Odilon Redon
Etruscan Vase with Flowers
Odilon Redon
Etruscan Vase with Flowers, c. 1912-14
Tempera on Canvas
Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
A poetic choice for sympathy or reflection, this composition speaks to time, ancestry, and the enduring beauty of remembrance. Redon conjures a stylized bouquet in ochres and violets, their forms flattened and rhythmic, almost decorative, yet solemn in tone. Etruscan Vase with Flowers is less a bouquet than an elegy in bloom.
This artwork is held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, gifted by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, from the Lillie P. Bliss Collection, by exchange, 1953, and funded by the Maria DeWitt Jesup Fund.
Odilon Redon
Etruscan Vase with Flowers
Odilon Redon
Etruscan Vase with Flowers, c. 1912-14
Tempera on Canvas
Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
A poetic choice for sympathy or reflection, this composition speaks to time, ancestry, and the enduring beauty of remembrance. Redon conjures a stylized bouquet in ochres and violets, their forms flattened and rhythmic, almost decorative, yet solemn in tone. Etruscan Vase with Flowers is less a bouquet than an elegy in bloom.
This artwork is held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, gifted by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, from the Lillie P. Bliss Collection, by exchange, 1953, and funded by the Maria DeWitt Jesup Fund.