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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.

Palette: #352F25 #68492A #B09770 #796B54 #3E2715 #937246 #DFDDCF #834421

  • Island of the Dead (1880): #0B0C0A #0C1820 #48240D #241208 #371B0C #7D5B32
  • Ruin by the Sea (1881): #38291D #74614B #23201C #563620 #3F3A31 #B2A17E
  • Spring in a Narrow Gorge (Quell in einer Felsschluct) (1881): #2B1908 #191205 #3D2710 #20280D #171A08 #2C3A15
  • Meeresidylle (1887): #6F7178 #725439 #2B2A24 #B8B2B0 #454E58 #2E1A13
  • Anold Böcklin, Saffo (1862): #262320 #967A49 #624B28 #D0B47B #413F3B #45321A
  • Self-Portrait (1873): #191610 #3A322A #DCDBD6 #B6B4B4 #595546 #B19C80
  • The War (1896): #5B5333 #352D1B #211E11 #432B16 #8D7E4E #ADA06E
  • Dudelsackpfeifer: #484330 #313023 #A19D8A #7E6D41 #25231B #D0CAAD
  • Ideal Spring Landscape (1871): #555039 #3D382B #A9A38C #302921 #7D765C #4D5F69
  • Nymph and Satyr (1871): #1F1817 #5C4A33 #546676 #82725A #3F3024 #302C24
  • Odysseus and Polyphemus (1896): #A9AFA2 #78816F #634828 #7D6B48 #D1D1C6 #9E8F6D
  • Pan Jagd eine Nymphe (Rückseite von Nymphe an einem Brunnen) (1855): #8A6E56 #615247 #BF9C73 #423B38
  • Sleeping Diana Watched by Two Fauns: #0C1510 #1C2112 #AABD98 #CEE4BD #6E8E79 #2F3B29
  • Evening in Spring (1879): #362927 #20191F #7EB2D4 #594843 #2A364C #744E34
  • Ulysses and Calypso (1882): #282522 #CBD9D9 #4A3C32 #182325 #724F3A #947967
  • Faun und Amsel Faun Whistling to a Blackbird (1864): #383626 #242117 #423C1C #D6D6AB #161613 #8A7343
  • Idyll (1866): #8B6F5D #808181 #B68A74 #746742 #605042 #7D5B42
  • Due Satiri Alla Pesca (1874): #473D33 #A4AAAD #73624A #676760 #9E8E74 #13100F
  • Ninfa Alla Fonte e Pan Che Insegue Una Ninfa (1855): #523A24 #7C5533 #1C1510 #A17346 #332010 #623E20
  • Ninfa Alla Fonte e Pan Che Insegue Una Ninfa (1855): #9E6031 #5A3720 #764322 #342011 #4E250F #CE8A4E
  • Paesaggio Romano (1852): #1C1B24 #3D3128 #B69B5F #877451 #120D0D #556772
  • The Chapel (1898): #2F1310 #1F0A0A #4A2513 #A68A57 #0F0506 #6D4623
  • Budapest (2024): #604E2B #1E0F03 #D2DEC6 #3F2B0E #A5B8B6 #2E1C06
  • The Battle on the Bridge (1892): #32251B #7D766B #644934 #9F7250 #464841 #CE945E
  • Forest Landscape, Faun and Nymph (1856): #2B170B #3E220D #5C3B16 #1B0D04 #110C07 #491B06
  • «Девушка и юноша, собирающие цветы» German: Mädchen und Jüngling beim Blumenpflücken (1866): #BAC1BA #E1E7F1 #4F513E #C9AD83 #A27B64 #806A5B
  • Dresden, Albertinum, Arnold Böcklin, der Krieg (2019): #605B58 #7E6C53 #C2AD7A #4B4139 #E3DFBD #98644A
  • Head of a Roman (3 Ap): #90624B #576354 #212021 #73402C #674D3A #443227
