Bluebeard
March 24th, 2009
This is based on the fairy tale Bluebeard. It’s about a wife who discovers her new husband had murdered his seven previous spouses.
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I love this. It’s super creepy and the detail is amazing.
[...] last but not least here is BlueBeard by Derek Sullivan. The illustration is based off the BlueBeard folklore. “It’s about a wife who discovers her [...]
Beautiful… but I do not understand where this idea of 7 wifes comes… in Perrault’s tale he doesn’t state how many wifes were in the room. In Paul Dukas opera «Ariane et Barbe-Bleue» (libretto by Maeterlink) the women found in the catacombs are 5 (and they’re alive) and in Béla Bartóks opera «Duke Bluebeard’s castle» (libretto by Béla Balázs) they are only 3 women behind the 7th door (here there are 7 doors, yes! – but not seven wifes). I’m working on the theme (Bluebeard’s wifes) and found your ilustration. Very nice.