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

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
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
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
Art critics believe that this mysterious painting “began” as an ordinary flower still life. Ophelia appeared here after flowers were written. The girl’s light profile is so blurred that the
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
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
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
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
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
Pastel is a rimless colored pencil, molded with an adhesive from coloring powder. Depending on the amount of adhesive, the pastel may be hard or soft. One of the first
Until the middle of the XIX century, no artist would have thought to show the general public his drawing with coal. Coal was considered an auxiliary material. They made preliminary
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