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Redon, Odilon - Closed Eyes 1
Identifier
008024
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
Just one beautiful example.
By 1890, closer contacts with other artists like Gauguin, Vuillard and Bonnard had helped to give him a new impetus. But then came a new blow. His close friend the botanist Armand Clavaud commited suicide on December 1st. Redon was devastated by the news. He completes a series of paintings showing Closed Eyes in memory of all those he had lost who he could no longer see.