1886
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
The Chimera Gazed at All Things with Fear is a 1886 by Odilon Redon, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This drawing shows a shadowy creature with a goat’s head, a lion’s mane, and a snake’s tail. Its eyes are wide and dark, staring straight ahead. The background is a swirl of rough, smudged lines, like smoke or storm clouds. The title says the creature looks at everything with fear. The artist used loose, sketchy marks instead of smooth lines, making it feel wild and unsettled. Check out Odilon Redon for more dreamlike, mysterious works.
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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