Perversity

Art Institute of Chicago

Perversity

Odilon Redon

Date
1891
Medium
Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper
Culture
France
Department
Prints and Drawings
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

Regarded as a major contributor to the Symbolist movement in 19th-century France, Odilon Redon produced over 30 etchings and 170 lithographs during his lifetime. Originally attracted to printmaking as a method for distributing his charcoal drawings, Noirs (Blacks) , he became enamored with the medium because of its possibilities for depth of value. Much of his imagery reveals a murky, mysterious environment; the subject is usually surrounded by an atmosphere of darkness.

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Object type
AAT300041273

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