Tag: Symbolist

Phantasmagoria of Ancient Egypt seen through a Symbolist haze. Can’t get more interesting than that. Polish. Wilhelm Kotarbiński, artist (1848-1921).

Cleopatra. Undated.
Cleopatra. Undated. Oil on canvas. Image courtesy of Sotheby’s. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 70 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_-_%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0.jpg
Egyptian. ca. 1900.
Oil on canvas. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via http://myartblogcollection.blogspot.com/2016_07_24_archive.html
Ibis. Undated.
Ibis. Undated. Oil on canvas. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via http://www.artcyclopedia.ru/ibisy-kotarbinskij_vilgelm_aleksandrovich.htm

Stars to help light up the heavens over your head by Symbolist German artist Franz von Stuck. Living from 1863 to 1928 he sculpted, engraved and designed buildings too but I like these best.

"Shooting Stars (Franz and Mary Stuck)". 1912.
“Shooting Stars (Franz and Mary Stuck)”. 1912. Image © Koller International Auctions, Zürich. Fair use license. via https://www.kollerauktionen.ch/en/327421-0002-1181-franz-von-stuck.-sternschnuppe-1181_439372.html?RecPos=4
Ceiling in the music room of Villa Stuck, Munich. 1898.
Ceiling in the music room of Villa Stuck, Munich. 1898. Image © Library, University of Heidelberg. Fair use license. via https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/kuh1898_1899/0203/image

Nymphs and other ladies in a sea of blues and golds . . . . .somewhere to linger . .. at least for the afternoon. Constant Montald, Belgian Symbolist painter (1862-1944).

"Ophelia." 1893.
“Ophelia.” 1893. Oil on panel. Artwork in the public domain because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://curiator.com/art/constant-montald/ophelia.
"Nymphes Dansant."1898.
“Nymphes Dansant.” 1898. Oil, tempera and canvas. Collection of the Fin-de-Siècle Museum, Brussels. Cc license 4.0. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Constant_Montald-Nymphes_dansant.jpg.
"Fountain of Inspiration." 1907.
“Fountain of Inspiration.” 1907. Collection of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Brussels. Cc license 3.0. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Constant_montald,_la_fontana_dell%27ispirazione,_1907.jpg.

Phantasmagoria by artist Jan Toorop who grew up under a tropical sun in the Dutch East Indies and died in the murk of a European early spring. Born in 1858 he died in 1928. Part Symbolist, part Jugendstil and part I don’t know what . . . .

"Fatality." 1893.
“Fatality.” 1893. Chalk, pencil and paper. Collection of the Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands. Artwork in the public domain. via https://www.wikiart.org/en/jan-toorop/fatality-1893.
"Souls around the Sphinx." 1892-97.
“Souls around the Sphinx.” 1892-97. Ink, pencil and embossed drawing. Collection of the Gemeentenmuseum, the Hague. Cc licence 1.0. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jan_Toorop_De_Sphinx_28102016_1.jpg.
"O grave, where is thy Victory." 1892.
“O grave, where is thy Victory.” 1892. Paper. Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. In the public domain. via https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/RP-T-1960-243.

 

Ladies drifting off into a more idyllic place where none can follow but we can peek . . . Painted by French symbolist artist Edgard (Edgar) Maxence.

"The Snow Queen."
“The Snow Queen.” via https://www.artesplorando.it/2013/05/edgar-maxence.html.
"Edelweiss."
“Edelweiss.”
"The Book of Peace."
“The Book of Peace.”
"Annonciation."
“Annonciation.”
"Soul of the Forest."
“Soul of the Forest.”

These wonderful paintings appear on a great many blogs, but with the exception of “The Snow Queen” which I found here https://www.artesplorando.it/2013/05/edgar-maxence.html they are reblogged from here http://greatilluminators.blogspot.com/.