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| Artist / Maker | Odilon Redon |
|---|---|
| Date | 1900 |
| Medium | canvas, oil paint |
| Genre | figure painting |
| Type | Painting |
| Collection | Musée d'Orsay, Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art |
| Location | Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art |
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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