Theodor von Holst, Fantasy Based on Goethe's 'Faust'

Tate Britain, London

Date: 1834
Technique: Oil on canvas, 1116 x 757 mm

Theodor von Holst, The Wish

Holst Birthplace Museum, Cheltenham

Date: 1840
Technique: Oil on Winsor and Newton canvas, 90 x 71 cm

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Theodor von Holst, Bertalda Frightened by Apparitions

Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum

Date: c. 1830-1835
Technique: Oil on canvas, 795 x 615 mm

The female character is Bertalda, who has entered the happy household of Huldbrand and the water-nymph Undine. The nymph's evil uncle, Kühleborn, intent on keeping the marriage between Undine and Huldbrand intact, tortures Bertalda mentally, haunting her with evil spirits. The subject is taken from the fairytale, Undine, by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué (1777-1843).

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Theodor von Holst, Bertalda, Assailed by Spirits (Bertalda von Kuhleborns Geistern erschreckt)

Zurcher Kunstgesellschaft

Date: c. 1830
Technique: Oil on canvas, 1517 x 915 mm

The subject is taken from the short tale Undine (1811) by the German writer Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué (1777-1843). The heroine Bertalda is tormented by a host of fantastical creatures, conjured by the wicked supernatural creature, Kühleborn. These have been sent in an attempt to drive her away from the household of the hero, Huldbrand, and the lovely water-nymph Undine.

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Theodor von Holst, Frontispiece to Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

Private collection, Bath

Date: 1831
Technique: Steel engraving in book, 93 x 71 mm

Published by Colburn and Bentley, London

This is the first illustrated edition of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, originally published in 1818. Von Holst’s design evokes the heroic, heavy-limbed figures of Fuseli. The setting, with its dramatic lighting and medieval tracery, is thoroughly Gothic in style.

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