Caliban
1881
Odilon Redon brings Shakespeare's monstrous outcast to life in this haunting black drawing from 1881. Caliban, the wild son of a witch and a devil, stares out with wide, unsettling eyes from the shadows of a dark forest, clutching a tree trunk like a lifeline. Redon was a master of the 'noirs'—his eerie works that explored the subconscious long before Freud made it popular. This creepy creature perfectly captures the Symbolist movement's love for dreams, nightmares, and the weirdly beautiful.
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