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René Daniëls — Leda en de zwaan
René Daniëls

Leda en de zwaan

A delicate interplay of watercolour washes and charcoal marks brings the mythological encounter between Leda and the swan to life on paper. Daniëls employs a fluid, gestural approach, allowing the soft, translucent layers of colour to merge with loose, expressive line work. The result is an image that feels both ethereal and charged with tension, blurring the boundaries between the figural and the abstract.

Medium
watercolour and charcoal on paper

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René Daniëls, Leda en de zwaan

A delicate interplay of watercolour washes and charcoal marks brings the mythological encounter between Leda and the swan to life on paper. Daniëls employs a fluid, gestural approach, allowing the soft, translucent layers of colour to merge with loose, expressive line work. The result is an image that feels both ethereal and charged with tension, blurring the boundaries between the figural and the abstract.

Medium
watercolour and charcoal on paper
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Twentieth Century, Expressionism, Charcoal on Paper, Mythology, Works on Paper, Watercolour, Figurative, Dutch Art

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