Sainte Antoine: Il doit y avoir, quelque part, des figures primordiales, dont les corps ne sont que les images
Odilon Redon
1889
Medium
lithography
Dimensions
124; 170; 358; 548
About this artwork
De kop van een monster, op de achtergrond een vage figuur. Vierde prent van zes uit de tweede serie illustraties voor Gustave Flauberts De verzoeking van de heilige Antonius.
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...