Flower Clouds

Museum record 76395: Flower Clouds by Odilon Redon. A verified entry point for discovery.

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For Flower Clouds (record 76395), start with modern, expressive, atmospheric. Compare the focal subject, edge treatment, and atmosphere before moving on.

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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…