Odilon RedonFrench, 1840–1916De chimaera bekeek alles met afschuw
Can I see it?
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Where is “De chimaera bekeek alles met afschuw” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Museum text in Dutch
Een chimaera, een duivelachtig figuur met gevleugelde oren en een vissenstaart. Prent uit een serie van zes, gemaakt voor een album.
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- RP-P-1949-20
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
In the life of Odilon Redon
The whole life1867–1915
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.
1884
Huysmans’s novel “Against Nature” makes him known
After the publication of Joris-Karl Huysmans’s novel “À rebours” in 1884 the public began to take an interest in Redon: the book’s hero assembled a collection of art that included Redon’s drawings.
1886
The eighth Impressionist exhibition
Redon took part in the eighth and last Impressionist exhibition.
1886
Exhibitions of Les XX in Brussels
In the same year, 1886, Redon began to take part in the exhibitions of Les XX in Brussels.
