Odilon Redon
French, 1840–1916
Born in Bordeaux; died in Paris.
Redon spent three decades working almost entirely in black: charcoal drawings he called his “noirs” and albums of lithographs peopled with floating eyes, strange plants and dreamlike heads, which made him a hero of the Symbolist writers. In the 1890s he turned to colour, and his later pastels and oils of flowers, myths and visions glow with intense hues. He was close to Mallarmé and admired by the young Nabis.
Written by Ochre Editions.
- In the collection
- 7 worksDated 1885–1915
- Mostly
- Print, Drawings, Drawing and Watercolor
- Movement
- Post-ImpressionismArtists who kept Impressionism's colour but pushed towards structure, symbol and feeling.
