To Robert Schumann (1894): Art, History and Details

To Robert Schumann (1894) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836–1904).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Passionately engaged with music, Fantin-Latour began to explore musical themes in his art after he attended the first full production of Wagner’s Ring Cycle in 1876 in Bayreuth, Germany. Lithographs such as To Robert Schumann earned Fantin the reputation as "the artist who made music visible." To his admirers, Fantin did not merely illustrate operatic scenes, but "wrapped his soul in music . . . and with wondrous dexterity drew . . . the visions he heard."

Object facts

• Title: To Robert Schumann
• Date: 1894
• Creator attribution: Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836–1904)
• Culture: France, 19th century
• Type: Print
• Technique: lithograph
• Collection: PR - Lithograph
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 1921.67

Collection credit

Gift of Ralph King

View the collection record

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