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exhibition Details
The enduring influence of Henry Fuseli's imagination is the focus for this exhibition that combines a selection of the Gallery's world-famous Fuseli drawings with New Zealand artist Andrew McLeod's dark and detailed Fuseli Tribute I and II.
Horror, fear and an awe of the supernatural lay at the heart of the Sublime, but Romantic artists also drew on their own experiences and interests. Swiss-born Fuseli led the charge.
Discover here his many inspirations, from Homer and Virgil to Shakespeare, Spencer, Michelangelo and Piranesi, and witness the way he transformed the images of the mind's eye into hauntingly mesmerising artworks.
- Date
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- Curated by
- Mary Kisler
- Location
- Level 1
- Cost
- Free entry
Related Artwork
Satan dismayed
bronze
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of James Tannock Mackelvie, 1885
Shakespeare: Tempest, Act I, Scene II
mezzotint and dust-ground aquatint on wove paper
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Peter Tomory, 2002
Shakespeare: Macbeth, Act I, Scene III
mezzotint on wove paper
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Peter Tomory, 2002
On display
Shakespeare: Second Part of King Henry the Fourth, Act II, Scene IV
mezzotint on wove paper
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Peter Tomory, 2002
Shakespeare: Midsummer-Night's Dream, Act IV, Scene I, Oberon, Queen of the Fairies, Puck, Bottom and Fairies attending
mezzotint on wove paper
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Peter Tomory, 2002
Shakespeare: Midsummer-Night's Dream, Act IV, Scene I: A wood - Titania, Queen of the fairies, Bottom, fairies attending
mezzotint and spirit-ground aquatint on wove paper
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Peter Tomory, 2002
Adam resolved to share the fate of Eve
mezzotint and spirit-ground aquatint on wove paper
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Peter Tomory, 2002
A Woman with a fan, standing, seen from the back
pencil with blue, brown, black and pink wash, body colour
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965
A Woman on a balcony with high dressed hair and hat
pen with black, blue, pink and yellow wash, body colour
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965
Mrs Fuseli sleeping
pen and brown ink, with grey, blue and pink wash, body colour
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965
Two Courtesans with fantastic hairstyles and hats
pen with brown, pink and grey wash, body colour
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965
Bust Portrait of Mrs Fuseli
pen with black and blue wash, heightened with white (brush and wash worked up with gouache)
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965
Mrs Fuseli seated at a table
pen with grey, brown and pink wash, body colour
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965
A Woman Standing, Attending to a Man, with a Standing Male Nude Seen from the Back
pen and brown ink with watercolour, body colour
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965
A Scene from Timon of Athens
pen and brown ink with brown, yellow and pink wash on oiled paper
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965
Ixion slaying Phorbas and Polymelus in revenge of his mother, Megara, who, having refused them as suitors, was killed by them
pen and black ink, with grey, pink and green wash
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965
Polyphemus hurling the rock at Odysseus
pencil, grey wash, blue wash and brown wash
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965
Satan leaving the gate of Hell, guarded by Sin and Death
pencil with grey wash, brown wash and yellow wash
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965
Study for the three witches in Macbeth
oil on canvas
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased with funds from the M A Serra Trust, 1980
On display
Jason stealing the Golden Fleece
stipple engraving
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Peter Tomory Collection, purchased 2004
Fuseli Tribute II
On display
