Nov 1, 2020 - Ophelia Among The Flowers, is a painting by Odilon Redon which was uploaded on March 16th, 2018. The image file is 800 pixels on the longest side. Odilon Redon (1840–1916) frequently made reference to both classic and contemporary literature in his work, and the subject of the drowned Ophelia, taken from Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet (Act IV, Scene VII), was one he often returned to between 1900 and 1908. Sign up to our newsletter for the latest content, news and competition updates, right to your inbox. Start with Art: Ophelia Among the Flowers by Odilon Redon. Copyright © The London Magazine 2019 | Development by Thirty Two Squared. In the 1890s Sigmund Freud began his pioneering research into dreams and the unconscious, which culminated in his landmark book The Interpretation of Dreams, published in 1900. Odilon Redon (1840–1916) creates a deliberately ambiguous and dream-like response to Shakespeare’s drama, rather than a literal illustration of it. But this early twentieth-century piece, held by the National Gallery since 1977, offers a fresh insight into the character of Ophelia, whose greatest conflict, in the midst of chaos, appears to be with herself. This dream-like work in pastel was at first an upright study of flowers on a table, but was later turned on its side and the table top transformed into a suggestion of rocky landscape and the head of Ophelia added. • THIS PRINT: Odilon Redon's classic painting Ophelia Among the Flowers (1908). We utilize only the finest oil paints and high quality artist-grade canvas to ensure the most vivid color. Customise Ophelia among the Flowers by Odilon Redon and decorate your walls with our art prints handmade in France. Shakespeare’s doomed heroine, Ophelia, was a popular subject for nineteenth-century artists. Learn more about French Symbolist artist Odilon Redon and Ophelia among the Flowers – his response to Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'. This association of youthful and transient beauty with dreaming, sleep and death was a recurrent theme in Romantic and Symbolist art and literature in the late nineteenth century. ‘Ophelia Among The Flowers’ can be viewed in room 46 of The National Gallery, London. Garlanded by flowers, she merges with the plants that surround her. Ophelia, the doomed heroine in William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, rests within a luminous space filled with vibrantly-coloured flowers. Tilted back, and in profile, it is suspended or perhaps floating. Ophelia among the Flowers, c.1905-8 by Odilon Redon canvas art print arrives ready to hang, with hanging accessories included and no additional framing required. The size is 24 x 34 inch / 61 x 87 cm. September 9, 2020 . This is a canvas print, named Odilon Redon Ophelia among the Flowers . The floral crown supported by Ophelia suggests an appreciation of the beauty of the flowers around her, all resembling strawberries and lilacs, with flurries of blue interrupting the intensity of the green. The canvas print is made of high quality polyster Canvas, and it … The painting may be purchased as wall art, home decor, apparel, phone cases, greeting cards, and more. New eBook collection: ‘Making For The Exit’ by Edward Lucie-Smith, V&A Korean Collection: Chun Kwang Young: Aggregation10-SE032RED: 2010, Review | The Assignment by Liza M. Wiemer, Review | Hag: Forgotten Folktales Retold by Virago Press, Review | Russian Roulette: The Life and Times of Graham Greene by Richard Greene, Essay | The Maestro and the Apocalypse by Leonard Quart. The painting may be purchased as wall art, home decor, apparel, phone cases, greeting cards, and more.