Fц?ssli Johann Heinrich

(1741-1825)
Born February 7, 1741 in Zurich. Lived in Germany, Italy. In 1778 he settled in England. His paintings and drawings on the subjects of works of Homer, . Aeschylus, . Virgil, . Dante, . Boccaccio, . Shakespeare, . Milton, . as well as biblical themes differ refined linear, sometimes they find similarities with some stylistic elements of the works of William Blake and John Flaxman,
. In the works Fц?ssli often fantastic, bizarre and grotesque images, their surreal, ghostly character brings creativity Fц?ssli with surrealism.
In England the master revolved mainly in the academic environment, among its uchenikv - Etty, Wilkie, Malredi, Lendsir. Fyucli translated into English the works of German archaeologist and historian of ancient art I. Winckelmann. Fц?ssli died in London on April 16, 1825.