Odilon RedonFrench, 1840–1916Chimera
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Harvard Art Museums
Cambridge, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- 4 days ago
- In this state since
- Sep 27, 2026
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- The museum's own collection data
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- Accession number
- 2005.131
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Meanwhile, in the life of Odilon Redon
The whole life1878 · Workplace
Amsterdam
1878 · Workplace
Rotterdam
1880
Married: Camille Redon
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.
