Fernand Khnopff I Lock The Door Upon Myself

I lock my door upon myself 1891 by fernand khnopff eyes glazed in reverie wilting plants a mythological marble head all the stuff of symbolism is accumulated here in a painting that manifests the movement s introspective mood.

Fernand khnopff i lock the door upon myself. Fernand khnopff was not a pre raphaelite painter but i wanted to share his 1891 painting i lock my door upon myself which draws inspiration from christina rossetti s poem who shall deliver me. Background detail fernand khnopff i lock my door upon myself 1891 oil on canvas 72 7 x 141 cm neue pinakothek munich in the foreground of the painting are the three distinct sets of withering orange irises which punctuate the three part composition. Created in 1891 i lock the door upon myself by fernand khnopff was a symbolic portrait that paid homage to his predecessors the pre raphaelites particularly christina rossetti. I lock my door upon myself.

Watts edward burne jones and their circle. The title of khnopff s painting was taken from rossetti s poem who shall deliver me in which she states. But who shall wall. God strengthen me to bear myself.

The title of the painting is a quotation from a christina rossetti poem. I lock my door upon myself and bar them out. I lock my door upon myself was created in 1891 by fernand khnopff in art nouveau modern style. I lock the door upon myself 1891 munich neue pinakothek in the 1890 s khnopff regularly visited britain and established friendships with g f.