Title: Bateau en haute mer
Artist: Odilon Redon (French, 1840-1916)
Medium: huile sur panneau parqueté
Dimensions: 16.1 x 30.3 cm
Description
A Provençal legend tells of Martha, Mary Magdalene, Lazarus, and three companions setting sail from Marseille in a rudderless, sailless boat to preach in Tarascon. In The Red Boat (c. 1900; Musée d’Orsay, Paris), Redon adhered closely to the narrative details, a departure from the greater iconographic liberty he typically allowed himself in other versions of this subject. This painting exemplifies Redon’s symbolic, rather than descriptive, interpretation of the tale. It is characterized by a rich, dramatic golden light that suffuses the composition, starkly contrasted against a turbulent turquoise sea.
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Image Dimensions: 3200 x 1668 pixels
Image Size: 358 KB
Image Format: JPG
Print Resolution: 300 dpi
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License: Public Domain, Free for Commercial Use
