more "the pic of the day"

I know, I'm posting too many "the pic of the day" lately. I have been quite busy and I didn't find the time to write a long post. But anyway, I shouldn't apologize, this section is called "the pic of the day", what means that I have the right to post up to seven "the pic of the day" a week. And you must know that from now on I will stand up for my rights.

So, once things are cleared and you know how things are gonna work from now on, here we go with today's "the pic of the day".

It's a symbolist painting by Odilon Redon. Symbolism is a movement which appears in the late 19th century as a reaction against realism to whom Redon was one of the main practitioners. I particularly appreciate those flowers absurdly surrounding the pensive girl. The dynamical explosion of colour contrasting with the stillness of the girl has an immediate appeal. I feel that the artist has succeeded to capture in the same canvas a girl living an austere existence and her escapist inner world.

Portrait of Violette Heymann (1910)