Odilon Redon

Portrait du peintre Édouard Vuillard (Portrait of the French Painter Edward Vuillard)

Maker

Odilon Redon (French, 1840-1916), printmaker
Blanchard, printer

Title

Portrait du peintre Édouard Vuillard (Portrait of the French Painter Edward Vuillard)

Year

1900

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

lithograph

Supports

Dimensions

20.2 x 16.4 cm (7 15/16 x 6 7/16 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered: LR: "OdR."

Identification

Standard Reference Number

Mellerio no. 190

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

52.077

Type

Exhibition History

Facing Artists
Twentieth Century Portraits from the Collection
Feb 27, 2009 – Jul 31, 2009

Label copy

Beginning in the 1890s Odilon Redon, inspired by the painted profile portraits of Renaissance masters such as Sandro Botticelli and Hans Holbein, began to incorporate profile studies into his works. In 1900 he began the last of his many lithographic ventures, a series of eight profile portrait “medallions” of artists and musicians, all of them close friends. Redon’s delicate draftsmanship in this portrait of Edouard Vuillard (French, 1868-1940) displays an impressive graphic control and simple clarity.

19th-20th Century Portraits from the Museum's Collection
Feb 01, 1962 – Mar 01, 1962

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Tombstone

Odilon Redon (French, 1840-1916), printmaker
Blanchard, printer
Portrait du peintre Édouard Vuillard (Portrait of the French Painter Edward Vuillard), 1900
Lithograph on chine-collé
20.2 x 16.4 cm (7 15/16 x 6 7/16 inches) (plate)
Museum Works of Art Fund 52.077

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