Henry Fuseli, The Nightmare, 1781, oil on canvas, Detroit Institute of Arts. Fuseli had a penchant for illustrating scenes from plays and poems, which is only natural considering that he was also a ...

‘The Nightmare’ (1781) by Henry Fuseli. Photo: incamerastock/Alamy In December 1936, “Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism” opened at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Various physical and psychological interpretations have been offered for ‘The Nightmare’ by Henry Fuseli, but of the most prevalent is that this is likely to represent the ‘incubus phenomenon’ – a ...

Henry Fuseli’s ‘The Nightmare’ bewitches the observer with its unnerving ambiguity. By . John J. Miller. Share. Resize ‘The Nightmare’ (1782), by Henry Fuseli Photo: Detroit Institute of ...

In 1781, artist Henry Fuseli may have captured on canvas what patients experience during sleep paralysis. The image of a woman draped across a bed, with a demon sitting upon her chest, resonates ...

As Christopher Baker, an art historian and the editor of the Burlington magazine, observes in “Creator of Nightmares: Henry ...