Melancholy
Odilon Redon · 1876 · Various charcoals and gouache, with pastel and black chalk, and touches of stumping and erasing, on pale-pink wove paper with red and blue fibers altered to a golden tone, laid dow
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Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
Melancholy is a public-domain drawing by Odilon Redon, dated 1876. Various charcoals and gouache, with pastel and black chalk, and touches of stumping and erasing, on pale-pink wove paper with red and blue fibers altered to a golden tone, laid dow. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“Melancholy” (1876) 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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