Alexander Bassano at the National Portrait Gallery I

Alexander Bassano
Alice Emily, Countess of Leicester
1897
National Portrait Gallery (U.K.)

Alexander Bassano
Alice Florence, Lady Garvagh
1897
National Portrait Gallery (U.K.)

Alexander Bassano (1829-1913) trained as an artist in London before opening his first photographic studio there in 1850. He proceeded to earn a great deal of money producing exceptionally crisp portraits of the aristocrats and theater people who were willing to pay his prices. The Bassano firm survived into the 1920s. After it closed, a large archive of glass plate negatives eventually found a permanent home at the National Portrait Gallery.

Alexander Bassano
Margot Asquith, in fancy dress
1897
National Portrait Gallery (U.K.)

Alexander Bassano
Margot Asquith, in fancy dress
1897
National Portrait Gallery (U.K.)

Alexander Bassano
Anna, Lady Brassey
1883
National Portrait Gallery (U.K.)

Alexander Bassano
Anna, Lady Brassey
1883
National Portrait Gallery (U.K.)

Alexander Bassano
Georgina Elizabeth Ward
1880s
National Portrait Gallery (U.K.)

Alexander Bassano
Actresses in Shakespeare's King Henry VIII
1892
National Portrait Gallery (U.K.)

Alexander Bassano
Actresses in Shakespeare's King Henry VIII
1892
National Portrait Gallery (U.K.)

Alexander Bassano
Camilla Teresa, daughter of Alexander Bassano
1860s
National Portrait Gallery (U.K.)

Alexander Bassano
Adelaide and Camilla Bassano with Miss Barnett
mid 1870s
National Portrait Gallery (U.K.)

Alexander Bassano
Adelaide and Camilla Bassano with Miss Barnett
mid 1870s
National Portrait Gallery (U.K.)

Alexander Bassano
Adelaide, daughter of Alexander Bassano
mid 1870s
National Portrait Gallery (U.K.)

Alexander Bassano
Adelaide, daughter of Alexander Bassano
early 1880s
National Portrait Gallery (U.K.)

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.

Odilon Redon lithographs at the British Museum

Odilon Redon
Brunnhilde
1886
lithograph
British Museum

Odilon Redon
Parsifal
1892
lithograph
British Museum

A group of lithographs by Odilon Redon. In his hands the simplistic mannerisms of the 1890s could be expanded and refined. Most of these prints arrived at the British Museum in 1920 with the collection of  Dr. A.E. Tebb, Redon's unique and prophetic English patron.

Odilon Redon
L'Aile
1893
lithograph
British Museum

Odilon Redon
Druidesse
1892
lithograph
British Museum

Odilon Redon
Les ténèbres
1892
lithograph
British Museum

Odilon Redon
Serpent Auréole
1890
lithograph
British Museum

Odilon Redon
Tête d'enfant avec fleurs
1897
lithograph
British Museum

Odilon Redon
Hantise (Obsession)
1894
lithograph
British Museum

Odilon Redon
Grand Oiseau  from Tentation de Saint-Antoine
1888
lithograph
British Museum

Odilon Redon
Homme Poisson from Tentation de Saint-Antoine
1888
lithograph
British Museum

Odilon Redon
Le Buddha
1895
lithograph
British Museum

Odilon Redon
Femme Poisson
1900
lithograph
British Museum

Odilon Redon & Gerard Manley Hopkins

Odilon Redon
Profil de lumière
1886
lithograph
British Museum

                                

Heaven-Haven

A nun takes the veil

I have desired to go

            Where springs not fail,

                     To fields where flies no sharp and sided hail

And a few lilies blow.

And I have asked to be

           Where no storms come,

                      Where the green swell is in the havens dumb,

           And out of the swing of the sea.

                                                                                           – Gerard Manley Hopkins 

                                                                                               written between 1860 and 1875

Odilon Redon
Woman in Profile
undated
drawing
British Museum

Odilon Redon
Une femme revetue du soleil
1899
lithograph
New York Public Library

Odilon Redon
Passage d'une âme
1891
etching
British Museum

Odilon Redon
Mauvaise gloire
1886
etching
British Musuem

Odilon Redon
Ari, the artist's son
1898
lithograph
British Museum

Odilon Redon
La Cellule d'Or
1892
drawing
British Museum

Odilon Redon
Perversité
1891
etching
British Museum

Odilon Redon
Study of a tree
undated
drawing
British Museum

Odilon Redon
Christ Crowned with Thorns
1895
drawing
British Museum

Odilon Redon
Winged Head
undated
drawing
British Museum