Breton Village
1890 National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
About this artwork
An oil on canvas landscape depicting simple stone cottages in a rural Breton setting under a vibrant blue sky. The work reflects a departure from Redon's earlier dark, phantasmagorical charcoal drawings toward a lighter, more color-focused palette.
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While Odilon Redon is world-renowned for his bizarre, nightmarish 'noirs'—charcoal drawings of floating eyeballs and human-headed spiders—this piece reveals his unexpected mastery of light and color. Created during his later period, it demonstrates his transition into the radiant, dreamlike landscapes that define his mature style. The simple rural scene highlights a rare, grounded moment in the work of an artist usually obsessed with the subconscious and the supernatural.
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Breton Village
Odilon Redon, 1890
