Farvestudie efter Delacroixs maleri Dante og Vergil i Underverdenen, Louvre 1930s

Edvard Weie made this watercolor colour study after Delacroix’s painting, “Dante and Virgil in the Underworld,” at some point in his career. Just imagine him in front of Delacroix's massive painting with a small sheet of paper trying to capture its essence, not in form, but in colour. The whole painting seems to breathe with the movement of the water-based pigments on the page. There are so many different ways of seeing, thinking, and experiencing the world and here Weie wants to understand colour. See how he renders the figures as blocks of ochre, brown, and flesh tones, and how they create a sense of depth and space. The colours aren’t just colours but, feelings, or maybe thoughts— it’s like a map of an emotion! Painters are always in conversation with each other across time, inspiring one another’s creativity. This study embraces uncertainty and ambiguity, allowing for multiple interpretations rather than one definitive reading.