The Red Headed Odalisque / L'Odalisque - La Rouquine

There is an electric excitement in this painting.

The Red Headed Odalisque makes an audacious statement in bold fauvist colors.

With her voluptuous bright yellow imposing body and her wild  luxuriant red hair, she bisects the painting on a forceful diagonal from top to bottom.

Indolently reclining on the large bed, she dominates the large painting as she and challenges us to dare to continue to look at her.