Sketch of Trees
Odilon Redon · 1890/99 · Charcoal and black chalk with black pastel, stumping, scraping and erasing, and traces of brown charcoal(?), on ivory wove paper, discolored to cream
Public domain
Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
Sketch of Trees is a public-domain drawing by Odilon Redon, dated 1890/99. Charcoal and black chalk with black pastel, stumping, scraping and erasing, and traces of brown charcoal(?), on ivory wove paper, discolored to cream. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“Sketch of Trees” (1890/99) sits between something Redon had looked at and something he invented, whether it is one of the charcoal noirs or a later pastel.
About the artist
Odilon Redon (1840–1916) was a French artist of charcoal “noirs” and, later, glowing pastels of flowers, boats, and dream figures. The pictures sit between observed nature and something invented.
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