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Fuseli

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Fu·sel·i  (fyz-l), Henry 1741-1825.
Swiss-born British painter whose works, including The Nightmare (1781), display a fantastic, macabre quality that influenced the surrealists of the 1920s and 1930s.
Fuseli [ˈfjuːzəlɪ]
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(Biographies / Fuseli, Henry (1741-1825) M, Britishnational of birth: Swiss, ARTS AND CRAFTS: painter) Henry. original name Johann Heinrich Füssli. 1741-1825, British painter, born in Switzerland. His paintings include Nightmare (1782)
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