Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Odilon Redon at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Odilon Redon
Brunnhilde
1894
lithograph
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Odilon Redon
Etruscan vase with flowers
ca. 1900-1910
tempera on canvas
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Odilon Redon
Armor
1891
drawing
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Odilon Redon
Vase of flowers with pink background
ca. 1906
oil on canvas
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Odilon Redon
Pegasus and Bellerophon
ca. 1888
drawing
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Odilon Redon
The Charger
1894
lithograph
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Odilon Redon
Bouquet in a Chinese vase
ca. 1912-14
oil on canvas
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Odilon Redon
Fear
1866
etching
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Odilon Redon
Chariot of Apollo
ca. 1905-1916
oil on canvas
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Odilon Redon
Study of a man between trees
undated
drawing
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Odilon Redon
Madame Arthur Fontaine
1901
pastel
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Odilon Redon
The celestial art
1894
lithograph
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Odilon Redon
A Veil
1891
lithograph
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Odilon Redon
Pandora
ca. 1914
oil on canvas
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Odilon Redon (1840-1916) is represented at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York by a group of exceptionally fine pictures. His career coincided with many other innovative French artists, and with many movements. Yet the closest ally in spirit might be William Blake, a fellow protester against the cultural tyranny of the Visible. Fellow-crafter of a vague, self-made, alternative religion.