Arnold Böcklin · 1880
Isle of the Dead
Posters from $15 · Canvas from $39
A small white-clad figure ferried by oarsman toward a high-walled rocky island of cypresses — the most reproduced print in early-20th-century European homes. Several versions; the 1883 Basel version is shown. Kunstmuseum Basel.
Up to 24 × 17 in · landscape
Size
Larger sizes are unavailable for this painting because the source scan's resolution wouldn't print at gallery quality.
Format & finish
Archival cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Ready to hang as-is. No external frame.
Scale next to a 5'10" person
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The story of Isle of the Dead
Isle of the Dead is the best-known painting of Swiss Symbolist artist Arnold Böcklin (1827–1901). Prints were very popular in central Europe in the early 20th century—Vladimir Nabokov observed in his 1936 novel Despair that they could be "found in every Berlin home".
Adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
All Arnold Böcklin prints →Biography adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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