literary painting

Noa Noa Suite: Delightful Land – Paul Gauguin

Painter: Paul Gauguin Date of art creation: c.1893 Place of Creation: Paris, France Art movement: Post-Impressionism Period: 1st Tahiti period Genre of painting: literary painting Painting technique: woodcut Painting material: paper Dimensions: 47.6 x 27.2 cm Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City Content: female-nude, Noa-Noa, jungles-and-tropics

Dante’s Vision – Odilon Redon

Painter: Odilon Redon Date of art creation: c.1914 Art movement: Symbolism Genre of painting: literary painting Painting technique: watercolor Painting material: paper Location: Private Collection Content: allegories-and-symbols, dreams-and-hallucinations, Dante-Alighieri

Roger and Angelica – Odilon Redon

Painter: Odilon Redon Date of art creation: c.1909 Art movement: Symbolism Genre of painting: literary painting Location: Rijksmuseum Kroller-Muller, Otterlo, Netherlands Content: animals, horses, fictional-characters, flying, Ludovico-Ariosto-“Orlando-Furioso”

The Death of Ophelia – Odilon Redon

Painter: Odilon Redon Date of art creation: 1905 Art movement: Symbolism Genre of painting: literary painting Painting technique: oil Painting material: canvas Content: rivers-and-waterfalls, fictional-characters, murder-and-suicide, Ophelia, William-Shakespeare-“Hamlet”

Ophelia – Odilon Redon

Painter: Odilon Redon Date of art creation: c.1903 Art movement: Symbolism Genre of painting: literary painting Painting technique: pastel Painting material: paper Dimensions: 19.5 x 26.19 cm Location: Private Collection Content: flowers-and-plants, fictional-characters, Ophelia, William-Shakespeare-“Hamlet”

Lady Macbeth – Odilon Redon

Painter: Odilon Redon Date of art creation: c.1898 Art movement: Symbolism Genre of painting: literary painting Painting technique: pastel Painting material: paper Dimensions: 55 x 40 cm Location: Private Collection Content: allegories-and-symbols, fictional-characters, Lady-Macbeth, William-Shakespeare-“Macbet”