Vase of Flowers (Pink Background)
Odilon Redon
ca. 1906
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
28 5/8 x 21 1/4 in. (72.7 x 54 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Mabel Choate, in memory of her father, Joseph Hodges Choate, 1958
Accession Number
59.16.3
Tags
FlowersVases
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...