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Ophelia is a 1894 oil on canvas painting by the English painter John William Waterhouse, depicting a character in William Shakespeare's drama Hamlet. She is a young noblewoman of Denmark, a potential wife for Prince Hamlet.
30 de jan. de 2007 · The artist J.W. Waterhouse painted three versions of Ophelia, all of which portray her in various stages before her death.
Ophelia é uma pintura a óleo sobre tela de 1894 do pintor inglês John William Waterhouse, [1] nele é retratada uma personagem do drama de William Shakespeare, Hamlet. Ela é uma jovem nobre da Dinamarca, uma esposa em potencial para o príncipe Hamlet.
Ophelia is the daughter of Polonius, sister to Laertes, and rejected lover of Hamlet in Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet. Ophelia is a symbol of innocence gone mad. A dutiful daughter, she is manipulated into spying on Hamlet and must bear his humiliating and brutal remarks.
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Early life
Waterhouse was born in the city of Rome to the English painters William and Isabella Waterhouse in 1849, in the same year that the members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, including Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais and William Holman Hunt, were first causing a stir in the London art scene. The exact date of his birth is unknown, though he was baptised on 6 April, and the later scholar of Waterhouse's work, Peter Trippi, believed that he was born between 1 and 23 January. His ear...
Early career
Waterhouse's early works were not Pre-Raphaelite in nature, but were of classical themes in the spirit of Alma-Tadema and Frederic Leighton. These early works were exhibited at the Dudley Gallery, and the Society of British Artists, and in 1874 his painting Sleep and his Half-brother Death was exhibited at the Royal Academy summer exhibition. The painting was a success and Waterhouse would exhibit at the annual exhibition every year until 1916, with the exception of 1890 and 1915. He then wen...
Later career
In 1883, Waterhouse married Esther Kenworthy, the daughter of an art schoolmaster from Ealing who had exhibited her own flower-paintings at the Royal Academy and elsewhere. In 1895 Waterhouse was elected to the status of full Academician. He taught at the St. John's Wood Art School, joined the St John's Wood Arts Club, and served on the Royal Academy Council. One of Waterhouse's best known subjects is The Lady of Shalott, a study of Elaine of Astolat as depicted in the 1832 poem by Alfred, Lo...
In total, he produced 118 paintings. See List of paintings by John William Waterhousefor an almost complete list.
John William Waterhouse (The Art and Life of JW Waterhouse) Archived 14 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine;Learn about the Pre-Raphaelite painter's versions of Ophelia, the character from Shakespeare's Hamlet, and see his charming scenes of beauty and innocence. Explore the details of his floral dress, the tree and the river, and the background influences of British and ancient literature.
Ophelia é uma pintura a óleo sobre tela de 1894 do pintor inglês John William Waterhouse, nele é retratada uma personagem do drama de William Shakespeare, Hamlet. Ela é uma jovem nobre da Dinamarca, uma esposa em potencial para o príncipe Hamlet.
