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Flowers: Poppies and Daisies
Odilon Redon · c. 1867
- Artist
- Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916)
- Date
- c. 1867
- Medium
- Oil on cardboard
- Size
- 19 × 23.5 cm (7 1/2 × 9 1/4 in.); Framed: 33.7 × 30.2 × 4.5 cm (13 1/4 × 11 7/8 × 1 3/4 in.)
- Made in
- France
- Style
- nineteenth century
- Where to see it
- Art Institute of Chicago
Bequest of Mrs. Clive Runnells · CC0 Public Domain · Art Institute of Chicago · image via Wikimedia Commons · see it at the museum ↗
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About Odilon Redon
Odilon Redon was a French Symbolist draughtsman, printmaker, and painter.
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