A prominent Symbolist and a precursor to the Surrealists, Redon transformed common subjects into fantastic images, depicting serpents, skeletons, and monsters with a distinctive style of realism. This modestly priced compilation features 209 of the influential artist's graphic works — 172 lithographs, plus 37 etchings and engravings.

The Graphic Works of Odilon Redon

Arts & Photography

REDON, Odilon

Graphic Design

Dover Pubns

One of the most expressive artists of the Symbolism movement, Odilon (1840–1916) led a quiet life. Withdrawn in manner, conventional in dress, and virtually unknown for the first half of his career, the French painter and graphic artist drew upon his own startlingly complex and fantastic inner world to create haunting works that reveal an existence beyond that of everyday vision. He transformed common subjects and models into strange, eerie images and exhibited a predilection for spiders and serpents, skeletons and skulls, gnomes and monsters — all rendered in a distinctive style of controlled, delicate realism. Redon's popularity arose chiefly among young progressive artists, who considered his works as visual correspondence to the literary symbolism of Mallarmé. Modern devotees regard Redon's translation of the subconscious world of dreams into visual reality as a precursor to Surrealism. This modestly priced volume offers a rich compilation of the influential artist's graphic works, with 209 illustrations — 72 lithographs, plus 37 etchings and engravings — depicting unforgettable scenes of fantasy and mystery.

The Graphic Works of Odilon Redon (Dover Fine Art, History of Art)

History & Criticism

Dover Publications

Selections from the journals of the nineteenth-century French artist describe his feelings about art, creativity, and painters of the past, as well as his contemporaries

To Myself: Notes on Life, Art and Artists (English and French Edition)

George Braziller

Gathers Redon's pastel portraits, flower pictures, and religious works, and shares his comments on art

Odilon Redon: Pastels

Bacou, Roseline

Drawing

George Braziller, Inc.

575 illustrations, including 200 plates in ful color. Includes bibliographical references.

Odilon Redon: Prince of Dreams, 1840-1916

Druick, Douglas W.

Art Inst of Chicago Museum Shop

This large, lavish journey through the art of the 19th-century French landscape offers a host of masterful works, among them Corot's Forest of Fontainbleau, Millet's End of the Hamlet of Gruchy, Renoir's Rocky Crags at L'Estaque, and Monet's Rue de la Bavolle, Honfleur. As is often the case, however, some of the most wonderful things to see are also the least expected: rare and unusual monotypes by Degas, three states of a softground etching by Pissarro, and numerous works by some of their lesser-known but equally important contemporaries. Unlike previous books on the topic, Impressions of Light presents a unique and stunningly complete group of work that introduces a new level of complexity into the discussion of French landscapes. Rather than considering the landscape as a steady, linear development and the product of a single medium, it takes into account the many crosscurrents and intersecting developments in French art, from the Barbizon school through the post-Impressionist period. In addition, it studies the landscape in a variety of media--painting, prints, and photography--exploring both the individual artists' perceptions and the ways in which they influenced each other. With over 80 paintings and 70 works on paper from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston's collections, and published to accompany a major exhibition, Impressions of Light encompasses more than 100 years and 56 artists working in a dozen different media. It holds the broadest possible view, yet never loses sight of the extraordinary intricacy that makes the landscape so enduringly appealing.

Impressions Of Light: The French Landscape From Corot To Monet

Reed, Sue Welsh

Degas, Edgar

Cézanne, Paul

Wissman, Fronia E.

Monet, Claude

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste

Pissarro, Camille

Haas, Karen

Wissman, Fronia

Shackelford, George T.M.

Haas, Karen E.

Havinga, Anne

Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille

Daubigny, Charles-Francois

Huet, Paul

MILLET, Jean-François

GAUGUIN, Paul.