  • Play of the Nereides (1886): #10191D #BEBBB2 #8C8E92 #5E544A #324856 #626D77
  • Sideboard (1874): #150E0A #E8D9C0 #39322B #7C2F1C #963319 #C0AB8E
  • Susanna and the Two Old Man (1888): #5C230A #677D73 #86735D #351A0B #9B653E #48220B
  • Triton Blowing Through a Shell in the Surf (1879): #30231C #482D1C #746D4C #C8CFAD #9DA07D #504632
  • Castle by the Sea & Murder in the Castle Garden (1852): #D0D5DB #34301D #524027 #766244 #5E594C #91877A
  • Silence of the Forest (1885): #443B2A #28241C #100E0D #504922 #312C0E #6B583E
  • Sideboard (1874): #140D09 #E4D4BA #95391E #342F29 #31160D #682617
  • Roman Landscape with a Bridge (1863): #493716 #735D25 #1F1710 #595752 #352B19 #311E0A
  • Rocky Landscape with a Hunting Centaur (1860): #6D5A45 #4B3F34 #8C6339 #382418 #62757A #573C25
  • Francesca da Rimini (1895): #080503 #5C553B #3A3220 #1F170D #867D5D #402812
  • Silenus (1867): #CAA271 #C3CAC2 #9F845D #1284A4 #736724 #161917
  • Vita Somnium Breve (1888): #263428 #313232 #B6B0A9 #4D4E4A #3D2C28 #A08772
  • Adagio (1873): #585A65 #AA9F90 #342E28 #817363 #595146 #5C5030
  • Sacrificial Festival (1885): #2D241D #1D1B18 #4D2D20 #C0B8AE #A89789 #765A46
  • Medusa (1878): #342926 #5D504D #B69E88 #251C15 #867569 #30170D
  • The Death of Cleopatra (1872): #0F0B10 #999380 #4B4029 #CFCBA9 #2E261B #927F45
  • Judith (1888): #454E6A #593927 #AC8C7A #361E12 #23140E #4C444C
  • Sacred Grove (1882): #141412 #2A2516 #5D4C21 #40371A #99804B #766540
  • Portrait of Jakob Mähly (1848): #0F0D0F #402F18 #231D16 #B1893C #C8AF59 #805920
  • Head of a Roman (1863): #845834 #62634B #131519 #693C1A #533D27 #494939
  • Portrait of Louisa Schmid (1849): #1E1C1B #342B22 #71583B #4C3E2D #75725C #9D885E
  • Mountain Landscape with Chamois (1849): #89857A #B9AE8A #3E3222 #5C533F #877A5B #271C11
  • Landscape at Sunset (1849): #ADA76B #463E29 #2A2B26 #684B24 #8F855E #68634D
  • Forest Landscape with Reclining Pan (1855): #252123 #584434 #141316 #3D3734 #946C46 #1E140E
  • Idyll (Fragment of a Screen) (1872): #937F48 #7A6229 #5D4B24 #100E0C #3A2F1C #231B0E
  • Nymphe with Horn of Plenty (1866): #100F0C #AFAEAF #252016 #3A3320 #594822 #BCB48D
  • The March of the Goths (1881): #353631 #372C19 #1A1915 #7D6236 #51432A #565447
  • Self-Portrait in the Studio (1893): #0E1014 #342C2B #A9A38F #302B1A #605330 #1B1711
  • Self-Portrait (1873): #17150E #40392F #D0CECB #B69F83 #999CA7 #615E4E
  • Portrait of Augusto Fratelli (1864): #30241D #504637 #3D3B38 #967740 #211815 #C5A76B
  • The Penitent Maria Magdalena (1873): #AEAAA0 #1D1A18 #8C7964 #48301E #684C33 #2F2219
  • Mountain Castle with a Procession of Knights (1871): #262420 #566F6F #493A30 #62462F #7B4E29 #8C6E51
