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Odilon Redon and His Pastel Technique

By Graciela Bombalova

Type
Article
Level
Intermediate
Price
Free
Published
2020
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About this lesson

An examination of how Redon's pastel handling evolved from short, unblended early strokes to densely layered mid-career work fixed in stages, before he abandoned fixative altogether in his final, most luminous symbolist pastels.