About Redon:

Self Portrait
http://www.howtotalkaboutarthistory.com/artist-feature/artist-feature-who-was-odilon-redon/

Born in 1840 in Bordeaux, France, Odilon Redon was a man of many talents. His skills ranged from oil painting, printmaking, lithography, etching, and pastels. Even at the young age of 10, Redon received his very first reward for a drawing done in school. Helping him to continue his study of art, teacher Rodolphe Bresdin guided him in learning how to etch and about lithography. Unfortunately, his studies were temporarily cut short due to his enrollment in the army for the Franco-Prussian War. Once the war ended in 1871, Redon moved to Paris where he resumed his work dedicated to using charcoal and lithography. However, during the 1890’s he began testing the use of oils and pastels, which evidently made Redon give up his beloved charcoal and lithography entirely!

Crying Spider
http://www.howtotalkaboutarthistory.com/artist-feature/artist-feature-who-was-odilon-redon/
Butterflies https://kiamaartgallery.wordpress.com/2017/03/20/symbolism-odilon-redon-night-and-day/

What type of art?

During his earlier years as an artist, his pieces felt like dreams and nightmares. They contained these odd, creepy-looking characters that I’m sure came from his own imagination. It’s been said that his work represents the investigation of his inner psyche, and I fully agree. Redon himself stated, “My drawings inspire and are not to be defined. They place us, as does music, in the ambiguous realm of the undetermined.” Nonetheless, during the 1890s when Redon made the radical switch up from charcoals and lithography to pastels and oils, it wasn’t just his toolkit that changed, his art pieces transformed too. His work also became heavily influenced by Japanese art and the Hindu and Buddhist religion and culture. In my opinion, I think starting the use of colour expressively instead of literally allowed him to open his psyche to the possibilities of what he could create.

Ophelia Surrounded by Flowers
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What’s his style of art?

Redons art ushered the movement shift between Impressionism to Symbolism and was a big part of post-impressionism. He was an extremely creative man that could use an array of different tools for his art. From dark, gloomy blacks and browns to his extreme use of bright colours, his work will always stand out in a crowd. 

Figure holding a winged head
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When I was picking an artist to do this post on, as soon as I saw Odilon Redon’s work I instantly decided to do it on him. His work really stands out to me, because I feel as if it’s very similar to mine, and how I would like people to view my work.

Header Cite: https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/odilon-redons-noir/