Sphinx

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Artist: Odilon Redon"Sphinx" by Odilon Redon is a compelling and enigmatic work that showcases the artist's fascination with the mystical and the otherworldly. In this pastel painting, we see a figure that combines elements of a woman and mythological creature, embodied through serene yet inscrutable facial expressions and powerful, widespread wings that envelop her form. The use of vibrant colors—soft yellows in the background contrasting with the deep reds and muted pinks of the wings—adds a dreamlike quality to the image, which is typical of Redon's symbolist approach. The woman's head is adorned with a detailed and ornate headdress, suggesting a regal or divine status. Redon's mastery in blending colors and textures brings an almost ethereal feel to the painting, highlighting his ability to transcend the traditional boundaries of visual representation.

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Odilon Redon was a French symbolist painter, printmaker, draughtsman and pastellist. Early in his career, both before and after fighting in the Franco-Prussian War, he worked almost exclusively in charcoal and lithography, works referred to as noirs. 

During the 1890s he began working in pastel and oils, which quickly became his favourite medium, abandoning his previous style of noirs completely after 1900. He also developed a keen interest in Hindu and Budhist religion and culture, which increasingly showed in his work.

He is perhaps best known today for the "dreamlike" paintings created in the first decade of the 20th century, which were heavily inspired by Japanese art and which, while continuing to take inspiration from nature, heavily flirted with abstraction. His work is considered a precursor to both Dadaism and Surrealism.