Henrique Alvim Corrêa Prints – The War of the Worlds
Henrique Alvim Corrêa prints bring The War of the Worlds into a world of towering machines, damaged landscapes and small human figures. Dark line and pale open spaces give the imagined encounters a strong sense of scale. Browse unframed prints, framed prints and canvas panels, alongside dark-toned wall art and other imaginative work in myth and supernatural art.
The machine within a familiar street
Humans Dissecting Martian War Machines places a tall mechanical structure among buildings, equipment and tiny people. The ordinary architectural setting makes the size of the central form more apparent. Other illustrations bring machines into streets, open ground and places where people try to respond to their presence.
A threat above the water
Martian Fighting Machine in the Thames Valley sets the long-legged form over a riverbank, with small figures in a boat below. Thin mechanical limbs and hanging shapes stand out against the pale sky and water. The change from street to landscape gives the encounter a more open setting.
The landing and the broken ground
Martians Land concentrates attention on a large circular form within disturbed earth and rising haze. The enclosed ground differs from the tall silhouettes of the fighting machines. Looking across the illustrations reveals several ways of making an unfamiliar object dominate a familiar environment.
Related artists and collections
Compare narrative imagination in Gustave Doré, extraordinary creatures in Utagawa Kuniyoshi and visionary settings in Gustave Moreau. The wider black and dark-toned art collection offers other strong contrasts of line and tone, while myth and supernatural art extends the imaginative themes.
Read more in our guide to Kuniyoshi’s Takiyasha and the Skeleton Spectre.