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Selection of paintings by English classicist painter Herbert JamesDraper (1863-1920). Click to expand the images and see the details !
Mythological paintings by Herbert James Draper
Numbered from left to right, top to bottom
- Halcyone (1915) : Halcyone seeking her husband Ceyx; kingfishers painted over her head. In Greek myth, Halcyone is the daughter of Aeolus and wife of Ceyx. king of Trachis. She drowned herself in grief for her husband’s death and was transformed into a kingfisher
- Lancelot and Guinevere (1890s)
- The Kelpie (1913) : In Scoth follore, a kelpie is a water spirit able to change shape. Is said to have a black horse like shape but can change to human form also.
- The Mountain Mists (circa 1912)
- Day and the Dawnstar (1906)
Numbered from left to right, top to bottom
- Ulysses and the Sirens (circa 1909) : Famous Greek legend. The Sirens were mythical creatures who could kill by singing love songs, luring sailors to their island. After the Trojan wars, Ulysses on his voyage home, sailed past the island by tighing himself to the mast of his ship so that even when he heared their song he could not leave his ship.
- Study for for Ulysses and the Sirens
- Flying Fish (circa 1910) : With ths painting Draper explores the beauty of the female form when it is in motion.
- Study for Flying Fish
- Prospero Summoning Nymphs and Deities (circa 1906). This painting was for the decoration of the ceiling of the Drapers’ Hall in the City of London.
- Study for Prospero
Herbert James Draper (1863-1920) was born in London. His father was a fruit merchant. He was educated in Bruce Castle School in Tottenham, a town in North London. He went on to study art at the Royal Academy in Piccadilly, London. In 1889 he won the Royal Academy Gold Medal, and as a result undertook educational trips to Rome and Paris. In the 1890s he worked as an illustrator in London. In 1891 he married Ida and had a daughter named Yvonne. He died of illness in 1920. He was 56.
Draper was an English Classicist painter. He began his career in the Victorian era and continued into the 1910s. He was a famous painter who concentrated on ancient Greek mythological themes. They were very popular. But by the end of his career tastes changed and his popularity faded. However the beauty of his paintings remain unchanged. Click the images above to experience the paintings in full.
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