Valse glorie
Over het werk
Buste van een man met een lauwerkrans, een tweede hoofd linksboven.
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Gegevens
- Inventarisnummer
- RP-P-1922-151
Intussen, in het leven van Odilon Redon
Het hele leven1867–1915
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.
