The representation of death in painting from 1800 to present times
Raffronti:
Arnold Böcklin (1827-1901, Switzerland) - Die Toteninsel (Isle of the Dead: Third version, 1883, oil on board, 80x150 cm, Alte Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin)
Ferdinand von Keller (1842-1922, Germany) - Böcklins Grab (Böcklin’s grave, 1901-02, oil on canvas, 117x99cm, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe)
Edmund Dulac (1882-1953, France-England) - For some we loved, the loveliest and the best That from his Vintage rolling Time has prest, Have drunk their Cup a Round or two before, And one by one crept silently to rest (1912, pencil and watercolour on paper, 32.4x23.5cm)
Aron Wiesenfeld (1972, USA) - The Pit (2019, oil on panel, 11x13in)
Aron Wiesenfeld (1972, USA) - The Grove (2012, oil on canvas, 36x32cm)
