Odilon RedonFrance, 1840–1916Sommeil de Caliban
Peut-on la contempler ?
Inconnu
Paris, France
Le propriétaire est connu ; on ignore si l’œuvre est exposée aujourd’hui.
- Dans cet état depuis
- Source
- Le musée
À propos du tableau
Sommeil de Caliban est un tableau réalisé par le peintre français Odilon Redon entre 1895 et 1900. De format vertical, cette huile sur bois est une composition symboliste qui trouve son inspiration dans La Tempête de William Shakespeare. Elle figure Ariel s'approchant de Caliban pendant son sommeil au pied d'un arbre au gros tronc blanc. Léguée par la veuve du fils de l'artiste, l'œuvre est conservée depuis 1984 au musée d'Orsay, à Paris.
Notice
- Numéro d’inventaire
- RF 1984 48
Au catalogue
Sources
- Wikidata
- Image : Musée d'Orsay — Odilon Redon · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Pendant ce temps, chez Odilon Redon
La vie entière20 avril 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.
