Artist
Odilon Redon
1840–1916 · French
Odilon Redon first became known for dark charcoal drawings and lithographs populated by eyes, floating heads, monsters and dreamlike organisms. From the 1890s onward, pastel and oil opened his work into intensely colored flowers, mythologies and spiritual images.
Drawing; lithography; pastel; painting
Major Works
- 1882The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity →
- 1881The Smiling Spider →
- c. 1914The Cyclops →
- 1890Closed Eyes →
- 1905–08Ophelia among the Flowers →
- c. 1914Pandora →
- 1904Buddha →
- c. 1912Vase of Flowers →
- 1900Pegasus →
- 1880Spirit of the Forest →
Interviews & Writing
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