De zwarte vlammen
Über das Werk
In den Worten des Museums — auf Niederländisch
Een walmende fakkel op de vloer van een kerk. Linksachter drie figuren. Prent is gemaakt als illustratie voor het titelblad van het boek "Flambeaux noirs".
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Angaben
- Inventarnummer
- RP-P-1949-23
Derweil im Leben von Odilon Redon
Das ganze Leben1867–1915
Begins the journal “To Myself”
From 1867 Redon kept a journal, “À soi-même” (“To Myself”), setting out his views on art and creation; the last entries date from 1915.
1880s
Death of his firstborn son Jean
Redon and Camille’s firstborn son, Jean, died at six months old. The artist was so downcast that for a time he could not work; the birth of a second son in 1889 helped him recover from his grief.
30. April 1889
Son born: Arï Redon
from 1890
The turn from “noirs” to colour
From 1890 Redon turned more and more to oil and pastel and gave up his “black” works; after 1900 he made no more noirs. He explained the change by saying he had realised that the unwinding ribbon of life brings not only sorrow but joy.
