Painting Collection

Odilon Redon

At the Bottom of the Sea

French, 1840-1916
At the Bottom of the Sea
c. 1905
oil on canvas
1962.10

23 7/8 x 19 5/8 inches

Early in his career, both before and after fighting in the Franco-Prussian War, Odilon Redon worked almost exclusively in charcoal and lithography. During the 1890s he began working in pastel and oil. He is perhaps best known today for the dream-like paintings created in the first decade of the twentieth century.