Oannès: Moi, la première conscience du Chaos, j'ai surgi de l'abîme pour durcir la matière, pour régler les formes;
Odilon Redon
1896
Medium
lithography
Dimensions
356; 539; 217; 279
About this artwork
height 279 mm x width 217 mm
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...