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Odilon Redon lived in the XIX – XX cent., a remarkable figure of French Symbolism. Find more works of this artist at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
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- The Crying Spider, 1881
The Crying Spider, 1881 - Odilon Redon - 455 artworks -...
- Vision, C.1883
Vision, C.1883 - Odilon Redon - 455 artworks - painting -...
- The Druidess, 1893
The Druidess, 1893 - Odilon Redon - 455 artworks - painting...
- The Cyclops, C.1898
The Cyclops is a painting by Odilon Redon depicting a myth...
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- The Legacy of Odilon Redon
Odilon Redon was born Bertrand Jean Redon to a prosperous family in Bordeaux. His nickname was a derivation of his mother's first name, Odile, who was a French Creole woman from Louisiana. Because of his ill health, perhaps due to epilepsy, Redon was entrusted to his uncle's care and grew up in Peyrelebade in the Medoc region of France on the famil...
Redon's father pressured him to study architecture instead of art, but in 1857 Redon failed the entrance exams for architectural studies at the École des Beaux-Arts. In Paris Redon met and began a lifelong and highly influential friendship with the botanist Armand Clavaud who introduced him to the scientific theories of Charles Darwin, the literary...
The 1870s were a decade of profound change in Redon's life and artistic practice. In 1870 he was drafted into the Franco-Prussian War, which ended with France's humiliating defeat and the Commune one year later. The experience interrupted his life and work as an artist, compounding his natural tendencies toward melancholy. Yet at the same time, the...
In the 1890s Redon's work underwent a radical change, as he began working predominantly in pastels, at last employing color after years of only black. Some scholars have attributed the change to a religious awakening, as evidenced by the artist's growing interest in subjects taken from Buddhism or Christianity, but many of his black-and-white litho...
Redon's far-reaching influence falls into two categories corresponding to the two main threads in his oeuvre: his extraordinarily vivid and colorful late paintings and pastels, and his earlier noirs. For the Nabis, it was Redon's free and expressive use of color that would have the most impact. Maurice Denis credited Redon with advancing the spirit...
- French
- April 20, 1840
- Bordeaux, France
- July 6, 1916
Known for. Painting, printmaking, drawing. Movement. Post-impressionism, symbolism. Spouse. Camille Falte. Children. 1. Odilon Redon (born Bertrand Redon; French: [ɔdilɔ̃ ʁədɔ̃]; 20 April 1840 – 6 July 1916) was a French Symbolist artist.
- Bertrand Redon, 20 April 1840, Bordeaux, France
- Painting, printmaking, drawing
- Atelier of Jean-Léon Gérôme
Odilon (Bertrand) Redon. Date of birth. 1840. Date of death. 1916. See all 426 artworks ›. Flower Clouds, c. 1903. Odilon Redon. Andromeda, 1904/10.
426 results. Odilon Redon. Clear all. By Relevance. Artists. Odilon Redon (426) Clear all. Flower Clouds, c. 1903Odilon Redon. Andromeda, 1904/10Odilon Redon. Guardian Spirit of the Waters, 1878Odilon Redon. Still Life with Flowers, 1905Odilon Redon. Flowers: Poppies and Daisies, c. 1867Odilon Redon. Sita, c. 1893Odilon 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.
