Madame Arthur Fontaine (Marie Escudier, 1865–1946)
Odilon Redon · 1901 · Pastel on paper
Public domain
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About this picture
Madame Arthur Fontaine (Marie Escudier, 1865–1946) is a public-domain drawing by Odilon Redon, dated 1901. Pastel on paper. The file comes from The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
“Madame Arthur Fontaine (Marie Escudier, 1865–1946)” (1901) 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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