Poster for Tristan und Isolde (Tristan and Isolde, or Tristan and Isolda, or Tristran and Ysolt) an opera, or music drama, in three acts by Richard Wagner to a German libretto by the composer, based largely on the romance by Gottfried von Straßburg. A tragic tale of two lovers fated to share a forbidden but undying love. Made by Guido Marussig (Trieste, 1885 – Gorizia, 1972), an Italian painter.