Title: Paysage Breton
Artist: Odilon Redon (French, 1840-1916)
Medium: oil on paper
Dimensions: 18 x 28.5 cm
Description
Before 1890, Redon’s reputation rested solely on his black-and-white works—the published lithographs and charcoal Noirs. During the 1880s and 1890s, he began to introduce color alongside monochrome, gradually allowing color to dominate. The serene lyricism of his late color works contrasts with the prevailing melancholy of the Symbolist Noirs, yet Redon’s fundamental aesthetic remained unchanged. Executed en plein air, often on paper, these pieces testify to his innate attachment to color and nature, even amidst his “black period.” With exploratory freedom, he investigated the suggestive potential of color, contributing significantly to Post-Impressionist art. His innovations were admired by the Nabis and by Fauve artists like Matisse.
Born in Bordeaux to a prosperous family, Redon began formal drawing studies at fifteen. Later, following his father’s insistence, he attempted architecture without success. Earning acclaim in Parisian literary avant-garde circles and closely associated with Baudelaire, Redon was regarded as a major Symbolist artist.
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