Underwater Vision
Odilon Redon
French, 1840–1916
c. 1910
An oil-on-canvas dreamlike seascape in which Odilon Redon conjures the mysterious life beneath the waves through floating, almost organic shapes.
You'd first notice soft, pearly washes and a misty, near-abstract atmosphere punctuated by jewel-like, biomorphic motifs and a sudden coral-red surge at the right that reads like a submerged apparition.
A late Symbolist work, it shows Redon's shift from description to evocative suggestion, helping to open visual pathways toward Surrealism and modern explorations of the unconscious.
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
36 3/4 x 29 1/4" (93.3 x 74.3 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of The Ian Woodner Family Collection
Accession
239.2000
Palette
Exhibitions
