Self-Portrait, 1880, Odilon Redon
Movement/Style: Symbolism
Country: Odilon Redon spent his life in France, growing up in Bordeaux and later living and working in Paris.
Years: 1840 – 1916
Well, who was he?
Odilon Redon was part of the Symbolism movement, a European movement at the end of the nineteenth century. Symbolist art is similar to Surrealism in that it doesn’t seem to make any sense. However, there is one big difference between Symbolism and Surrealism: In Surrealism, it’s not supposed to make any sense. But in Symbolism, everything means something.