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David — Odilon Redon

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Written by: Burak KurtResearcher · Old Master Paintings
Asian Art · Catalogue no. 160325
Odilon Redon

David

StatusReference work · Not for sale
Held byArt Institute of Chicago
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Artist / MakerOdilon Redon
Datec. 1880
Culture / OriginFrance
MediumEtching and drypoint on ivory laid paper
DimensionsPlate: 12 × 6.6 cm (4 3/4 × 2 5/8 in.); Sheet: 23.6 × 15.3 cm (9 5/16 × 6 1/16 in.)
DepartmentPrints and Drawings
TypePrint
About the Artist

A leader of the symbolist movement in France, Odilon Redon was born in Bordeaux in 1840 and grew up in the surrounding region. During his early years he studied drawing, architecture, and the violin. A friendship with Armand Clavaud, a local botanist and philosopher, stimulated Redon's passion for romantic art and literature. In 1864, after a brief and discouraging period of instruction with Gérôme in Paris, Redon returned to Bordeaux, where he studied printmaking with Rodolphe Bresdin (1825-1885). Deploring the… Full biography →

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Image & data: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0 / Public Domain.

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