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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The cover featured a lithograph by Odilon Redon of an enormous eye in the shape of a hot-air balloon, a piece that apparently was inspired by Poe.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 5, 2026

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

“You can tell the nature of a man from his companion,” the symbolist painter Odilon Redon reportedly said.

From The Guardian Apr. 22, 2017

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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