Serial Number: ART0064
Valuation:
BHD 300
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Portrait
Style:
Realism
Date:
1894
Size:
50 x 70
Artist:
John William Waterhouse (1849 - 1917) He was an English painter known for working in the Pre-Raphaelite style. He worked several decades after the breakup of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, which had seen its heyday in the mid-nineteenth century, leading him to have gained the moniker of the modern Pre-Raphaelite . His artworks were known for their depictions of women from both ancient Greek mythology and Arthurian legend.
Born in Italy to English parents who were both painters, he later moved to London, where he enrolled in the Royal Academy of Art. Waterhouse s work is currently displayed at several major British art galleries, and the Royal Academy of Art organised a major retrospective of his work in 2009.
Reference http en.wikipedia.org wiki John_William_Waterhouse#mediaviewer File Ophelia_1894.jpg
Status: Display
Description:
This version of Ophelia is the 1894 version painted by John William Waterhouse. In this 2nd version, Ophelia sits on a log, extending out into a pond of lilies in the last moments before her death. Her opulent dress contrasts her natural surroundings, but once again, the artist has placed flowers on her lap and in her hair, tying her into her natural surroundings. She stares out into the dark water, giving the onlooker a profile view of her strangely solemn face.
