Fernand Khnopff I Lock The Door Upon Myself

Fernand khnopff i lock the door upon myself 1891 oil on canvas 72 7 x 141 cm neue pinakothek munich the essential aim of our art is to objectify the subjective the externalization of the idea instead of subjectifying the objective nature seen through the eyes of a temperament.

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. Watts edward burne jones and their circle. The title of the painting is a quotation from a christina rossetti poem. 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.

But who shall wall. I lock my door upon myself and bar them out. I lock my door upon myself. God strengthen me to bear 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. 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 the door upon myself 1891 munich neue pinakothek in the 1890 s khnopff regularly visited britain and established friendships with g f. The title of khnopff s painting was taken from rossetti s poem who shall deliver me in which she states.