Red Boat with Blue Sails 1907

Odilon Redon's "Red Boat with Blue Sails" (1907) is an oil on canvas artwork depicting a sailboat with a vibrant red hull and billowing blue sails moving across a light blue sea. The sky is a soft canvas of pale pink, yellow and blue hues. The piece exemplifies Redon's transition from his earlier, more symbolic style to a later, more impressionistic style. This work is typical of his fascination with the sea and its symbolism of dreams and fantasy.