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Spring Evening, by Arnold Böcklin, oil, 1890

Spring Evening

Arnold Böcklin

1890

oil

panel

From the collection of Hungarian National Gallery

Dominant colour

Overview

Spring Evening is a 1890 oil by Arnold Böcklin, a Symbolism work, held at Hungarian National Gallery.

Who painted this?
Arnold Böcklin
When & what style?
1890 · Symbolism
Where can I see it?
Hungarian National Gallery

About this work

The painting is called Spring Evening by Arnold Böcklin. It was completed in 1879. The artist used oil paint to create this work, which is now held at the Hungarian National Gallery, though it's also associated with the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, indicating it might be part of a collection that's referenced differently. You can learn more about the style and period by looking at the work of Arnold Böcklin.

The story of this work

Overview

Spring Evening is an oil on panel painting completed in 1879 by the German Symbolist painter Arnold Böcklin which belongs in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest. The painting depicts the god Pan playing his pipes to woodland nymphs, a theme to which Böcklin returned several times.

Read the full account in the museum source.

Source: wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

About the artist

Portrait of Arnold Böcklin
Artist

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.

See the richer artist page

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