Supernatural Shakespeare

Art Institute of Chicago

NOW CLOSED

The title characters of William Shakespeare’s plays might get the most name recognition, but the Bard’s meddling witches and mischievous faerie folk often steal the scenes and have rightly become some of his most memorable characters. This focused Shakespeare 400 installation features three atmospheric engravings of fantastical Shakespearian scenes by various artists emulating works by the renowned Gothic artist Henri Fuseli (1741–1825). Fuseli himself favoured heroic subjects taken from Shakespeare along with other celebrated writers including Dante Alighieri and John Milton. Fuseli’s theatrical paintings hang in the nearby gallery: his macabre Head of a Damned Soul from Dante’s “Inferno” (1770-78) and his mystical Milton Dictating to His Daughter (1794) among them. Read more.

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