Garden with Red Tree

"Garden with Red Tree" exemplifies the Nabis' innovative approach to oil painting, transforming the traditional landscape into a symbolic and expressive canvas filled with vibrant colors and simplified forms. Reflecting influences from Post-impressionism and the group's shared admiration for Gauguin and Cézanne, the work emphasizes metaphors and personal symbolism over realistic depictions. The painting’s bold use of color and stylized composition represent their shift from Impressionism towards modernism, illustrating how they believed art should synthesize metaphors rather than merely depict nature.