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The Death of Ophelia
Eugène Delacroix, 1844
What you see
Ophelia lies on her side in the water of a stream, her pale dress slipping from her shoulders. With one arm she clings to the branch of a tree leaning over her; her head falls back and her eyes are nearly closed. Around her, the bank is a dense, dark wood, and far off on the left a patch of blue water opens up.
Almost everything is dark green and brown; her skin and the white fabric of her dress gather what little light there is. The leaves are made with quick, loose touches of yellow and green. Look for the bracelet on her wrist and her bare feet just above the surface on the left.
About Eugène Delacroix
Eugène Delacroix was the great painter of French Romanticism: he loved scenes full of movement, emotion and intense colour. He travelled to Morocco and Algeria, and the light of those countries transformed his palette. His free brushwork later inspired the Impressionists.
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