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Odilon Redon

1840 - 1916

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Odilon Redon (born Bertrand Redon; French: [ɔdilɔ̃ ʁədɔ̃]; 20 April 1840 – 6 July 1916) was a French Symbolist draftsman, printmaker, and painter. Early in his career, both before and after fighting in the Franco-Prussian War, Redon worked almost exclusively in charcoal and lithography, works known as his noirs. He gained recognition after his drawings were mentioned in the 1884 novel À rebours (Against Nature) by Joris-Karl Huysmans. During the 1890s, Redon began working in pastel and oil, which quickly became his favorite medium, abandoning his previous style of noirs completely after 1900. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Odilon Redon is the 126th most popular painter (up from 137th in 2019), the 398th most popular biography from France (up from 431st in 2019) and the 34th most popular French Painter.

Odilon Redon is most famous for his paintings of flowers, which are often seen as symbolizing the fragility of life.

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Among painters, Odilon Redon ranks 126 out of 2,023. Before him are Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Juan Gris, Giorgio de Chirico, Raja Ravi Varma, Annibale Carracci, and Pierre Bonnard. After him are Franz Marc, Gustave Moreau, Albrecht Altdorfer, Hilma af Klint, Jean Dubuffet, and Arnold Böcklin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1840, Odilon Redon ranks 10. Before him are Émile Zola, Auguste Rodin, Carlota of Mexico, Victoria, Princess Royal, Murad V, and Alphonse Daudet. After him are Edward Drinker Cope, Ernst Abbe, Carl Menger, Hiram Maxim, Father Damien, and John Boyd Dunlop. Among people deceased in 1916, Odilon Redon ranks 12. Before him are Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Ernst Mach, Élie Metchnikoff, Yuan Shikai, Charles Taze Russell, and Klas Pontus Arnoldson. After him are Franz Marc, James Connolly, Richard Dedekind, Otto of Bavaria, José Echegaray, and Sholem Aleichem.

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In France

Among people born in France, Odilon Redon ranks 398 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre Bonnard (1867), Charles Messier (1730), Jean Buridan (1295), Maurice Leblanc (1864), Jean-Louis Trintignant (1930), and Raymond Kopa (1931). After him are Louis Antoine de Saint-Just (1767), Louis IV of France (920), Gustave Moreau (1826), Jules Rimet (1873), Albert Fert (1938), and Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1834).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Odilon Redon ranks 34. Before him are Paul Signac (1863), Claude Lorrain (1600), William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825), Georges de La Tour (1593), Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (1699), and Pierre Bonnard (1867). After him are Gustave Moreau (1826), Jean Dubuffet (1901), André Derain (1880), Charles Le Brun (1619), Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824), and Émile Bernard (1868).

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