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  1. Isle of the Dead (painting) - Wikipedia

    • Isle of the Dead (German: Die Toteninsel) is the best-known painting of Swiss Symbolist artist Arnold Böcklin (1827–1901). Prints were very popular in central Europe in the early 20th century—Vladimir Nabokov observed in his 1936 novel Despair that they could be "found in every Berlin home". Böcklin produced several different versions of the painting betwee… See more

    Description and meaning

    All versions of Isle of the Dead depict a desolate and rocky islet seen across an expanse of dark water. A small … See more

    Origins and inspiration

    Isle of the Dead evokes, in part, the English Cemetery in Florence, Italy, where the first three versions were painted. The cemetery was close to Böcklin's studio and was also where his infant daughter Maria was buried. (In all, Böc… See more

    Versions

    Böcklin completed the first version of the painting in May 1880 for his patron Alexander Günther, but kept it himself. In April 1880, while the painting was in progress, Böcklin's Florence studio had been visite… See more

    Admirers

    The painting has attracted a wide variety of admirers. Freud kept a reproduction in his office; Lenin had one above his bed; Hitler bought one of the originals. Vladimir Nabokov wrote that reproductions of the painting co… See more

    Works inspired by Isle of the Dead

    Salvador Dalí's 1932 painting The True Painting of "The Isle of the Dead" by Arnold Bocklin at the Hour of the Angelus is inspired by Böcklin's work.
    • The Swiss artist H. R. Giger created a version of the picture, Hommage … See more

     
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