# 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._

7 works in the collection.

- [Symbolic Head](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/symbolic-head-cma-154283), Odilon Redon, c. 1890. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Flower Clouds](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/flower-clouds-aic-76395), Odilon Redon, c. 1903. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Orpheus](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/orpheus-cma-108544), Odilon Redon, c. 1903–10. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Homage to Goya](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/homage-to-goya-cma-109190), Odilon Redon, 1885. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [In My Dream I Saw in the Sky a Face of Mystery](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/in-my-dream-i-saw-in-the-sky-a-face-of-mystery-cma-109191), Odilon Redon, 1885. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Brünnhilde in Twilight of the Gods](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/brunnhilde-in-twilight-of-the-gods-cma-124433), Odilon Redon, 1894. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Armor](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/armor-met-339671), Odilon Redon, 1891. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.