The young Bertrand Redon acquired the nickname "Odilon" from his mother's first name, Odile. [3][4] Redon started drawing as a child; at the age of ten, he was awarded a drawing prize at school.

Redon is one of the most important and original of all the Symbolist artists. His visionary works concern the world of dreams, fantasy, and the imagination. He first became famous for his noirs series, …

Apr 16, 2026 · Odilon Redon was a French Symbolist painter, lithographer, and etcher of considerable poetic sensitivity and imagination, whose work developed along two divergent lines.

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Apr 15, 2024 · Odilon Redon was a multifaceted French artist widely acknowledged for his significant contributions to the Symbolist movement. Born on April 20, 1840, in Bordeaux, Redon’s artistic …

Explore the strange and fantastical world of French Symbolist artist Odilon Redon.

Odilon Redon developed the black world of charcoal and lithographs in the first half of his painting career, and since the 1890s he has transformed into a painter of pastel or oil paintings.

Odilon Redon, Large Vase with Flowers, c. 1912, oil on canvas, Gift of the Honorable John C. Whitehead, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1990.64.1

Bertrand-Jean Redon better known as Odilon Redon (April 20, 1840 - July 6, 1916) was a Symbolist painter and printmaker, born in Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Odilon was a nickname derived from …

Odilon Redon was known as “the prince of mysterious dreams” for his enigmatic and imaginative paintings, drawings, and prints that mined fantasy, literature, and the subconscious.