Henry Fuseli: Weaver of Nightmares and Visions Johann Heinrich Füssli, better known as Henry Fuseli, remains a singularly compelling figure in the history of art – an artist who simultaneously thrilled and unsettled his audiences for over two centuries. Born in 1741 in Zurich, Switzerland, into an intellectual family steeped in both theology and artistic pursuits, Fuseli’s journey from aspiring clergyman to celebrated painter was anyt…