Ophelia's madness in painting

Ophelia (Shakespeare's character) in the eyes of several painters of the XIXth and XXth centuries

1. in painting

2. Paul A. Steck: “Ophelia” 1895
Ophelia’sdeathhasbeen
praisedas oneofthe
mostpoeticallywritten
deathscenesin
literature.Opheliaisa
captivatingcharacter:
sheprovidesinspiration
topre-Raphaelitesand
otherartists. Hamlet’s
fiancée, sheturnsmad
whenherfather,
Polonius, iskilledby
Hamlet. Shewdrownsin
solitude, in sorrow, and
madness

3. Sir John Everett Millais : "Ophelia" 1851

4. "Ophelia": John Everett
Millais
Millais's iconic painting
"Ophelia" shows the scene
in which Ophelia, driven
mad by Hamlet’s taunts,
falls into a brook and
ultimately drowns.
"Ophelia" still remains one
of the most popular
paintings in the Tate
collection, and the story of
its creation has captured
the imagination as much as
the final painting beauty.

5. The model for "Ophelia" was
Elizabeth Siddall, who
featured in several Pre-
Raphaelite paintings and
became Dante Gabriel
Rossetti muse and wife.
Millais’s treatment of the
model for the painting has
become infamous, as he
forced the young Elizabeth
Siddalto lie fully clothed in
a tub of cold water while he
completed his work.

6. Léopold Burthe(1823 –1860)

7. Pascal Adolphe Jean DagnanBouveret
( 1812-1859) :"Ophelia”

8. Delacroix:“La Mortd’Ophélie” -1838

9. John William Waterhouse: “Bluebird Ophelia” 1889.

10. 19101894

11. J.W. Waterhouse–“Gatherya
RosebudsorOphelia”1908

12. Dante Gabriel Rossetti:
“Hamlet and Ophelia” !858
Dante Gabriel Rossetti:
"Ophelia’s First Madness” 1864

13. Arthur Hughes: "Ophelia“ 1852

14. Arthur Hugues: "Ophelia"
1865
(detail)

15. Henry Nelson O'Neil(1817-
80)

16. Ferdinand PilotyII (1828 –1895)

17. -Jules-Joseph Lefevbre
"Ophelia“ 1892

18. John Wood (1801-1870): "Ophelia"

19. Joseph Severn : "Ophelia" -1831-(Pre-
RaphaeliteTrust.

20. Antoine-Auguste-Ernest Hebert: 1817-
1909
Hébert's portrait of
Ophelia is charged
with a latent
sexuality. The dark:
hollow eyes stare
defiantly at the
viewer and suggest a
pain and betrayal
beyond her ability to
cope

21. Jules-Elie Delaunay(1828-1891) :"Ophélie"

22. -William Adolphe Bouguerau(1825-1905):
“Young Ophelia”

23. Georges Roussin:
“Ophelia"1854

24. Carl Friedrich Wilhelm
Trautschold : "Ophelia“ 1867

25. Theodor von der Beek (1838 –1921)

26. AthurPrince Spear :"Ophelia" 1926

27. "Ophelia" -Frank Dicksee1873

28. Thomas Francis Dicksee:Ophelia":
1861
Thomas Francis Dicksee: “Ophelia”: 1864

29. Thomas Francis Dicksee: "Ophelia"
(1865)

30. Marcus Stone 1888 George Victor Clairin(1843-1919)

31. Georges Clairin(French: 1843-1919): "Ophelia
in the Thistles"

32. "Ophelia"(1)
Konstantin Makovsky(1839-1915)
.
(2)
(3)

33. LucienLevy-Dhurmer: 1900

34. Anna Lea Merritt : "Ophelia" -portrait of Ellen Terry in the role -1880 (etching) & painting

35. Henri Gervex(1852-1929) : NellieMelbaas Opheliain Hamlet (opera) -

36. Richard Redgrave :
"Ophelia Weaving Her
Garlands”: 1842

37. William Gale (1823-1909) "Ophelia or
Evangeline”
William Gale: "Ophelia or Evangeline “-1862

38. Odilon Redon:"Ophelia" 1900-1905

39. Odilon Redon: “Opheliiaamongtheflowers” c. 1908

40. Odilon Redon

41. Odilon Redon:
“The PredestinedChild( Ophelia)”

42. James Sant (1820-1916) -“ Ophelia’

43. Alexandre Cabannel: “ "Ophelia" 188l

44. Constant Montald"Ophelia" (1893)

45. George FredericWatts -1864

46. «Ophelia«, la Fiancée de la Mort»
Gustave Courbet :1842

47. Joseph Kronheim: "Ophelia"
(1810-1896)

48. Gaston Bussiere (1862-1929): "Ophelie in
Water"

49. Alfred Joseph(1805-1892):
"Ophelia"

50. Antoon Van Welie: “Ophélie”
1899
.

51. VirgilioToretti(1851-1901) :
“Gather Ye Rosebuds while ye may”

52. Carlos Ewerbeck:
"Ophelia at the River's Edge” c.1900
.

53. Salvador Dali: "Ophelia"’sDeath”
limited-edition lithograph: where
the artist shows "Ophelia" in full-
body repose as well as a detail of
her head: as she awaits her
inevitable fate.

54. Lilibeth
2010
Revisededition: 2014
Audio: Saint-Seya: Mime’sHarp–
“Requiem”
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