Symbolic Head
c. 1890
Odilon Redon
Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916)
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Symbolic Head, c. 1890. Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916). Oil on paper mounted on canvas; framed: 69 x 54.5 x 7.5 cm (27 3/16 x 21 7/16 x 2 15/16 in.); unframed: 53.3 x 38 cm (21 x 14 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Mildred Andrews Fund 1988.91 Symbolism was a reaction against Realism and Redon is one of the most important artists affiliated with this movement. The symbolist painters used mystical dreamlike images that were highly personal in their work.
- Maker/Artist
- Redon, Odilon
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on paper mounted on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 69 x 54.5 x 7.5 cm (27 3/16 x 21 7/16 x 2 15/16 in.); Unframed: 53.3 x 38 cm (21 x 14 15/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Signed lower left: odilon redon
- Departments
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1988.91
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Mildred Andrews Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Year in Review for 1988, Odilon Redon - Le souci de l'absolu (Search for the Absolute), <em>Les origines de l'art contemporain.</em> Hôtel de Ville de Rennes, Le Mans, France (1951)., <em>If Wishes Could Buy</em>. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (1955)., <em>The Logic of Modern Art: An Exhibition Tracing the Evolution of Modern Painting from from Cézanne to 1960. </em>Nelson Gallery and Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO (1961)., <em>Odilon Redon, Gustave Moreau, Rodolphe Bresdin.</em> Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (1961-62).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 222 Impressionism & Post-Impressionism
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