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Still Life with Flowers
Odilon Redon · 1905
- Artist
- Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916)
- Date
- 1905
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 92.7 × 65.5 cm (36 1/2 × 25 3/4 in.); Framed: 111.2 × 84.2 × 6.7 cm (43 3/4 × 33 1/8 × 2 5/8 in.)
- Made in
- France
- Style
- Post-Impressionism
- Where to see it
- Art Institute of Chicago
Gift of Mary and Leigh Block · 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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