Shaw, George Bernard: 1856-1950

Pygmalion, 1913 - Background

  • When Sculpted Love Comes Alive: "Since Pygmalion was a sculptor, he decided to create the perfect statue. He may have decided to stay away from women, but nothing could stop him from creating the ideal woman using his chisel." The Collector; January 17, 2021
  • It is based on Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book 10
  • Pygmalion stories & art. Images and articles focus on successive retellings of the Pygmalion story after Ovid's Metamorphoses
  • Hirschfeld's Pygmalion cartoon
  • Podcast
    Pygmalion and Galatea, it's super weird and creepy