Some mournfully mythical art by Czech painter Maximilian Pirner 1853

Hekate
Death
Medusa

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Czech artist Maxmilián Pirner was born 1853. If it’s not already obvious, he had a penchant for mythology, the strange, & the macabre.

The End of All Things (detail)
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The Fairy Funeral
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Las pasiones desbordantes de los autores del siglo XIX....
🎨 Maximilian Pirner (1854-1924): Finis. El fin de todas las cosas, 1887. Museo Nacional, Praga.

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The Somnambulist or Sleepwalker, as depicted by 3 late 19th century artists.
Alfons Muchha, 1885
Maximilian Pirner, 1878
John Everett Millais, 1871
In 1899, Sigmund Freud published "The Interpretation of Dreams".

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Medusa by Maximilian Pirner (1853-1924). Living venomous snakes in place of hair - and killer eyes. Ancient Greek mythology.

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Medusa by Maximilian Pirner (Czech, 1853-1924). Those who gazed upon her face would turn to stone.

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Fairy funerals are commonly described in folklore. Typically, a man or a woman stumbles on a fairy princess being buried in the middle of the night.
Source: https://t.co/fxXTFsKJYa
'Fairy Funeral' by Maximilian Pirner,1888

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The End Of All Things by Maximilian Pirner.
1887.

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Hi Emma, the painting is “The Fairy Funeral” by Czech painter Maximilian Pirner. Did you spot the fairy harpist? Isn’t she adorable? Great bum!

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🎨Maximilian Pirner 🇨🇿

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🎨 Maximilian Pirner - Medusa,1891🎀

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Maximilian Pirner (1854-1924)

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Maxmilián Pirner
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FAIRIES & THE DEAD Evans Wentz (1911) recorded the Highland belief in hosts as the evil dead & Cornish Peskies as the souls of unbaptised babies, appearing at Twilight in the form of moths Images: Pirner 1888; Highgate; white plume moth

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Maximilian Pirner (1853–1924) was a Czech painter. usual themes were classical mythology. He was a member of the Vienna Secession. Described by one critic as having achieved "mastery of the sinuous line".

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