Picture from Encarta
Le Rêve Le Rêve
Redon’s Ophelia Among the Flowers Redon’s Ophelia Among the Flowers
 

Redon’s Ophelia Among the Flowers

Redon’s Ophelia Among the Flowers
Ophelia Among the Flowers (1905-1908, National Gallery, London) is one of a series of pastel drawings that the French artist Odilon Redon based on a scene from William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. In the play Ophelia lapses into madness after the death of her father and, surrounded by flowers, drowns in a brook.
The National Gallery, London/Corbis
Appears in these articles
Redon, Odilon
* Exclusively for MSN Encarta Premium Subscribers Join Now
Have Your Say
Encarta Message Boards (© Rubberball/Jupiterimages)
Encarta Products
Upgrade your experience

© 2008 Microsoft