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'after the ball,' oil on canvas, dimensions: 95.9 x 68.9 cm; alfred stevens, belgian c. 1874.

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Ophélie (Ophelia) (1887) by Alfred Stevens (Belgian, 1823 – 1906), signed and dated 'A Stevens./ 87.' (lower left), oil on canvas, 79 x 47½ in. (200.6 x 120.6 cm.), Private Collection

#Ophélie #Ophelia #alfred stevens #painting #my upload #oil on canvas #art #19th century #depicts the tragic Shakespearean heroine from Hamlet wandering toward the river to drown driven insane by the murder of her father #The painting serves as a dramatic theatrical representation of grief forsaken love and descent into madness #Unlike many of his contemporaries who painted Ophelia floating lifelessly in the water Stevens chose to depict her on land just moments #before her drowning. This choice was heavily influenced by his close friendship with the legendary French actress Sarah Bernhardt #Bernhardt who took painting and sculpture lessons from Stevens lent him theatrical props—including the dress and jewelry worn #in her own productions of Hamlet—which he used to costume his subject #Because of Stevens’ deep fascination with the stage the painting is composed like a scene unfolding in a theater #Ophelia is dramatically lit and stands isolated in front of an elaborate backdrop appearing as though she is performing before an audience #While Stevens is best known for painting wealthy fashionable Parisian women in modern interiors this work dips into Symbolism #and literary themes. Ophelia is strewn with various flowers serving as a symbolic figure. The inclusion of specific flowers—#a hallmark of Ophelia's story in Shakespeare's play—carries traditional Victorian meanings associated with innocence pain #and forsaken love #Ultimately Stevens’ Ophélie acts as an homage to both Shakespeare's tragic muse and the captivating dramatic performances #the 19th-century stage

Archaic Words: Colours

for your next poem/story

Adarnech - colour like gold

Albyn - white

Argentine - silver

Ashied - made white

Aureat - golden

Bicollede - blackened

Blackbrown - brunette

Blewing - blue paint

Bleye - blue

Brune - brown

Camet - silver

Ende - a blue colour

Falwe - yellow

Florrey - a blue dye

Gaudy green - a light green colour

Ginger - a pale red colour

Gold-hewen - of a golden colour

Gridelin - a sort of colour composed of white and red

Grisard - grey

Grizle - a darkish grey

Inde - azure-coloured

Minim - a kind of brown tawny colour

Parvenke - a pink

Pear-coloured - red

Purpuring - having a purple colour

Sangronie - blood-red colour

Shay - a light colour

True blue - the best blue colour

Tuly - a kind of red or scarlet colour

Umber - a sort of brown colour

Vermaile - red

Virent - green, unfaded

Watchet - a pale blue colour

Whity brown - a pale dusky brown

Yvor - ivory

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Alfred Stevens - "News from Afar"

Will you go out with me, Fido by Alfred Stevens (1859)

#Will you go out with me Fido #alfred stevens #belgian #painter #artist #female #portait #art #painting #oil on canvas #19th century #modern #woman #dress #interior #dog #details

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