The Cave Of The Storm Nymphs Oil Painting Edward Poynter Sirens Boats Treasure

Description

The Cave of the Storm Nymphs by Edward Poynter Large format Hand Painted reproduction. Oil on Canvas, Framed.

The Cave of the Storm Nymphs is a painting by British artist Edward Poynter, depicting three nude sirens or nymphs from Greek mythology that lure sailors to their deaths. Poynter painted two versions, one in 1902 and the other in 1903, with minor differences. The former is housed in the Norfolk, Virginia Hermitage Museum, and the latter is in the private collection of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber. One of the depicted sirens is playing a golden stringed, scallop-shell lyre, while the other two sirens rejoice amid the foundering ship, expecting to add to the cave’s treasure.

(b Paris, 20 Mar. 1836; d London, 26 July 1919). English painter and administrator, son of the architect Ambrose Poynter, and great-grandson of the sculptor Thomas Banks. He formed his academic style in Italy (1853–4), where he met Frederic Leighton and admired Michelangelo above all other artists, and in Paris (1856–9), where he studied with Gleyre. His reputation was made with the huge Israel in Egypt (1867, Guildhall AG, London) and he became one of the most popular painters of the day with similar elaborate historical tableaux in which he displayed his great prowess as a draughtsman (The Catapult, 1868, Laing AG, Newcastle upon Tyne). In his later career, however, he confined himself to smaller works, similar to Alma-Tadema's classical genre scenes, devoting his time mainly to administration: he was the first Slade professor at University College London, 1871–5; principal of the National Art Training School (now the Royal College of Art); director of the National Gallery, 1894–1904; and president of the Royal Academy, 1896–1918.

Condition

Very Good; Gently Used

Dimensions

46.75" x 3" x 58.75; canvas 36" x 48"