Symbolic Head
Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916) · c. 1890 · oil on paper mounted on canvas
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CC0 1.0 public-domain dedication by the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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About this picture
Symbolic Head is a CC0 painting by Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916), dated c. 1890. Oil on paper mounted on canvas. The file comes from Cleveland Museum of Art.
“Symbolic Head” (c. 1890) 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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