Ophélie, la cape bleue sur les eaux (Ophelia with a Blue Wimple in the Water)

Odilon Redon

1900 - 1905

Ophélie, la cape bleue sur les eaux (Ophelia with a Blue Wimple in the Water) by Odilon Redon

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 · 18401916

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...

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