1891
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Passage of a Soul is a 1891 by Odilon Redon, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This print shows a shadowy, ghostly figure floating upward, arms outstretched. Its body is barely there—just faint lines against a dark, textured background. The ground below looks like tangled roots or branches, and the whole scene feels dreamy and unclear. The artist used soft, smudged lines to make the figure look like it’s fading away. This style was popular in the late 1800s for creating moods instead of sharp details. Next, check out The Cleveland Museum of Art to see more prints like this.
Odilon Redon created this work by cutting the plate from an existing print in two. He reworked the right side of the plate into the image seen here.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Born Bertrand-Jean Redon on 20 April 1840 in Bordeaux, the artist adopted the name Odilon from his mother, Marie-Odile.
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