SuperRare

Odilon Redon was very sad and weak as a child and always "looked for shadows". It is a fame that never left him. As an adult, he was asked what his favorite subjects were for painting. "My monsters," he replied simply. Due to his interests in natural history, psychiatry and microscopy, coal creatures and petroglyphs, Redon's paintings, he had no shortage of nightmares. His series of paintings are known as noir or "black things". Odilon Redon's works include "The Smiling Spider" (and its Weeping Counterpart), "The Horned Skeleton", "Cactus Man", "Egg's Head in a Cup" and "The Upset Swamp Flower".