To Honor Old Masters - Odilon Redon

in #art6 years ago

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Odilon Redon (1840 - 1916) was a French graphic artist, painter of symbolism and co-founder of the Société des Artistes Indépendants. The artist's work is divided into an early black phase and a (late) colored phase.
'' The crying spider '' Private collection, Netherlands Image Source

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In his black phase, Redon created charcoal drawings and prints whose theme was the human unconscious with its fears and nightmares. They contained dark, fantastical figures from the artist's own imagination.

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'' Chimera '', Kröller-Müller Museum , Image Source

In the second period of creativity, Redon broke with black tones and began painting color-filled pictures with elements of mythologie and nature.

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'' The Cyclops '' , Image Source

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'' Evocation '' , undated , private collection

The artist explains the change in style in the following way: "I realized that, gradually unwinding, the tape of life gives us not only sadness, but also joy. If the artist's work is a song about his life, then, apart from the sad black and white notes, at least some colorful notes of joy should sound in it "

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'' Flower Clouds '' , 1903 , The Art Institute of Chicago , Image Source



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