While working on floral still lifes that brought him fame and well-being, Redon saw his main task in “engaging nature and imagination.” He considered classic still life a dead genre and sought to revive it with the help of fantasy.
Critics soon noticed the fantastic nature of Redon’s still lifes. One of them wrote: “They seem to Redon dream creatures, inspired by Oriental legends.”
The flowers in the “Bouquet of Flowers” are completely “blurred” throughout the entire space of the picture like a light, bright cloud. Both still lifes were created in the early years of the 20th century.
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- Wild flowers in a high vase by Odilon Redon Flower still lifes – this is a special department of the “still life” genre. They are less than any other still lifes, must be truthful. Even the old Dutch masters...
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- Bouquet de fleurs – Odilon Redon Tout en travaillant sur des natures mortes de fleurs qui lui ont valu la gloire et la prospérité, Redon a vu sa tâche principale comme “fiancer la nature et l’imagination”....
- Woman in Yellow by Odilon Redon In the late 1890s, Odilon Redon began working on a series of female portraits. At the same time, unlike many of his colleagues, he did not strive for an exact...
- Portrait of Ari with a blue collar by Odilon Redon Redon really became interested in the portrait genre, having only entered into the mature period of his work, although in early youth he did not despise it at all, saying...
- With eyes closed by Odilon Redon Redon has written this gigantic “sleeping head” foreshadowing images of surrealists in many ways. Art historians believe that it was from this picture that the “bright period” opened in the...
- Cyclops by Odilon Redon In the last years of his life, Redon painted several mythological paintings, which can be called the pinnacle in the artist’s work. These works with all the evidence speak about...
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- Elf Caliban by Odilon Redon Perhaps the saddest monster of all the “sad monsters” Redon. Elf sits on a tree and looks at the viewer with an endlessly sad look. Note that Kaliban is one...
- Smiling Spider by Odilon Redon When you look at this spider, Joris Karl Huysmans’ sensational novel “On the contrary”, or rather, the bedroom of Dezensent, the main character of this work, is immediately recalled. As...
- Elf Caliban – Odilon Redon Peut-être le monstre le plus triste de tous les “tristes monstres” de Redon. Un elfe est assis sur un arbre et regarde le spectateur avec un regard infiniment triste. Notez...
- Lithographs by Odilon Redon Lithograph was invented in 1798 and immediately gained popularity as a relatively inexpensive and fast way to reproduce an image in a large number of copies. In the manufacture of...
- Cyclope – Odilon Redon Au cours des dernières années de sa vie, Redon a peint plusieurs tableaux mythologiques que l’on peut appeler l’apogée du travail de l’artiste. Ces œuvres montrent clairement la connexion du...
- Elf Caliban – Odilon Redon Quizás el monstruo más triste de todos los “monstruos tristes” de Redon. Elf se sienta en un árbol y mira al espectador con una mirada infinitamente triste. Tenga en cuenta...
- Ramo de flores – Odilon Redon Mientras trabajaba en bodegones florales que le dieron fama y bienestar, Redon vio que su principal tarea era “involucrar a la naturaleza y la imaginación”.Consideró el bodegón clásico como un...
- Con los ojos cerrados – Odilon Redon Redon ha escrito esta gigantesca “cabeza dormida” que presagia imágenes de surrealistas de muchas maneras. Los historiadores del arte creen que fue a partir de esta imagen en la obra...
- Eyes Shut – Odilon Redon Cette gigantesque “tête endormie”, laissant présager à bien des égards les images des surréalistes, a écrit à plusieurs reprises Redon. Les historiens de l’art estiment que c’est à partir de...
- Cíclopes – Odilon Redon En los últimos años de su vida, Redon pintó varias pinturas mitológicas que se pueden llamar el pináculo en la obra del artista. Obviamente, estas obras hablan de la conexión...
- Portrait d’Ari au col bleu – Odilon Redon Redon était vraiment intéressé par le genre du portrait, n’entrant que dans la période de maturité de son travail, bien que dans sa première jeunesse, il ne le méprisait pas...
- Araignée souriante – Odilon Redon En regardant cette araignée, je me souviens immédiatement du roman sensationnel de Joris Karl Huysmans “Au contraire”, ou plutôt, de la chambre de Desesent, le protagoniste de cette œuvre. Comme...