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In late floral still lifes such as this one, the artist demonstrated a naturalist’s sense of wonder as well as a richly inventive imagination, combining many different types of blooms and foliage in an effervescent display, attended by fluttering butterflies.
- A Veil, a Printed Image
Odilon Redon (French, Bordeaux 1840–1916 Paris) 1891. How...
- Pegasus and Bellerophon
Odilon Redon made paintings, drawings, and lithographs on...
- Eyes Closed
Odilon Redon (French, Bordeaux 1840–1916 Paris) 1894. And...
- Haunting
Odilon Redon (French, Bordeaux 1840–1916 Paris) 1891. In the...
- Pink Background
Vase of Flowers (Pink Background) Odilon Redon French. ca....
- Etruscan Vase with Flowers
In this bouquet, Redon combined palm fronds with artificial...
- A Veil, a Printed Image
Vase of Flowers (Pink Background) Odilon Redon French. ca. 1906. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 813. Having worked almost exclusively in black and white for more than two decades, Redon revealed his gifts as a colorist in the luminous pastels and paintings he made after 1895.
Odilon Redon (born Bertrand-Jean Redon; French: [ʁədɔ̃]; April 20, 1840 – July 6, 1916) was a French symbolist painter, printmaker, draughtsman and pastellist. Odilon Redon was born in Bordeaux, Aquitaine, to a prosperous family.
- French
- April 20, 1840
- Bordeaux, France
- July 6, 1916
Flower Clouds. c. 1903. Odilon Redon. French, 1840-1916. The evocative, symbolic art of Odilon Redon drew its inspiration from the internal world of his imagination. For years this student of Rodolphe Bresdin worked only in black and white, producing powerful and haunting charcoal drawings, lithographs, and etchings.
Learn about the life and work of Odilon Redon, a French Symbolist painter and pastelist who created colorful and imaginative flower-themed artworks. See some of his floral paintings and pastels in The Met collection, including Vase of Flowers, Madame Arthur Fontaine, and Pandora.
In this bouquet, Redon combined palm fronds with artificial or imaginary flowers in a fantastical blue and ochre color scheme. The title identifies the vase as Etruscan, but it was likely a modern ceramic imitating an ancient example from the Mediterranean region.
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