Ténèbres (Darkness)
Odilon Redon (artist), Iwan Gilkin (author) · 1892 · bound volume with 1 lithographic frontispiece on Hollande van Gelder paper
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About this picture
Ténèbres (Darkness) is a public-domain illustration by Odilon Redon (artist), Iwan Gilkin (author), dated 1892. Bound volume with 1 lithographic frontispiece on Hollande van Gelder paper. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Ténèbres (Darkness)” (1892) 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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