailboat on the sea.

Sirens

1875

Painting of a woman in a red dress on a stone ledge beside trees, overlooking a distant valley and lake.

The Honeymoon

1878

Painting of a sunlit Mediterranean-style landscape with tall trees, rocky ground, distant mountains and a hilltop building.

Landscape in the Roman Campagna

1851

Painting of ploughed brown and green fields with bare poplar trees, a farmhouse, and distant hills under a cloudy sky.

Farmland in Early Spring

1884

Full-length portrait of a woman in a black gown and veil standing beside a column with red flowers and a blue sky.

Portrait of the Actress Fanny Janauschek

1861