This painting hangs in my study as a constant reminder... One will fly too high, beyond their intelligence and ego, one's false sense of inflated self is bound to fall, as one’s nemesis follows one’s pride.
Beyond the legend and story, this is one of the most beautiful neo-classic paintings ever created.
Almost forgotten, Herbert Draper (1863-1920) is considered a Pre-Raphaeilte along with J.W. Waterhouse, as one of the most gifted artists of the period.
Draper, as most of the pre-Raphaelites’, focused their attention on mythology, legend and scenes from the bible.
An English painter, he was educated at the Royal Academy in London, and becoming a disciple of the so called “founders of the movement”, that is to say, Danta Gabriel Rosstti, surpassed their form and produced works’ of stunning magic and realism.
Although “Icarus” is a stunning work, if interested, research this artist and you will come upon a few dazzling scenes: “Sea Melodies” or the “Gates of Dawn”: alluring, sensuous and highly charged with history, myth and basic beauty...absolutely startling.
If not Beauty, at the very least, “The lament of Icarus” is striking.
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