(The Lament for Icarus 1889, Herbert James Draper) The Victorian painter Herbert James Draper was born 1863 in London, England and most popular at the end of the 19th century. Being a Classicist, he preferred painting scenes from Greek mythology, mostly women in woodland scenes or by the ocean. For this particular painting, he received inContinue reading “Month of Art: Day 9 The Lament for Icarus, 1898”