John everett millais ophelia

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lonequixote: John Everett Millais Ophelia (detail) (via @lonequixote)

Elizabeth Siddal was the model for John Everett Millais’s 'Ophelia' (1851–52), for which she posed in a bathtub.

Paintings can be far more complicated than they appear at first glance. The stories told by works of art are the stuff of novels. Here are a few of the stories behind famous masterpieces.

Ophelia (detail) by John Everett Millais | Lone Quixote

John Everett Millais, Tate Britain, History painting, oil paint, Ophelia, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, London

The Pre-Raphaelite artists of Victorian England painted many Shakespearian characters, but Ophelia was a particular favourite. The sad death by drowning of Hamlet's sweetheart...

Ophelia (painting) Ophelia is a painting by British artist Sir John Everett Millais, completed between 1851 and 1852. It is held in the Tate Britain in London. It depicts Ophelia, a character from William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, singing before she drowns in a river in Denmark.

Detail of Ophelia by John Everett Millais (1852)

John Everett Millais - Ophelia (detail)

Are you a fan of the Pre-Raphaelite artists visiting London? This is the ultimate guide to famous Pre-Raphaelite paintings in London. The Pre-Raphaelites were a group of Victorian radicals who were inspired by medieval art, literature, and nature.

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The inflexible conventions of classical art, combined with the social unrest that was arising as a result of large-scale industrialization set the scene in the mid-19th century for a rebellious group of young artists to express their discontent through an art movement they formed called the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. #preraphaelite #preraphaelitebrotherhood #preraphaelites #arthistory #artincontext

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