  • Anacreon's Muse (1873): #39302D #452521 #593F34 #A07C68 #29407E #D4D4D0
  • Rest on the Flight Into Egypt (1868): #C7B49C #705F45 #3F3123 #9C846C #201916
  • King David (1868): #B09781 #6E6051 #926A54 #3D352B #DAC4AD #6B3F2A
  • Zelfportret (1862): #111114 #22201C #4D5F4C #887E52 #342E21 #6D5127
  • Love Spring (1868): #C1BFB8 #705428 #523C1E #947945 #948A73 #736549
  • The Muse Euterpe (1872): #BAA56E #5B3112 #402810 #AC380E #77350F #933710
  • Spring Mood (1873): #664414 #283616 #2E210B #A9B4B7 #41330D #B78541
  • Vestal Virgin (1874): #27241B #C9BEB7 #504434 #A0978F #6E6356 #14130F
  • Ruin of a Villa Near the Sea (1878-80): #837A7A #513738 #36303B #585864 #61352E #341C22
  • Nymph with Flute (1881): #332A2A #B68652 #493B2D #24252E #895E31 #6D4929
  • Italian Villa in Springtime: #0B0D16 #E5C3B2 #020006 #191011 #343A2D #282427
  • Paolo and Francesca (1893): #0D120F #2B271D #4E3F2C #746245 #958363
  • Fighting on a Bridge (1890): #110E11 #9D9185 #6C442B #DB9B68 #4A2A1A #54544C
  • The Muse Thalia (1893): #A7917A #898A8A #75573B #583C2E #996E45 #D4C3AF
  • Idyll (1865): #B19B7F #867859 #488B8C #5C512E #DAC9A9 #708572
  • Portrait of Gottfried Keller (1889): #B2926D #100C07 #2D1F16 #755B46 #551A20 #52391A
  • Under the Arbor (1891): #869B9A #D4C298 #B27D3B #766231 #522C16 #BFA270
  • Pan Dancing with Children (1884): #100705 #D6BEAF #8595B4 #24100C #A58F86 #77544B
  • Attack by Pirates (1886): #332B16 #1A1B0A #0A1203 #4F4530 #684928 #A19275
  • Venus Abandoned (1850): #2B2A1E #575135 #8F815E #B3A582 #14140F #3E371F
  • Porträt des Alexander Michelis (1846): #13100C #B6A46B #291F14 #41311B #8F7847 #624E29
  • Rock Study (1846): #544730 #87714D #C0A574 #A59D81 #2E291E #EAD19E
  • Mountain Lake (1846): #CFC6B2 #3B3E41 #61532F #ABB1B2 #717884 #4B4738
  • Hilly Landscape with Log Cabins and a Creek in the Plain (1845): #E0C09E #392A1D #74634F #755F25 #533C21 #211E16
  • Pan in the Reed (1856): #584218 #37250E #7B702C #D7DEDA #1F1A09 #251207
  • Spring (Songs of Spring) (1876): #35371C #27281F #6F6957 #B5B2A4 #1D1D20 #7E6029
  • The Sermon of Antonius (1892): #596866 #DFCFBC #AE8D60 #1E2225 #846037 #59362C
  • Pan and Dryades (1897): #2C2110 #181617 #5C3F1C #EEEBE5 #3E331B #806641
  • The Island of Life (1888): #1B1E1E #9D8D80 #6C6B71 #39372F #0B0D11 #675839
  • Flora, Scattering Flowers (1875): #162011 #27170A #3A2C16 #293A1E #B5B2A7 #172C11
  • The Ride of Death (1871): #3B3129 #5C4533 #554F45 #81725A #221E19 #BCAD8C
  • Faun, Blowing the Syrinx (1875): #9F7B5E #6A4B39 #2F0B0F #5D3119 #442521 #553626
  • Ideal Spring Landscape (1871): #423D2E #605A41 #A7A18A #2F2820 #7C765B #42361F
