1914 (ca.), Odilon Redon, The Prisoner -- Wallraf-Richartz Museum (Cologne)
From the museum label: Long before the Surrealists appeared, artists have forever attempted to lend form to the unconscious. Here Redon combines ancient myths with modern ideas and even more modern painting. A prisoner could stand for woman per se, for her ties to nature. Is she a Venus prior to birth, or as a "prisoner" more like Andromeda before her liberation? It is typical that Redon leaves the question open.
1914 (ca.), Odilon Redon, The Prisoner -- Wallraf-Richartz Museum (Cologne)
From the museum label: Long before the Surrealists appeared, artists have forever attempted to lend form to the unconscious. Here Redon combines ancient myths with modern ideas and even more modern painting. A prisoner could stand for woman per se, for her ties to nature. Is she a Venus prior to birth, or as a "prisoner" more like Andromeda before her liberation? It is typical that Redon leaves the question open.