Artist

Odilon Redon

1840–1916 · born in Bordeaux · died in Paris

Odilon Redon was born in Bordeaux, France, and spent most of his life in Paris. He began with strange, dreamlike black-and-white drawings, then later painted flowers and myths in luminous color. His art was admired by Symbolists and later by the Surrealists. He died in Paris in 1916.