Ophélie, la cape bleue sur les eaux (Ophelia with a Blue Wimple in the Water)
Odilon Redon
1900 - 1905
Medium
paper
Dimensions
h 54.5cm × w 49.5cm × d 2.5cm
Classification
painting
Museum
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
About this artwork
Voorstelling getiteld 'Ophélie, la cape bleue sur les eaux'. Ophelia drijvend met gesloten ogen tussen bloemen in het water, geïnspireerd op Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'.
About the Artist
Odilon Redon · 1840–1916
Odilon Redon (1840-1916) was a French Symbolist painter, printmaker, and pastellist whose visionary art bridged the 19th-century Symbolist movement and 20th-century Surrealism. Born Bertrand Redon in Bordeaux on April 20, 1840, he earned the nickname "Odilon" from his mother Odile. His father, who made his fortune in the Louisiana slave trade, conceived Odilon in New Orleans before the family retu...