Abandonment 1964

Paul Delvaux made 'Abandonment', an oil painting, in the style of surrealism. The color palette is muted and slightly desaturated, lending the scene an eerie, dreamlike quality. Delvaux's brushstrokes are smooth and deliberate, creating a polished surface that adds to the overall sense of stillness and detachment. It’s like he’s inviting us into a world where the normal rules of reality don't quite apply. The setting, with its eerie atmosphere and unsettling narrative, feels strangely familiar yet deeply unsettling. The texture of the rug the reclining figure lays upon is very appealing, and the use of line throughout the composition to create the wooden floor is quite hypnotic. I keep thinking, how is this affecting my mood, what does it say about how I see the world? Delvaux’s work reminds me of the paintings of Giorgio de Chirico, with their enigmatic spaces and sense of impending doom. Both artists create worlds that are both beautiful and deeply unsettling, inviting us to question the nature of reality and the human condition.