Closed Eyes (1890) by Odilon Redon
Closed Eyes (1890) by Odilon Redon
- 🎨 Odilon Redon was a French Symbolist artist known for his dreamlike paintings.
- 🖼️ Early in his career, he worked predominantly in charcoal and lithography, known as his “noirs.”
- 🏞️ Redon transitioned to pastel and oil in the 1890s, abandoning his noirs completely after 1900.
- 🌟 He developed a strong interest in Hindu and Buddhist culture, which influenced his later works.
- 🇯🇵 His art was inspired by Japanese art and leaned towards abstraction, considered a precursor to Surrealism.
- 👶 Redon was born in Bordeaux to a prosperous family with ties to the slave trade in Louisiana.
- 👨🎨He started drawing as a child and studied briefly at Paris’ École des Beaux-Arts.
- ⚔️ His artistic career was briefly interrupted by service in the Franco-Prussian War.
- 💍 Redon married Camille Falte and had a son, Arï Redon, who also became an artist.
- 📖 His work explores themes of nightmares, dreams, and the triumph of light over darkness.
- 🏆 Redon received the Legion of Honour in 1903 and gained popularity with exhibitions in the US.
- 🎞️ His work influenced Dadaism and Surrealism, inspiring artists like André Masson.
- 🖼️ Modern exhibitions continue to showcase Redon’s extensive body of work worldwide.
Available as a fine art print and as a stretched canvas panel (heavy fine art canvas stretched over 1.5 inch deep edge solid wood frame)
All prints are made using archival art stocks and UV pigment inks to give up to 200 years life. Prints are sold unframed and unmounted.
