The Pastels of Odilon Redon - Perspectives from The Artist's RoadThe Pastels of Odilon Redon Perspectives from The Artist's Road
Born in 1840, Odilon Redon (Bertrand-Jean Redon) was given his melodic nickname from his mother, Marie-Odile. He began to draw from early childhood, later, briefly studying painting under Jean-Léon Gérôme at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
In 1886, his work was shown in the last exhibition of the Impressionists. In 1899, he showed with the Nabis, a group whose members included Pierre Bonnard and Édouard Vuillard. The Nabis work transitioned from academic art and Impressionism to more abstract and symbolic work. Redon's interest in Buddhism, Hinduism and Japonism had a strong influence on his work. He wrote: “I have often, as an exercise and as a sustenance, painted before an object down to the smallest accidents of its visual appearance; but the day left me sad and with an unsatiated thirst. The next day I let the other source run, that of imagination, through the recollection of the forms and I was then reassured and appeased.”
1903, Redon was awarded the Legion of Honour. In 1913, his work was exhibited at the US International Exhibition of Modern Art, or Armory Show in New York, Chicago and Boston. Redon died in 1916 in Paris. |
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