Johanna Öst

New art: La Belle Dame sans Merci

Posted Feb 24, 2012 at 19:48 CET in My art and illustration.

I saw pale kings and princes too,
Pale warriors, death-pale were they all;
They cried—“La Belle Dame sans Merci
Hath thee in thrall!”

John Keats’ La Belle Dame sans Merci. You can read the entire poem here.

Original and prints available here.

8 comments on “New art: La Belle Dame sans Merci”

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Feb 24, 2012 at 19:50 CET

Nancy, nancy-gorman.blogspot.com

Wow! I love it, the ghosts in the back remind me a lot of the dead elves in the swamp from the Lord of the Rings: the Two Towers - the red as the nipples are a lovely touch too!

Her face is particularly beautiful :) x

Feb 24, 2012 at 20:11 CET

Faith Rudd, lady-audley.blogspot.com

This is amazing! I love that poem and this is an absolutely wonderful interpretation of it :D I especially love her eyes & eyebrows.

Feb 24, 2012 at 23:39 CET

riennahera, riennahera.blogspot.com

This is one of my favourite poems ever. I am very glad you made her a redhead :)

Feb 25, 2012 at 10:42 CET

Johanna, johannaost.com

Thank you! I was actually going to make her a very fair blonde first, since everyone paints her as a redhead, but that didn’t contrast enough with the background.

Feb 27, 2012 at 16:29 CET

Jennifer, silentstanzas.blogspot.com

One of my all-time favorite poems – you have done it justice, and then some. Beautiful. ♥

Feb 27, 2012 at 23:34 CET

Naomi

just lovely!! and the poem too, I studied it last year and had forgotten how good it was!! The back ground is so creepy too- in a good way :)

Mar 5, 2012 at 22:43 CET

Catherine

It’s very lovely!
There is an french text with the same title: “La Belle Dame sans merci” by Alain Chartier. This text dates from 1424.

Mar 19, 2012 at 13:42 CET

Chris, chrispetersphoto.net

Wonderful work! I love this piece!

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