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Redon

American  
[ruh-don, ruh-dawn] / rəˈdɒn, rəˈdɔ̃ /

noun

  1. Odilon 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.


Redon British  
/ rədɔ̃ /

noun

  1. Odilon (ɔdilɔ̃). 1840–1916, French symbolist painter and etcher. He foreshadowed the surrealists in his paintings of fantastic dream images

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This exhibition examines both aspects of the man, presenting more than 250 works from his holdings—by Van Gogh, Gauguin, Redon, Degas, Cezanne, Matisse, Vuillard and many others—alongside nearly 400 of his own creations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Puech Redon is an estate in the Languedoc region of southern France.

From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2022

Garmin-Cervelo teammate Thor Hushovd of Norway keeps the leader’s yellow jersey after the ride from Olonne-sur-Mer to Redon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2020

But, however much Gorey owes to the Surrealists, I see in him, equally, their less fun-loving predecessors, the Symbolist poets and painters of the late nineteenth century: Baudelaire, Mallarmé, Khnopff, Munch, Puvis de Chavannes, Redon.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 3, 2018

Madame Meyzieu seeks whereabouts of six daughters, sent by train to Redon.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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