Saint George and the Dragon

1880s and c. 1892

Odilon Redon

Associated Names
Odilon Redon

Artist, French, 1840 - 1916

This is a painting of a figure on horseback holding a lance against an abstract background. The composition features a dark figure on horseback in the upper left, casting a shadow behind them. The horse and rider appear sculpted from darkness with highlights and textures suggesting form. The right side of the painting has swirling strokes implying motion or energy. Chiaroscuro creates a dramatic and mysterious atmosphere. This is in the style of Odilon Redon.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    charcoal and pastel on tan wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of GTE and the New Century Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 53.7 x 37.5 cm (21 1/8 x 14 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.14.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wildenstein vol. 2, no. 1269

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Andries Bonger, Almen (The Hague); (Jacques Seligman & Co., New York); Dr. and Mrs. George E. Murphy, New York; Annette Cross Murphy, New York; (sale, Christie's, New York, 16 May 1990, no. 116); (Artemis, London); purchased 2000 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1951

  • Odilon Redon, 1840 - 1916, Pastels and Drawings, Jacques Seligman and Co., Inc., New York, The Cleveland Museum of Art and The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 1951 - 1952, no. 12.

1954

  • Reality and Fantasy 1900 - 1954, The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 1954, no. 137.

1956

  • Visionaries and Dreamers, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1956, no. 32.

1957

  • Bosch, Goya et le Fantastique, Bordeaux (VIIe Exposition internationale de Bordeaux, organized by L'Association d'action française artistique), 1957, no. 337.

1970

  • Odilon Redon, Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York, 1970, no. 2.

2000

  • Art for the Nation: Collecting for a New Century, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001, 216.

2007

  • As in a Dream: Odilon Redon, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, 2007, Margaret Stuffman et al., no. 164.

2009

  • The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850-1900, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; NGA; Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, 2009 - 2010

2019

  • The Touch of Color: Pastels at the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019 - 2020, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1965

  • Berger, Klaus. Odilon Redon, Fantasy and Colour. New York, 1965: no. 363, plates 27 and 27a.

1992

  • Wildenstein, Alec. Odilon Redon, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint et dessiné. 4 vols. Paris, 1992-1998: vol. 2, no. 1269 (color repro.)

2015

  • Busine, Laurent and Manfred Sellink, eds. The Glory of Saint George: Man, Dragon and Death. Brussels, 2015: 92-93, fig. 74.

Inscriptions

upper right in image: ODILON REDON; lower right in image: ODILON REDON

Wikidata ID

Q64618527

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