After watching the slide presentation about Odilon Redon and reflecting about my experience, I went to search more about the artist and about his life. I found it extraordinary how he works; namely with charcoal, lithography and how he represents a surreal exploration of his own deep feelings and psyche, creating metaphors for his own "ghosts".
In my perspective i can relate with his art and the symbolism he uses with the Franco-Prussian war, being the most significant European conflict between the Napoleonic Wars and the First World War, on this account, being a profound and traumatic experience reflected in his art work.
The art work i chose to show here in my blog, was the Spirit of the Forest from 1880, because it's one of my favorites and transmitting me a strong idea of mysterious but also a bizarre connection between human-plant creature causing a pleasant discomfort.
Odilon Redon (1880) Spirit of Forest (Specter from Giant Tree)
Reference
Orin Zahra. 2015. Spotlight Essay: Odilon Redon. [online] Available at:
https://www.kemperartmuseum.wustl.edu/node/11220
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