Odilon Redon
Odilon Redon (French, 1840-1916)
French painter and graphic artist, Odilon Redon was born into prosperity in 1840 in Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. He is known best for his prints, drawings, and paintings. Bertrand-Jean Redon, affectionately called Odilon by his mother and virtually everyone else, showed an early zeal and talent for drawing as a child. In fact, at the tender age of ten, he was awarded a drawing prize at school and subsequently embarked upon...