Vase of Flowers
c. 1905
Odilon Redon
Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916)
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Vase of Flowers, c. 1905. Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916). Oil on fabric; framed: 90.8 x 62.2 x 10.2 cm (35 3/4 x 24 1/2 x 4 in.); unframed: 73 x 59 cm (28 3/4 x 23 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Roberta Holden Bole 1935.233 Redon returned to the subject of flowers many times throughout his career. His interest in plants may have been inspired by his friend and mentor Armand Clavaud, a botanist and illustrator who lived in Redon's hometown of Bordeaux.
- Maker/Artist
- Redon, Odilon
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on fabric
- Dimensions
- Framed: 90.8 x 62.2 x 10.2 cm (35 3/4 x 24 1/2 x 4 in.); Unframed: 73 x 59 cm (28 3/4 x 23 1/4 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Signed lower right: odilon redon
- Departments
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1935.233
- Credit Line
- Gift of Roberta Holden Bole
- Exhibitions
- A survey of French paintings, Autumn Flower Show, The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition, The Silver Jubilee Exhibition, French Drawings and Watercolors from French Public and Private Collections, Picasso and French Republican Art, 19th and 20th Century French Art and Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Loans, 35th Anniversary Exhibition, Odilon Redon: 1840-1916, An Exhibition of Paintings and Pastels by Odilon Redon, Art Museum of the Month, The Magic of Still Life, Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Working among Flowers: French Still Life in the 19th Century, <em>French Painting from the Fifteenth Century to the Present Day.</em> California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA (1934)., <em>A Survey of French Painting</em>. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD. (1934-35).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 222 Impressionism & Post-Impressionism
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