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Odilon Redon (born Bertrand Redon; French: [ɔdilɔ̃ ʁədɔ̃]; 20 April 1840 – 6 July 1916) was a French Symbolist artist. Early in his career, both before and after fighting in the Franco-Prussian War, Redon worked almost exclusively in charcoal and lithography, works known as his noirs.
Apr 16, 2024 · Odilon Redon (born April 20, 1840, Bordeaux, France—died July 6, 1916, Paris) was a French Symbolist painter, lithographer, and etcher of considerable poetic sensitivity and imagination, whose work developed along two divergent lines. His prints explore haunted, fantastic, often macabre themes and foreshadowed the Surrealist and Dadaist ...
Apr 15, 2024 · Odilon Redon, a visionary French artist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, left an indelible mark on the art world with his captivating and imaginative works. Born in Bordeaux in 1840, Redon initially gained recognition for his charcoal drawings known as “noirs,” which often explored themes of the macabre and the fantastical.
Odilon Redon (born Bertrand Redon; French: [ɔdilɔ̃ ʁədɔ̃]; 20 April 1840 – 6 July 1916) was a French Symbolist artist. Early in his career, both before and after fighting in the Franco-Prussian War, Redon worked almost exclusively in charcoal and lithography, works known as his noirs.
Odilon Redon. 1840 - 1916. Redon was, with Gustave Moreau, one of the leading artists of the French Symbolist movement. He was born in Bordeaux and trained for a brief period with Jean-Léon Gérôme. His earlier work consisted chiefly of drawings and prints of imaginary and usually macabre subjects.
Familiar with Darwinism and contemporary scientific theories on the mutation of living beings, Redon interpreted the Elizabethan Renaissance myth of the savage through the portrayal of this strange...
Apr 22, 1840 - Jul 6, 1916. Odilon Redon was a French symbolist painter, printmaker, draughtsman and pastellist. Early in his career, both before and after fighting in the Franco-Prussian War,...
