Odilon Redon / Vase of flowers / c. 1905

Odilon Redon
Vase of flowers
c. 1905
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Creator Name: Redon, Odilon
Creator Nationality: European; French
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 1840 - 1916
Gender: M
Creator Name-CRT: Odilon Redon
Title: Vase of flowers
Title Type: Primary
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1903
Creation End Date: 1907
Creation Date: c. 1905
Object Type: Paintings
Materials and Techniques: oil on canvas
Dimensions: Unframed: 73cm x 59cm
Inscriptions: Signed lower right: "ODILON REDON"
AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 1935.233
Credit Line: Gift of Roberta Holden Bole
Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html
Context: Known for his dark, velevety charcoal drawings and lithographs, Redon began to work predominantly in oil and pastel after1900, thus enlisting color in his explorations of the realm of dreams and the imagination. Like other Symbolists, Redon admired the poetry of Edgar Allen Poe and Charles Baudelaire, who searched for alternative experiences beyond the limits of Realism and Impressionism. In this painting, Redon used his knowledge of botany as a starting point, but gave the flowers a sensuous form and heightened luminosity. In this way he fulfilled his ambition of conveying nature not objectively, but "as seen in a dream."
AMICA ID: CMA_.1935.233
AMICA Library Year: 1998
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art

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