Odilon Redon
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Odilon Redon was a French painter who lived from 1840 to 1916 and became known for creating imaginative, dreamlike works that blended reality with fantasy. His distinctive artistic approach helped bridge the gap between 19th-century art movements and modern art, influencing how artists thought about expressing imagination and emotion on canvas.
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- Born
- 1840
- Died
- 1916
- Works
- 78
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- A soi-même, journal (1867-1915)
- Odilon Redon Selbstgespräch
- The Temptation of Saint Anthony
- Les débâcles
- La passante
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Odilon Redon (born Bertrand Redon; French: [ɔdilɔ̃ ʁədɔ̃]; 20 April 1840 – 6 July 1916) was a French Symbolist draftsman, printmaker, and painter.
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. He gained recognition after his drawings were mentioned in the 1884 novel À rebours (Against Nature) by Joris-Karl Huysmans. During the 1890s, Redon began working in pastel and oil, which quickly became his favorite medium, abandoning his previous style of noirs completely after 1900. He developed a keen interest in Hindu and Buddhist religion and culture, which increasingly showed in his work.
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