Different Peoples Inhabit the Countries of the Ocean, plate 23 of 24
1896
Medium
Lithograph in black with retouching in India ink on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 30.8 × 23 cm (12 3/16 × 9 1/16 in.); Chine: 31 × 23.4 cm (12 1/4 × 9 1/4 in.); Sheet: 45.8 × 34.9 cm (18 1/16 × 13 3/4 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
106663
Art Historical Context
Odilon Redon's *Different Peoples Inhabit the Countries of the Ocean*, plate 23 from a series of 24 lithographs created in 1896, invites viewers into the artist's dreamlike Symbolist world. A leading figure in French Symbolism, Redon was renowned for blending the fantastical with the poetic, drawing inspiration from literature, mythology, and the subconscious. This work, housed in the Art Institute of Chicago's Prints and Drawings department, exemplifies his shift from earlier noir charcoal drawings to intricate lithographic prints that evoke mystery and otherworldliness. Printed in black ink...
About the Artist
Odilon Redon · 1840–1916
Odilon Redon (1840-1916) was a French Symbolist painter, printmaker, and pastellist whose visionary art bridged the 19th-century Symbolist movement and 20th-century Surrealism. Born Bertrand Redon in Bordeaux on April 20, 1840, he earned the nickname "Odilon" from his mother Odile. His father, who made his fortune in the Louisiana slave trade, conceived Odilon in New Orleans before the family retu...