Odilon Redon

Odilon Redon (1840–1916) was a French painter, printmaker, and draftsman who belonged to the Symbolist movement, which emphasized the spiritual reality that underlies the physical world. Inspired by darkly Romantic or visionary texts by authors such as Baudelaire and Poe, Redon first became recognized for his “noirs,” the enigmatic and often macabre charcoals and graphic albums he executed in shades of black. Later in his career, he worked with vivid pastels, oil paints and watercolor pigments to create images of serenity, many of which were influenced by the Catholic revival in France. To view more of Redon’s works on the subject of Christ Crowned with Thorns, click here.