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Arnold Böcklin

117 works

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Painting of a lone dark-robed figure on a shore below a villa with tall cypresses under an orange-tinged dusky sky.

Villa by the Sea

1871

Painting of a satyr playing pipes with nymphs beside a stream and birch trees under a cloudy blue sky.

Spring Awakening

1880

Painting of a centaur and nymph by a stream in a sunlit forest with tall trees and distant hills.

Centaurus and Nymph

1855

Painting of rocky hills, trees and a small stone bridge under a blue sky, with a figure carrying a jug.

Rocky hill country with bridge

1858

Seated man in red robe looks over a reflecting pool toward autumn trees, a lit window and hillside houses at dusk.

The Homecoming

1887

Nude woman with laurel crown holds a green veil above rough sea foam against a dark background.

Die Schaumgeborene

1891

Ink sketch of a kneeling penitent with a scourge seen from behind, with a raven sketched in the upper right corner.

Flagellating penitent with a raven

1857

Brown-toned chalk drawing of a wooded landscape with a classical temple ruin and small figures in the foreground.

The Gods of Greece

1859

Etched portrait of a bare-shouldered woman with hand on chest before a dark wooded hillside, with German caption on left.

Woman

1880

Open sketchbook with a pink watercolor caricature head on the left and a pencil sketch of a nude torso on the right.

Karikatur: Kopf / Weiblicher Akt

1874

Open sketchbook with pencil studies of a figure beside a tree and a faint blue wash on the left page.

Kompositionsentwurf

1874

Pencil sketch of a house among trees on a sketchbook page, with handwritten notes on the facing blank page.

Haus zwischen Bäumen

1874

Pencil sketch of robed figures beneath three crosses on an open sketchbook page, with a blank facing page.

Die Kreuzigung

1874

Open sketchbook with a loose pencil drawing of a jagged tree stump on the left page; right page blank.

Baumstubben

1874

Pen and ink sketch of a goat-legged satyr holding a vessel between two classical columns, on a sketchbook page.

Karikatur

1874

Open sketchbook with a pencil head study on the left and an ink drawing of a figure between columns under trees on the right.

Karikatur: Kopf / Kompositionsentwurf

1874

Open sketchbook with a brown ink landscape study of tangled branches and foliage on the right page; left page blank.

Landschaftsstudie

1874

Open sketchbook with a pencil drawing of a draped standing woman on the right and a faint tree study on the left.

Skizze / Weibliche Gestalt

1874

Open sketchbook with a faint pencil composition study on the right page and a blank left page.

Kompositionsskizze

1874

Pen sketch of a woman in a headscarf striding across a landscape with trees, arm outstretched as if sowing seed.

Frau als Säerin

1874

Poster of a dark centaur against clouds, with blue text panel announcing the 1897 Böcklin exhibition in Basel.

Boecklin jubilaeum austellung in Basel Kunsthalle 1897 affiche, Arnold Boecklin

1897