Sunday Walk (Yellow Dresses)
1894
Paul Sérusier painted this dreamy Sunday stroll after a life-changing trip to Brittany where he hung out with Paul Gauguin. That encounter totally rewired his artistic brain, leading him to ditch realistic depth for a flat, decorative style that looks almost like a stained-glass window. Notice how the bright yellow dresses pop against the green grass? That’s the Nabis movement in action—a group of artists who believed a painting should be a beautiful arrangement of colors first, and a picture of reality second. The women seem to float through the woods, turning a simple walk into a rhythmic, musical composition.
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