0741NOTOdysseusSirens_Ewerhard

stub for later treatment?

worth comparing for its bombast with the Waterhouse’s “Ulysses and the Sirens”

images/SirensWaterhouse.jpg

Waterhouse puts in 7 sirens; Ewerhard has 3 (the classical number?)

Waterhouse’s sirens are depicted as harpies, as are Ewerrhard’s; but W’s are “clothed”

Waterhouse’s seascape is relatively serene, while Ewerhard’s is tempestuous

Herbert James Draper — 0741OdysseusSirens_Draper.htm — has three mermaids on a slightly tempestuous sea

There could be some connection. Indeed “an undisputable nod to Draper” (http://www.mythimedia.org/symphonyx.htm)

Ewerhard’s painting is a sort of conglomeration of these two fin de siecle conceits.

Ewerhard has his own website

cf. 0731NOTOdysseus_SymphonyX.htm