VAN GOGH, Vincent

MFA Publications

Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Whale and Star PressImmediately after the publication of Les Fleurs du Mal in 1857, Baudelaire was prosecuted and found guilty of obscenity and blasphemy. Today, Les Fleurs du Mal is considered by many to be the most important and influential poetry collection published in Europe in the 19th century.For Baudelaire, love was the essence of the forbidden, and he saw the individual as a divided being, drawn equally towards good and evil, the ideal and the sensual. His originality sets him apart from the dominant literary schools of his time and his poetry is regarded as the last brilliant summation of Romanticism, the precursor of Symbolism, and the first expression of Modernity.This volume brings together, for the first time, Les Fleurs du Mal and the original etchings by Odilon Redon inspired by the text. These wonderful examples of the work of Odilon Redon, the greatest of the French Symbolists, depict the world of fantasy, which he believed few dared to envision.

Selections from Les Fleurs Du Mal

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

Whale and Star Pr

French artist Odilon Redon (1840–1916) was a key precursor of Surrealist thought. A contemporary of the Impressionists, Redon instead chose to align himself with literary Symbolism, as evidenced by his friendship with poet Stéphane Mallarmé and his visual interpretations of the decadent texts of such writers as Baudelaire, Flaubert, Poe, and others. I Am the First Consciousness of Chaos collects Redon’s key “noirs,” as he called his works in black—lithographs, etchings and charcoals—that evidence the artistic lineage from Symbolism to Surrealism. Never previously available in a single volume, the majority of Redon’s noirs—over 250 illustrations—are finally collected here, along with illuminating excerpts from the texts which inspired their creation, including work by J. K. Huysmans, Flaubert, Baudelaire, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, and St John the Divine, as well as an autobiographical introductory essay by Redon himself. Within the pages of this dark and bizarre collection are grotesque and oneiric images: giant and sundered eyes, fantastic cannibal shadows, skeletal harbingers of dread, and the nebulous phantasms that erupt from the night. I Am the First Consciousness of Chaos is an extraordinary gathering of art sprung from the unique mind of Redon and motivated by some of the nineteenth century’s most influential literature.

I Am the First Consciousness of Chaos: The Black Album (Solar Nocturnal)

Individual Artists

Solar Books

I AM THE FIRST CONSCIOUSNESS OF CHAOS collects the key â€œnoirsâ€ â€“ lithographs, etchings and charcoals â€“ of Odilon Redon, perhaps the most enigmatic and esoteric figure in the artistic lineage that leads directly from Symbolism to Surrealism. Never previously available in a single trade volume, the majority of Redonâ€™s noirs â€“ over 250 illustrations â€“ are finally collated here, along with illuminating excerpts from the decadent texts which inspired their creation. Authors featured include J-K Huysmans, Gustave Flaubert, Charles Baudelaire, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, St John the Divine, Edgar Allan Poe and others; the book also includes an autobiographical introductory essay by Redon himself. With proclamations such as â€œeverything in art occurs through voluntary submission to the advent of the unconsciousâ€ and â€œmy originality consists in putting the logic of the visible at the service of the invisibleâ€, Odilon Redon (1840-1916) established a theoretical legacy which now places him as one of the key precursors of Surrealist thought. And along with Gustave Moreau and Georges Seurat, Redon was one of the first painters to excite the imagination of a young AndrÃ© Breton. A contemporary of the Impressionists, Redon chose to align himself with literary Symbolism, demonstrated by his friendship with StÃ©phane MallarmÃ© and his visual interpretations of the â€œdecadentâ€ texts of such writers as Baudelaire, Flaubert, Poe, and others. His reputation as a purveyor of phantasmic visions was sealed by the description of his work included in J-K Huysmansâ€™ decadent bible A Rebours, in 1884, and his rise to prominence in the 20th century was precipitated by the inclusion of many of his works at the controversial Armory Show, held in New York in 1913.

I Am The First Consciousness Of Chaos: The Black Album

Sun Vision Press

À Soi-Même, Journal (1867-1915); Notes Sur La Vie, L'Art Et Les Artistes (French Edition)

History

BiblioLife

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