The Devil (Le Diable)

About this work

You see a tall, shadowy figure with a simple face and wavy hair that twists into a lacy ring behind its head. The work looks almost like a ghost because Redon used only black ink and smudged edges to blur the edges. He often drew strange dreams instead of real things, which made his art feel mysterious. This piece shows how Redon mixed dark ideas with soft shapes. The loose lines make the devil feel more strange than scary. Check out how Redon, Odilon did this in another work.