  • Old Roman Wine Tavern in Spring (1865): #A79684 #726157 #54463F #DFD7C9
  • Shepherdess (1864): #2E281E #493E2D #B6AF91 #1A1813 #705B45 #8C805F
  • Pan Terrifies a Shepherd (1860): #4A3F2A #726345 #3C5254 #2F2616 #A08E68 #5E6A62
  • Bagpiper (1861): #3F3C2B #A4A08B #89794A #25241B #6A5B38 #D2CCAF
  • The Hermit (1863): #4E4533 #7D755A #373225 #C1B797 #25241E
  • Nymph at a Spring (1855): #242017 #382F20 #4F3D28 #755F3A #13120E
  • The War (1896): #272213 #786C42 #4B462C #3F2B15 #AD9E6C #613A18
  • Faun Whistling to a Blackbird (1863): #353222 #1F1D15 #453F1E #D6D6AC #5B5439 #98804A
  • Self-Portrait with Death Playing the Fiddle (1872): #111517 #242523 #675437 #877047 #533B27 #3B2C20
  • The Plague (1898): #C4C0A9 #121517 #A59F7C #868161 #605A3A #4C4D42
  • The Hunt of Diana (1896): #61461E #927A46 #AAA386 #785A21 #341E0D #442A10
  • Isle of the Dead (Version 1) (1880): #14191B #2A3034 #464F4F #473621 #654623 #815729
  • Isle of the Dead (2nd Version) (1880): #121F26 #132941 #0B131D #905824 #292421 #724521
  • Isle of the Dead (1883): #968476 #1A1614 #565565 #333034 #D0C1B5 #898088
  • Summer Day (1881): #071414 #06529A #393D25 #172719 #191212 #2467A5
  • The Chapel (1898): #280E0B #160708 #431F10 #A99366 #623B1D #7D552A
  • Angela Böcklin with a Red Hairnet (1863): #D3CEC5 #AB815E #BBAD99 #7C5D44 #090609 #9D8B71
  • Freedom (Helvetia) (1891): #0E1111 #BAB3A7 #126A81 #628E99 #787A6A #DBC09B
  • The Artist and His Wife (1863): #665030 #8D755A #433522 #844E32 #302619 #53331D
  • Campagna Landscape (1859): #0E1409 #564B33 #2F2D1B #917751 #7A7055 #5F89B0
  • Self-Portrait with a Wine Glass (1885): #151009 #3D4A5C #2C2B24 #46452F #FBF0D5 #383111
  • Landscape with Castle Ruins (1847): #141712 #444341 #2F1D17 #583226 #252C33 #391C10
  • Sirens (1875): #809FC3 #615143 #251D1C #DBBA8D #547CAC #553624
  • The Honeymoon (1878): #171710 #ACB9C0 #2E261E #382113 #7BA5C5 #43362A
  • Weeping at the Cross (1876): #5D787D #6B644D #3D443B #232E20 #3F2A22 #959166
  • Farmland in Early Spring / (1884): #C2B9AE #34211C #A19990 #164226 #75593D #552E1F
  • Pan and Syrinx (1854): #221713 #47321E #34261B #63421F #351D0E #786145
  • Centaur at the Village Blacksmith (1888): #211616 #E0DCDB #462E23 #4C2416 #974A2C #C79C5D
  • Battle of the Centaurs (1873): #D2D1D2 #2C2722 #A6A7AB #724330 #57473F #89776C
  • Odysseus and Calypso (1882): #292623 #CCD9D9 #4D3E34 #172122 #72503B #122A36
  • Villa by the Sea III (1872): #38342F #59594A #232529 #594534 #7B6950 #9D7043
  • Play of the Nereides (1886): #131B1E #C9C7BE #6D747C #344955 #9B9C9F #B09987
  • Spring Awakening (1880): #26231D #443D2F #D6D1BA #583918 #897858 #076B84
