Basler Zeitung: Arnold Böcklin: Alle Toteninsel-Fassungen erstmals vereint
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Arnold Böcklin
Arnold Böcklin was a Swiss Symbolist painter. His five versions of the Isle of the Dead inspired works by several late Romantic composers.
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culture · Swiss Symbolist painter (1827–1901) · painter · sculptor · university teacher · draftsperson · designer · also Arnold Böcklin, Arnold Bocklin, A. Böcklin, Arnold Boecklin, a. bocklin, professor a. bocklin
Born 16 October 1827 · Died 16 January 1901 · Q123071
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2026· 3 entries
bluewin: Alle vier «Toteninseln» von Arnold Böcklin 2027 in Basel vereint
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MutualArt.com: Arnold Böcklin
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2021· 1 entry
Neue Zürcher Zeitung: Arnold Böcklin ist ein gefeierter Künstler. Als Flugpionier hebt er aber nicht zu Höhenflügen ab – zum Glück.
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2017· 1 entry
SRF: Arnold Böcklin und Ferdinand Hodler (Staffel 2, Folge 12)
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2014· 1 entry
Bayerischer Rundfunk: 16. Januar 1901 Arnold Böcklin gestorben, Flugpionier, Maler
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2013· 1 entry
Ärzteblatt: Körperbilder: Arnold Böcklin (1827–1901) – Der Gesang der Sirenen
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2001· 1 entry
Ärzteblatt: Arnold Böcklin – Eine Retrospektive: Gegenpol zum Impressionismus
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1947· 1 entry
That Böcklin's work "is one of the most consummate expressions of all that is now disliked about the latter half of the nineteenth century
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1913· 1 entry
Max Reger composed a set of Four Tone Poems after Böcklin with the movements "Der geigende Eremit", "Im Spiel der Wellen", "Die Toteninsel", and "Bacchanal"
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1904· 1 entry
And named it "Arnold Böcklin" in his honor
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1903· 1 entry
Austrian, later American, composer Karl Weigl composed a tone poem for piano "Die Toteninsel"
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1901· 2 entries
Died 1901-01-16.
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His reputation declined rapidly as modern art styles made the literary character of his paintings seem old-fashioned
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1891· 1 entry
Portuguese pianist José Vianna da Motta composed two pieces on Böcklin's paintings Meeresidylle and Im Spiel der Wellen
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1880· 1 entry
Awarded Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (1880).
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1866· 1 entry
To finish his frescoes in the gallery, and to paint, besides several portraits, The Magdalene with Christ (1868), Anacreon's Muse (1869), and A Castle and Warriors (1871)
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1856· 1 entry
Returned to Munich, and remained there for four years
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1827· 1 entry
Born 1827-10-16.
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