Odilon RedonFrench, 1840–1916De sfinx en de chimaera
May one see it?
Unknown
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
In the museum's own words — in Dutch
Links een sfinx, rechts een chimaera, een monster met vleugels en een slangenstaart. Onder de afbeelding de tekst: De Sfinx: mijn onafwendbare blik blijft gericht op alle dingen op een onbereikbare horizon, de Chimaera: Ik, ik ben vol van licht en vreugde! Vijfde prent van zes uit de tweede serie illustraties voor Gustave Flauberts De verzoeking van de heilige Antonius.
Rijksmuseum
Particulars
- Accession number
- RP-P-1922-140
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
Meanwhile, 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.
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.
