Odilon Redon
- Introduction
- Odilon Redon (born Bertrand Redon; French: [ʁədɔ̃]; 20 April 1840 – 6 July 1916) was a French symbolist painter, printmaker, draughtsman and pastellist. Early in his career, both before and after fighting in the Franco-Prussian War, he worked almost exclusively in charcoal and lithography, works referred to as noirs. He started gaining recognition after his drawings were mentioned in the 1884 novel À rebours by Joris-Karl Huysmans. During the 1890s he began working in pastel and oils, which quickly became his favourite medium, abandoning his previous style of noirs completely after 1900. He also developed a keen interest in Hindu and Buddhist religion and culture, which increasingly showed in his work. He is perhaps best known today for the "dreamlike" paintings created in the first decade of the 20th century, which were heavily inspired by Japanese art and which, while continuing to take inspiration from nature, heavily flirted with abstraction. His work is considered a precursor to both Dadaism and Surrealism.
- Wikidata
- Q154349
- Introduction
- Redon began his career as a draftsman in charcoal (which he called his 'Noirs'), and lithographer, working almost exclusively with black, but after 1900 he began to explore new motifs, flowers becoming a favored subject, rendered in vivid color in oils and pastel. After 1886, when the term was defined, Redon was considered to be a paragon of Symbolist visual art.
- Nationality
- French
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Still Life Artist, Painter
- Names
- Odilon Redon, Bertrand Redon, Odilon Bertrand-Jean Redon, o. redon, Redon, Redon O.
- Ulan
- 500007292
Exhibitions
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518: A Surrealist Art History
Ongoing
MoMA
Collection gallery
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501: 19th-Century Innovators
Ongoing
MoMA
Collection gallery
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Artist’s Choice: Amy Sillman—The Shape of Shape
Oct 21, 2019–Oct 4, 2020
MoMA
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The Paris of Toulouse-Lautrec: Prints and Posters
Jul 26, 2014–Mar 22, 2015
MoMA
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Painting and Sculpture Changes 2013
Jan 1–Dec 31, 2013
MoMA
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Odilon Redon has
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Odilon Redon Battle (Bataille) 1865
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Odilon Redon The Battle 1865
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Odilon Redon Fear (La Peur) 1866, printed 1922
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Odilon Redon Seated Woman Surrounded by Cliffs 1866
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Odilon Redon Trees (c. 1865-68)
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Odilon Redon Woman with Outstretched Arm (c. 1868)
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Odilon Redon Portrait of a Young Man (after Holbein) c. 1866
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Odilon Redon The Head of Saint John the Baptist (after Andrea Solario) c. 1868
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Odilon Redon Descent into Hell 1873
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Odilon Redon Apache (Man on Horseback) c. 1875
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Odilon Redon Apache (Man on Horseback II) (c. 1875)
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Odilon Redon Fishing Boat c. 1875
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Odilon Redon Rocky Peak c. 1875
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Odilon Redon The Rocky Slope c. 1875
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Odilon Redon Landscape with Rocks, near Royan c. 1875
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Odilon Redon Winged Horseman (c. 1875)
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Odilon Redon Centaur Aiming at the Clouds (c. 1875)
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Odilon Redon Windmill (c. 1875)
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Odilon Redon a) Mephistopheles, also known as Harlequin (recto) b) Winged Figure with Serpent (verso) a) (c. 1877) b) (c. 1876)
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Odilon Redon Eye-Balloon (Œil-ballon) 1878
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Odilon Redon Germination 1879
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Odilon Redon In the Dream (Dans le rêve) 1879
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Odilon Redon Blossoming (Éclosion) from In the Dream (Dans le rêve) 1879
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Odilon Redon Germination from In the Dream (Dans le rêve) 1879
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Odilon Redon The Wheel (La Roue) from In the Dream (Dans le rêve) 1879
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Odilon Redon Limbo (Limbes) from In the Dream (Dans le rêve) 1879
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Odilon Redon The Gambler (Le Joueur) from In the Dream (Dans le rêve) 1879
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Odilon Redon Gnome from In the Dream (Dans le rêve) 1879
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Odilon Redon Feline Scene (Félinerie) from In the Dream (Dans le rêve) 1879
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Odilon Redon Vision from In the Dream (Dans le rêve) 1879
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Odilon Redon Sad Ascent (Triste montée) from In the Dream (Dans le rêve) 1879
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Odilon Redon On the Dish (Sur la coupe) from In the Dream (Dans le rêve) 1879
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Odilon Redon Frontispiece from In the Dream (Dans le rêve) 1879
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Odilon Redon The Convict 1881
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Odilon Redon Imaginary Figure (c. 1881)
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Odilon Redon The Eye like a Strange Balloon Mounts toward Infinity (L'Œil, comme un ballon bizarre se dirige vers l'infini) 1882
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Odilon Redon The Fairy (Profile of Light) 1882
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Odilon Redon And Man Appeared, Questioning the Earth from Which He Came and Which Draws Him Back, as He Cleared a Way Forward to the Murky Light (Et l'homme parut, interrogeant le sol d'où il sort et qui l'attire, il se fraya la voie vers de sombres clartés) 1883
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Odilon Redon The Misshapen Polyp Floated on the Shores, a Sort of Smiling and Hideous Cyclops (Le Polype difforme flottait sur les rivages, sorte de cyclope souriant et hideux) 1883
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Odilon Redon The Masque of the Red Death (Le Masque de la mort rouge) 1883
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Odilon Redon Trees in the Blue Sky c. 1883
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Odilon Redon Rocks on the Beach c. 1883
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Odilon Redon The Celt c. 1878
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Odilon Redon The Teeth (Les Dents) 1883
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Odilon Redon The Egg (L'Œuf) 1885
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Odilon Redon Homage to Goya (Hommage à Goya) 1885
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Odilon Redon In My Dream, I Saw in the Sky a Face of Mystery (Dans mon rêve, je vis au ciel un visage de mystère) from Homage to Goya (Hommage à Goya) 1885
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Odilon Redon The Marsh Flower, a Sad Human Head (La Fleur du marécage, une tête humaine et triste) from Homage to Goya (Hommage à Goya) 1885
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