Artists›John Anster Fitzgerald

John Anster Fitzgerald

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WA-00071301

Paintingfairy painting

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WikidataQ732540

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Tatehttps://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/john-anster-fitzgerald-185
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John Anster Christian Fitzgerald was a Victorian era fairy painter and portrait artist. He was nicknamed "Fairy Fitzgerald" for his main genre. Many of his fairy paintings are dark and contain images of ghouls, demons, and references to drug use; his work has been compared to the surreal nightmare-scapes of Hieronymus Bosch and Pieter Brueghel.

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fairy painting

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Painting

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TateCity of Westminster

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Artworks (7)

The Fairy’s Lake

1866 · Oil paint on board

support: 152 x 203 mm frame: 262 x 325 x 30 mm

Tate

Study of a Nude Woman

1862 · oil paint

The Fairies' Favourite

1862

Fairies in a Bird's Nest

1860 · oil paint

The Stuff that Dreams are made of

1858

Pleasant News

oil paint

The Marriage of Oberon and Titania

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7 published of 7 catalogued · 7 with image

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26 entries · 2 sources

Study of a Nude Woman
1862 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Fairies in a Bird's Nest
1860 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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The Fairy’s Lake
1866 · Tate · 4 prov
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Pleasant News
— · Wikidata · 4 prov
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The Fairies' Favourite
1862 · Wikidata · 3 prov
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The Stuff that Dreams are made of
1858 · Wikidata · 3 prov
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The Marriage of Oberon and Titania
— · Wikidata · 2 prov
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