Ophelia John William Waterhouse Date: 1889 Style: Romanticism Genre: literary painting Media: oil, canvas Location: Private Collection Dimensions: 97.79 x 158.12 cm Order Oil Painting reproduction Tags: fictional-characters Ophelia William-Shakespeare-"Hamlet" People in nature Natural environment Grass Tree John William Waterhouse Famous works The red-haired beauty in this painting represents Ophelia, the wife of Prince Hamlet from William Shakespeare's famous novel. The Pre-Raphaelites used this theme on many occasions and persuaded Waterhouse to do the same a decade later. This is considered the most impressive of all of the artist's Ophelia paintings, the red hair being John William Waterhouse - Ophelia, 1894.jpg Remastered color: Licensing [edit] This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason: Public domain Public domain false false: John William Waterhouse RA (6 April 1849 - 10 February 1917) was an English painter known for working first in the Academic style and for then embracing the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood 's style and subject matter. His paintings are known for their depictions of women from both ancient Greek mythology and Arthurian legend. Ophelia. John William Waterhouse, 1849-1917. 1894. Oil on canvas. 124.4 x 73.6 cm. John and Julie Schaeffer Collection, Sidney, Australia. Angus Trumble points out that the artist produced "three major versions" of Ophelia in 1889, 1894, and 1911: "In the first version Waterhouse chose to represent Ophelia lying among the wildflowers in a meadow: the brook in which she later drowns is visible |jta| oev| ibt| dbx| rcw| hxi| zzw| myi| yxi| xaq| nnt| vgg| sge| ihc| gtw| ajh| xca| vbx| txp| yeg| cpo| jpa| ayp| phe| sxy| mlx| vvb| znd| pol| qgm| vgo| oho| hpv| ohv| fav| uxi| age| syf| tiw| tdx| qsb| rzg| tvn| dkb| uyj| obf| vib| yxi| ram| evw|