Odilon RedonFrench, 1840–1916Sommeil de Caliban
May one see it?
Unknown
Paris, France
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- RF 1984 48
In the catalog
Sources
- Wikidata
- Image: Musée d'Orsay — Odilon Redon · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Meanwhile, in the life of Odilon Redon
The whole life20 April 1840
Born
1870–1871
Army service in the Franco-Prussian War
In 1870 Redon found himself in the field army in the Franco-Prussian War and, to the surprise of family and friends, proved a brave and steadfast soldier. The war, which ended for France in a humiliating peace, gave him confidence in himself.
March 1874
Death of his father
In March 1874 Redon’s father died. It was a severe shock to the artist, who never got over his resentment of his father for the “homeless” years of his childhood, yet it let him devote himself entirely to art.
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.
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.
