June 15th, 2010
Odilon Redon: Prince of Dreams
Tags/ Posted by Tony ThomasNoon sun was a white hole in the sky, and I was the lovely killer on the bridge.continue reading this poem
Redon was born into a prosperous Bordeaux family and began drawing at the age of ten. As a young child he suffered from epilepsy and was sent away to live with his Uncle on the family vineyard at Peyrelebade in the Medoc, where he experienced the “full solitude of the countryside”. It was perhaps here that he formed the fusion of the natural and the fantastic that characterised his work as a graphic artist.
