Ovide’s work is defined by its 20th century sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
Eugene Carriere
Ovide Yencesse (French, 1869–1947)
The Baby's Kiss
The Sower
The Mother's Kiss
Child with Roses
Decorative Art
Antoine Heron de Villefosse
Eve
The Lesson
Amedee Godard, Editing Engraver
National Museums
Apollo Exposing Mars and Venus to the Ridicule of the Olympians, from Ovid's Metamorphoses
France, possibly Aubusson
Pygmalion from Stories from Ovid
After a design probably by Daniel Janssens (1636–1682) Woven at the Wauters workshop Antwerp
Schöne Figuren auß dem Ovidio (Ovid's Metamorphoses), plate twelve from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century
Virgil Solis, the elder (German, 1514-1562) assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943)
Arachne Showing Her Work, from Les Métamorphoses
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) written by Ovid (Italian, 43 B.C.-17 A.D.) printed by Louis Fort (French, 19th-20th centuries) published by Albert Skira (Swiss, 1904-1973)
The Love of Jupiter and Semele (third plate), from Les Métamorphoses
Nestor's Stories About the Trojan War, from Les Métamorphoses
The Fall of Phaeton
After a design based on an etching by Antonio Tempesta (1555–1630), The Fall of Phaeton (Phaetontis casus) from Ovid’s Metamorphoses Possibly woven at the workshop of Gabriel Babonneix (born 1756?) at the Manufacture Royale d’Aubusson France, Aubusson
The Combat of Perseus and Phineas for Andromeda, from Les Métamorphoses