The Nightmare by Henry Fuseli, produced in 1781. Oil on canvas 127 x 102 cm
Titania's Awakening, produced in 1785-1790. Oil on canvas, 2220 x 2800 mm
As a painter, Fuseli favoured the supernatural. He pitched everything on an ideal scale, believing a certain amount of exaggeration necessary in the higher branches of historical painting.
His work was very poetical. He used a dull colour palette but his paintings do not seem cold or languid. His figures are full of life and earnestness, and seem to have an object in view which they follow with intensity. The grotesque humour can be felt within his fairytale scenes through colour palette, lighting and distorted faces and different positions of characters.
Focusing on the ghostly figure appearing in the background of 'The Nightmare' painting.
This is a horse, we can see this through the basic figure outline yet the colours seem not to reflect a natural looking horse. Bright eyes deliver the art of being possessed and the supernatural. The green hues enhance the mysterious, non realistic delivery. Also the sketchiness production reflects an imperfect, fantasy feel about this work.
I could apply this Gothic, Romantic essence by mirroring his style and colour in my own design.
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