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ODILON REDON ~ THE MONSTER

17 January 2011

While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality… true art lies in a reality that is felt.”

The Monster

Odilon Redon

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Born: 1840, Bordeaux, France Died: 1916, Paris, France Odilon Redon was mainly self-taught as a painter. He lived in Bordeaux and Paris. Until he was in his fifties he worked almost exclusively in black and white, in charcoal drawings and lithographs. In 1867 he exhibited an etch

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