At the time he painted Poppies And Daisies, Odilon Redon (1840-1916) had studied painting in Paris only briefly with Jean-Leon Gerome (whose influence, fortunately, is hard to see) and failed his examination to study architecture. He went home to Bordeaux where he tried sculpture before discovering etching, the medium that decisively unlocked his imagination. This oil painting suggests an affinity with artists such as Zurbaran and Lubin Baugin. In 1895, Redon painted an Homage to Goya, another master of both darkness and light.Image: Odilon Redon - Poppies And Daisies, 1867, Art Institute of Chicago.
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Merci pour ce blog brillantissime, découvert il y a peu de temps.
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La grâce , bravo de vos billets .EB
Merci beaucoup, Elisabethbaysset!
ooo wwie this is a mognifisint pic beautiful
Hello, Anonymous. Yes, this is an impressive image. Given that it is by someone as well known as Redon, I can't think why it hasn't been reprinted more often.
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