Arnold Böcklin(1827-1901). Böcklin’s art had little in common with Impressionism or the academic art of his time. Rather, his depictions of demigods in naturalistic settings interpret styles from Classical mythology in an idiosyncratic, frequently sensuous way. In the Sea, component of a series of paints of mythological subjects, displays an unsettling, natural realistic look. Mermaids and tritons frolic in the water with a potent energy and abandon verging on coarseness. Occupying the centre of the make-up is a harp playing triton. If it were a raft; the one near his shoulder appears to thrust herself upon him, 3 mermaids have connected themselves to his massive frame as. The work’s feeling of boisterousness is tempered by the ominously designed reflection of the triton and mermaids in the sea and by the oddness of the large-eared heads that emerge from the water at the. Along with creative, bizarre analyses of the Classical world, Böcklin painted mysterious landscapes punctuated by a periodic lone number. These haunting later functions made him a crucial contributor to the worldwide Symbolist movement. They additionally appealed to some Surrealist musicians, specifically Giorgio de Chirico, that proclaimed, “Each of(Böcklin’s)functions is a shock. Art Institute of Chicago, IL
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| Part 1 of a 3-part collection on the works of Arnold Böcklin: |
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| 1846 Two Little Girls Picking Berries on a Hillside etching 8 x 11.4 cm (plate)< table align= "facility "cellpadding =" 0″cellspacing=”0″ |
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| class =”tr-caption-container “style=”margin-left: car; margin-right: automobile; “> 1846 Portrait of Alexander Micheli oil on cardboard 33 x 31.1 centimeters Kunstmuseum Basel |
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| 1846 Portrait of Alexander Micheli oil on canvas 55.5 x 46 cm Kunstmuseum Basel 1845 Reed oil on canvas, installed on cardboard 14.8 x 26 cm Kunstmuseum Basel 1847 The Megalithic Tomb oil on canvas 60.2 x 77.5 cm |
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| Kunstmuseum Basel 1847 Mountain Lake with Seagulls oil on canvas 45.6 x 64.7 centimeters Kunstmuseum Basel 1848 Portrait of Jakob Mähly as a Student oil on canvas 32.6 x 24.4 cm Kunstmuseum Basel |
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c1849 High Mountain Landscape with Chamois oil on canvas 32.5 x 41 centimeters Kunstmuseum Basel 
1849 Portrait of Louisa Schmid oil on canvas 46 x 38 centimeters Kunstmuseum Basel
c1850-55 A Cliff Face oil on paper laid on canvas 23.1 x 32 cm The National Gallery, London
1852 Roman Landscape oil on canvas 74.5 x 72.4 centimeters Brooklyn Museum, New York
1853 On the side of the Forest oil on canvas 68 x 95 cm Kunstmuseum Basel
1853 Landscape near Palestrina oil on canvas 16 x 24.4 cm Kunstmuseum Basel
c1855 Nymph at the Spring oil on canvas 129.6 x 112.8 cm Bavarian State Painting Collections, Munich
c1855 Forest Landscape with relaxing Pan oil on canvas 89.8 x 75.2 cm Kunstmuseum Basel
1858 Pan in the Reeds oil on canvas 199.7 x 152.7 centimeters Bavarian State Painting Collections, Munich
c1860 The Abandoned Venus oil on canvas 120 x 95 cm Kunstmuseum Basel
c1860 Pan Frightens a Shepherd oil on canvas 134.5 x 110.2 cm Bavarian State Painting Collections, Munich
c1860-62 Bagpipers oil on canvas 49.6 x 73.7 centimeters Bavarian State Painting Collections, Munich
1862 Spring (Sketch) oil on canvas 33.4 x 56.9 cm Kunstmuseum Basel
1862 Sappho wax paint on canvas 56.5 x 45.5 cm Kunstmuseum Basel