Saint Sébastien 1910

Odilon Redon's "Saint Sébastien" (1910) portrays the saint tied to a tree, evoking the traditional Christian martyrdom narrative with a distinctive Symbolist sensibility. Redon's signature hazy, dreamlike style is evident in the soft contours of the figure, the luminous, painterly treatment of the sky, and the blurred landscape. The artist's fascination with the macabre and the mystical is palpable in the scene's melancholic atmosphere.