Redon

American  

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

noun

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

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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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Example Sentences

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

Ms. Rozovsky’s final comment shows two orbs — a giant close-up of her right eye nearly touching the head of her sleeping infant — and has an intensity worthy of Odilon Redon or Philip Guston.

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2017

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

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