Up: [[Artists and Art Movements]] Created: 2024-07-04 Updated: 2025-11-11 Osbert was a French painter, significant in the [[Symbolism]] movement of the late 19th century. He made realistic paintings of historical and religious themes, and symbolic paintings of rebirth and mystical themes. Osbert’s symbolist paintings were done in a monochromatic palette, often blues and greens. The light is diffuse, contributing to the mystical aspects. The paintings were often of solitary women in nature, such as in the examples below. The Muse at Sunrise ![[The Muse at Sunrise.webp]] At Sunset ![[At Sunset.webp]]