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Ulysses and the Sirens is an 1891 painting by the Pre-Raphaelite artist John William Waterhouse. It is currently held in the National Gallery of Victoria , Melbourne, Australia . [ 1 ]
The Sirens and Ulysses is a large oil painting on canvas by the English artist William Etty, first exhibited in 1837. It depicts the scene from Homer 's Odyssey in which Ulysses (Odysseus) resists the bewitching song of the sirens by having his ship's crew tie him up, while they are ordered to block their own ears to prevent themselves from ...
The gallery bought the painting from Draper in 1910 for £600. [3] Draper also painted a reduced replica that is now in the Leeds Art Gallery. [4] The subject of the painting is an episode in the epic poem Odyssey by Homer in which Ulysses is tormented by the voices of Sirens, although there are only two Sirens in Homer's poem and they stay in ...
Maddie Morris, the artist behind the exhibition, was inspired by James Herbert Draper's painting of Ulysses and the Sirens, which dates from 1909 and is in the Ferens' collection.
[3] [4] His draftsmanship was excellent in sensuous portrayals of both male and female nudes; [5] several of his paintings portray proud, in some cases predatory female sexuality, for example The Gates of Dawn (1899), The Water Nixie (1908), Ulysses and the Sirens (1909) [6] and The Kelpie (1913). [5] [7]
The painting was a success and Waterhouse would exhibit at the annual exhibition every year until 1916, with the exception of 1890 and 1915. He then went from strength to strength in the London art scene, his 1876 piece After the Dance being given the prime position in that year's summer exhibition. Perhaps due to his success, his paintings ...
Rochdale Art Gallery ... Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses: 1891: Gallery Oldham, UK: Flora: 1891: location unknown: Ulysses and the Sirens: 1891: National Gallery of ...
Ulysses and the Sirens may refer to: Ulysses and the Sirens, an 1891 painting by John William Waterhouse; Ulysses and the Sirens, a 1909 painting ...