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Flower Clouds

Flower Clouds

SKU: CA434

Couverture Chocolat Tablet & Puzzles

  • Dimensions: 7.5 in. x 5.0 in x .33 in
  • Weight: 1.25 lb.
  • Gift boxed, enveloped blank note card included

Note Card Narrative

 

Flower Cloud, 1903

Odilon Redon, French  1840-1916

 

The evocative, symbolic art of Odilon Redon drew its inspiration from the internal world of his imagination. For years this student of Rodolphe Bresdin worked only in black and white, producing powerful and haunting charcoal drawings, lithographs, and etchings. Just as these black works, or Noirs, began to receive critical and public acclaim in the 1890s, Redon discovered the marvels of color through the use of pastel. His immersion in color and this new technique brought about a change in the artist’s approach to his subject matter as well. Flower Clouds is one of a number of pastels executed around 1905 that are dominated by spiritual overtones. Here a sailboat bears two figures, perhaps two saintly women, on a timeless journey through a fantastic, phosphorescent sea and sky. The dreamlike skiff may reflect Redon’s internal voyage, replacing the nocturnal turmoil of the earlier Noirs with a more hopeful vision. The luminous intensity of the pastels echoes the ardent spirituality of the theme.

Credit: Through prior bequest of Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection

  • Size

    Tablet & Puzzle: 7.5 x 5 x 1/2 inches

    Puzzle: 12 pieces

$46.00Price
Excluding Sales Tax
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