Encouraged to become an artist by Sir Joshua Reynolds, he had a strong influence on his younger contemporary William Blake after his ten year foray to Italy to study the works of Michelangelo.  
Encouraged to become an artist by Sir Joshua Reynolds, he had a strong influence on his younger contemporary William Blake after his ten year foray to Italy to study the works of Michelangelo.  Born in Zurich, he was appointed keeper of the Royal Academy in 1804, and is famous for his paintings and drawings of nude figures in strained poses showing intense emotion.  FTP, name this Swiss-English painter, whose macabre fantasies included 1781's The Nightmare.
Encouraged to become an artist by Sir Joshua Reynolds, he had a strong influence on his younger contemporary William Blake after his ten year foray to Italy to study the works of Michelangelo.  
John Henry Fuseli or Johann Heinrich F?ssli