Opera poster - Elektra by Richard Strauss Acrylic Print
by Moira Risen
$122.00
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Opera poster - Elektra by Richard Strauss acrylic print by Moira Risen. Bring your artwork to life with the stylish lines and added depth of an acrylic print. Your image gets printed directly onto the back of a 1/4" thick sheet of clear acrylic. The high gloss of the acrylic sheet complements the rich colors of any image to produce stunning results. Two different mounting options are available, see below.
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Opera poster for Elektra by Richard Strauss - from the minimalist opera poster series by illustrator and writer Moira Risen - a perfect gift for... more
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Opera poster for Elektra by Richard Strauss - from the minimalist opera poster series by illustrator and writer Moira Risen - a perfect gift for opera fans.
'In the long line of dysfunctional families featured in ancient Greek myths and tragedies Elektra's family is probably in the top three.
A father (Agamemnon) who sacrifices Daughter One (Iphigenia) to win a war (the Troyan one), a mother (Klytemnestra) who slays his returning husband with the help of her lover (Aegisthus) and tries to murder her son (Orest) who wants to avenge his father's death while Daughter Two (Elektra) goes crazy in her furious lust for her mothers death and - despite the begging of Daughter Three (Chrysosthemis, the only more or less mentally sane member of the family) - gives the murder weapon (a double headed axe) used on his father to Orest who butchers their mother, her lover and their entire retinue. The story ends with Elektra dying in a hysteric triumphal dance on top of the impressive...
About Moira Risen
Collections featuring original artwork of illustrator and writer Moira Risen and carefully curated collections of digitally restored and cleaned illustrations from artists of the Golden Age, vintage botanical drawings, advertising posters from the early 1900's, vintage pictorial maps, traditional Chinese flower and bird paintings and some selected, licensed works of modernist painters. With licensing inquiries or any other questions please contact Moira personally via this email. You find more information about her and her creative projects on her personal website and on her blog. About Moira's artwork: 'I rather label my creations illustrations than classic fine art pieces because almost always there's a story (or at least a fragment...