  • Landscape in the Roman Campagna (1851): #37331F #A19A7D #61522E #81857E #87764E #1E1E15
  • Roman Wine Tavern (1867): #C6B5A1 #B5916D #8D6E4D #5D452D #77593B #683F20
  • Centaurus and Nymph (1855): #0E160D #1D1F12 #322514 #574F35 #52321E #AA6B41
  • The Sculptor Joseph von Kopf (1863): #6E6253 #93A7A4 #C7A686 #657980 #958875 #A57459
  • Rocky Hill Country with Bridge (1858): #967643 #3F3120 #5D4A2F #2A1F14 #7E83B6 #A6A6C8
  • The Homecoming (1887): #1A1613 #646465 #3E2F25 #8B633E #5F3326 #4A221D
  • War (1897): #2F2820 #A98C65 #4F4230 #786043 #191717 #D2B385
  • Deianira and Nessus (1898): #14100D #D7CECC #3C200A #27253F #C8AD8F #928FA8
  • God Father Leading Adam Into Paradise (1871): #B4B6A1 #5A4322 #79744B #404525 #99260E #8A673E
  • The Sanctuary of Hercules (1884): #443C2C #97834D #9BA0A1 #865F1D #D4C492 #654F19
  • In Springtime (1873): #343416 #ACA28D #494516 #4F2014 #414344 #857155
  • Odysseus and Polyphemus (1896): #697062 #6A4D37 #92A1A1 #BCB8B2 #3D281A #8C7560
  • Nymph and Satyr (1871): #1B1414 #7D6C54 #566878 #35261D #513C27 #554937
  • Pan Chasing a Nymph (Verso) (1855): #665548 #8F7258 #C09E76 #463B34
  • The Complaint of the Shepherd (1866): #3E392E #88714D #554F39 #392F1F #CCC7B4 #2B2720
  • Villa by the Sea, Version I (1864): #473C35 #7B7B76 #6C4F38 #8D603B #A7A8A3 #57524F
  • Villa by the Sea, Version II (1865): #CECBB9 #423B2D #65523B #927F61 #785737 #AAA089
  • Roger Freeing Angelica (1873): #E2E5E4 #7A593F #5189A5 #5F3325 #9F968A #575351
  • A Cliff Face (1852): #8E6A45 #6E492D #4E3021 #6B757B #524A2F #3B2318
  • The Painter Franz von Lenbach (1862): #352B20 #767C6E #D5A66C #947745 #5D5136 #566565
  • Roman Landscape (1852): #12110B #222114 #3B3116 #3B3C2F #5E5F4F #878165
  • Spring Evening (1879): #322626 #20181F #91C0DE #67A2CA #513B32 #775740
  • Sleeping Diana Watched by Two Fauns (1877): #101912 #040B0B #BBD0AB #79977F #3F3418 #4E5131
  • Two Fishing Pans (1874): #7B6F5A #8B6542 #53432E #48281A #A89B88 #2E3C26
  • Spring Day (the Three Life Ages) (1883): #C0B198 #34411E #211C1D #5D533A #927E5E #34261B
  • Portrait of Friedrich Weber (1869): #372C26 #A29372 #82755A #4B3E2B #67593C
  • Federigo (1855): #AE987F #C5BAA7 #1A120E #855B3C #7C6E5E #C39C66
  • Die Schlafende Diana, von Zwei Faunen Belauscht (1877-85): #242019 #AEA89C #151413 #393228 #7D8284 #5D6061
  • Oaks (1847): #271F15 #77694E #43311B #9B8A66 #BAAC82 #5E4C32
  • Astolf Riding Away with the Head of Orill (1873): #8D6B4D #4D3B31 #2E2220 #6C513B #D99566 #1B0F13
  • Spring Anthem (1888): #D4B388 #EDDBC2 #2E200F #967A4D #BE8957 #7E5436

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