Nauplie 

Olivier Debré made "Nauplie", an evocative abstract painting, sometime during his career. Debre came of age in Europe during the Second World War. He resisted the classical traditions in art which had, for centuries, been considered the norm. Debre’s identity as an artist was deeply intertwined with his emotional responses to the world. He once said that he was interested in "the resemblance that allows one to move from the visible to the un-visible.” The washes of blues, and the textured brushstrokes create a sensation of being enveloped by the sea. This approach moves away from traditional landscape painting, offering an alternative narrative focused on personal, sensory experience. "Nauplie" invites us to contemplate the emotional and psychological dimensions of landscape, and to consider how abstraction can convey profound feelings and experiences. The painting isn’t just a depiction of a place, but an exploration of how that place makes us feel.