Saint George and the Dragon
Odilon Redon
1880s and c. 1892
Medium
charcoal and pastel on tan wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 53.7 x 37.5 cm (21 1/8 x 14 3/4 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of GTE and the New Century Fund
Accession Number
2000.14.1
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...