La Nuit
Odilon Redon
1886
Medium
lithography
Dimensions
242; 185
About this artwork
Portret van een oude man met baard, en profil. Prent uit een serie van zes, gemaakt voor een album.
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...