Odilon Redon

Odilon Redon (20/04/1840- 06/06/1916) was an outstanding French painter and graphic artist. I have never seen his work before, but I was highly amazed by is technique which I can only describe as “loose, experimental, expressive and surrealistic”.
His themes are somewhat dark and definitely surrealistic. Having some organic elements with combination with other organic or non-organic elements. His shapes are great and I love his use of mixed media in his colour pieces.

I will now list my favourite pieces. 

The Conch Shell (1912) 

Probably one of my favourite artworks from Odilon. Simple, messy, yet refined. It has a lot of graphic quality to it in my opinion.

Figure Holding a Winged Head (1875) 

In this one everything is admirable. The composition, colours, contrast and my favorite the texture. I love what he was able to achieve by using pastel, It reminds me of a religious medieval art piece.

The Cyclops (1898)

Im such a big fan of how messy he keeps the non important detail and refines only the elements he wants. I also enjoy the contrasting colours he uses by having the main characters orange and a light blue sky.

The Crying Spider (1881)

Work with charcoal and small details with an eraser. It has so much texture to it and different visual language uses. Once again, simples but complex.

Reflection (1900-1905)

I beleive the colours in this one are without a doubt the highlight. That strong almost purple blue constrasts so much with the orange tones. Beautiful artwork with a lot of texture.