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(1981-1984) Apollo and Daphne

On August 15, 1983, Beck wrote in her journal about her current area of interest for her paintings: "Ovidian narratives". This was a reference to her growing preoccupation with the Metamorphoses, a collection of ancient Greek narratives written down by the Roman poet Ovid in the first century AD. Beck had already devoted almost five years in the early 1970s to one of Ovid's most famous narratives, the tragic tale of Orpheus. But in 1983 she was particularly focused on the story of Apollo and Daphne, in which a river nymph evades the unwanted sexual advances of the god Apollo, by transforming into a laurel tree. It is the ultimate case of a woman who is forced to take extreme action in order to preserve her autonomy in the face of unrelenting male pressure. Today, we would probably call it a #MeToo story.

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  1. Apollo and Daphne by Rosemarie Beck (Rosemarie Beck Foundation), Image 2.

    Apollo and Daphne, 1981

    oil on board

    10.75 x 8.75 in (27.31 x 22.23 cm)

  2. Apollo, Image 1.

    Apollo, 1983

    oil on board

    8.5 x 11.5 in (21.59 x 29.21 cm)

  3. Study: Apollo and Daphne, Image 1.

    Study: Apollo and Daphne, 1984

    Oil on linen

    19 x 15 in (48.26 x 38.1 cm)

  4. Portfolio #1969 Oils on paper and cardboard [1978-1984] Actaeon, Apollo + Daphne, Studio, Icarus by Rosemarie Beck (Rosemarie Beck Foundation), Image 5.

    Portfolio #1969 Oils on paper and cardboard [1978-1984] Actaeon, Apollo + Daphne, Studio, Icarus, c. 1980

    Oils

  5. untitled, Image 1.

    untitled, 1982

    Oil on Paper

    9.75 x 7.75 in (24.77 x 19.69 cm)

  6. Apollo and Daphne, Image 1.

    Apollo and Daphne, 1981

    Oil on linen

    25 x 33 in (63.5 x 83.82 cm)

  7. Study: Apollo and Daphne, Image 1.

    Study: Apollo and Daphne, 1983

    Oil on linen

    16 x 20 in (40.64 x 50.8 cm)

  8. Study: Apollo and Daphne, Image 1.

    Study: Apollo and Daphne, 1983

    Oil on Paper

    9 x 12 in (22.86 x 30.48 cm)

  9. Apollo and Daphne, Image 1.

    Apollo and Daphne, 1983

    Oil on linen

    40 x 50 in (101.6 x 127.0 cm)

  10. Study, Apollo and Daphne, Image 1.

    Study, Apollo and Daphne, 1982

    oil on board

    11.5 x 8.5 in (29.21 x 21.59 cm)

  11. Apollo and Daphne, Image 1.

    Apollo and Daphne, c. 1982

    cloth embroidery

    18 x 14 in (45.72 x 35.56 cm)

  12. Apollo + Daphne by Rosemarie Beck (Rosemarie Beck Foundation), Image 1.

    Apollo + Daphne, 1983

    Oil on linen

    48 x 43 in (121.92 x 109.22 cm)

  13. Apollo and Daphne, Image 1.

    Apollo and Daphne, 1982

    Oil on linen

    12 x 16 in (30.48 x 40.64 cm)

  14. Apollo and Daphne, Image 1.

    Apollo and Daphne, 1983

    oil on board

    10 x 7.75 in (25.4 x 19.69 cm)

  15. Portfolio #1845 Oils, Pencil & Ink [1983-1993] Atalanta, Icarus, Antigone, Judgement of Paris by Rosemarie Beck (Rosemarie Beck Foundation), Image 1.

    Portfolio #1845 Oils, Pencil & Ink [1983-1993] Atalanta, Icarus, Antigone, Judgement of Paris, c. 1989

    oils, pencil, ink wash

  16. Portfolio Box #1062 [1979-87, 1994] themes from Ovid's Metamorphoses by Rosemarie Beck (Rosemarie Beck Foundation), Image 8.

    Portfolio Box #1062 [1979-87, 1994] themes from Ovid's Metamorphoses, c. 1984

    Oils

  17. Apollo and Daphne, Image 1.

    Apollo and Daphne, 1982

    Oil on Paper

    6.5 x 10.5 in (16.51 x 26.67 cm)

  18. Apollo and Daphne, Image 1.

    Apollo and Daphne, 1983

    Oil on linen

    28 x 38 in (71.12 x 96.52 cm)

  19. Apollo and Daphne by Rosemarie Beck (Rosemarie Beck Foundation), Image 1.

    Apollo and Daphne, 1982

    Oil on Paper

    12 x 9 in (30.48 x 22.86 cm)