Sir George Frampton Lamia Gothic Feminist Art Victorian Corset Painting Postcard

ABIZRA240 This is a beautiful undated but modern published official postcard from London's Royal Academy Of Arts for this historic drawing of Sir George Frampton and Lamia from 1889 with artist details, dates, dimensions etc & Royal Academy Of Arts logo on reverse being the official souvenir from when exhibited unused and mint.

"...Executed using an innovative polychromatic sculptural technique, this hauntingly beautiful three-dimensional study adopts a formal portrait-bust layout defined by a rich, material-driven palette of warm ivory skin, deep oxidised bronze drapery, and flashing opalescent iridescence that casts a spell of dark, romantic mystery. The visual architecture balances the delicate, downward-looking features of the female protagonist against a heavy, elaborately structured headdress and medieval-style corset inlaid with real opals and crystal accents. Modelled circa 1899 as a leading masterwork of the late Victorian New Sculpture and Symbolist movements, this enigmatic figure draws from John Keats’s romantic poem to depict a tragic, shape-shifting femme fatale and is preserved as a highlight of the permanent collection at the Royal Academy of Arts..."