Odilon RedonOdilon Redon was born in Bordeaux, France, on 20th April 1840. Although in his early career - both before and after the Franco-Prussian War - he worked almost exclusively in charcoal and lithography, he would go on to become one of the most significat Symbolist and Post-Impressionist painters, highly skilled also as a draftsman and printmaker. His favored mediums would be oil paint and pastels as they offered him the scope he needed so as to present his dreamic, highly surrealistic internal visions to the world. His recognition came when one of the Naturalist novelists (a school of realism headed by Emile Zola) called Joris-Karl Huysmans, made references to his drawings in his book 'A Rebours' (Against Nature) in 1884. He became famous from that point on and produced a steady stream of work during the 1890s and the first decade and a half of the 20th Century. By 1913 his work was being exhibited at the largest, most significant art exhibition in the World, the US International Exhibition of Modern Art. He was fascinated with the myth of Adapa, also known as Oannes, and produced a series of paintings and black-and-white works along that theme, some of which have been used to illustrate the current volume, along with other of his works that help depict this story. He was also deeply inspired by Hindu, Buddhist and Japanese influences. Odilon Redon married Camille Falte who became proud parents of Arï Redon (1889 - 1972) who was an artistic model of Odilon's and became a significant artist in his own right. Redon worked to the end of his life, dying on 6th July 1916 in Paris. Read More Read Less