Das graue Segel
1900-05
Odilon Redon invites us into a dreamlike voyage where reality dissolves into mist, featuring two figures sharing a small boat beneath a massive, ghostly white sail. Above them, the sky swirls with clouds, a faint rainbow, and a mysterious cluster of purple flowers hanging from nowhere, perfectly capturing the Symbolist goal of painting dreams rather than reality. Redon famously switched from dark, spooky charcoal drawings to these vibrant, ethereal colors later in life, claiming he wanted to place 'logic at the service of the visible'.
- Technique
- Oil on canvas
- Material
- Canvas
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