Odilon Redon
1840-1916
One of the Greatest Painters Of All Time
French Symbolist Painter and Graphic Artist
Education - studied under Jean-Léon Gérome at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
Stylistically Influenced by the following painters and Art Movements - Eugène Delacroix, Francisco de Goya, Hieronymus Bosch, Gustave Moreau and Nicolas Poussin
Cause of Death - heart failure
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Odilon Redon Quotations
"I have placed there a little door opening on to the mysterious. I have made stories." -- Odilon Redon
What distinguishes the artist from the dilettante? Only the pain the artist feels. The dilettante looks only for pleasure in art. -- Odilon Redon
"While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in a reality that is felt." -- Odilon Redon
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