Title: Fleurs
Artist: Odilon Redon (French, 1840-1916)
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 61.3 x 46.9 cm
Description
“I have made an art according to myself. I have done it with eyes open to the marvels of the visible world and, whatever anyone might say, always careful to obey the laws of nature and life.” — Odilon Redon. Around 1900, at sixty, Redon turned to the floral still-life, first in pastel, then oil. He wrote of an early naturalistic bouquet painted for his loyal collector Andries Bonger: “I have in my mind’s eye… this vase of flowers, which has remained a vision for me… I do not know of anything that has given me more pleasure than such an appreciation of simple flowers in their vase breathing air.” The present work, with its geraniums, asters, daisies, larkspur, and anemones, embodies that simplicity. Each bloom is rendered with exquisite precision in brushstroke, size, shape, and hue, petal by petal. For Redon, an oil still-life—whether fruit or flower—must be “complete, solid
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Image Dimensions: 2450 x 3200 pixels
Image Size: 515 KB
Image Format: JPG
Print Resolution: 300 dpi
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License: Public Domain, Free for Commercial Use
