And the Angel Took the Censer (1899)

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Dive into the mysterious and enchanted world created by Odilon Redon in his 1899 lithograph titled "And the Angel Took the Censer." This piece is part of Redon's compelling exploration into the realms of dream, spirituality, and the undefined boundaries of the human soul.The artwork features an angelic figure in a flowing robe, her gaze serene and introspective. Behind her, expansive wings stretch out, subtly merging with the swirling darkness of the background. In her grasp, she holds a censer, from which billows a dense, almost tangible smoke, filling the scene with a feeling of mysticism and the sacred.Redon’s use of soft, ambiguous lines and the interplay of light and shadow evoke a sense of the ethereal and otherworldly. By blurring the solid forms, Redon invites the viewer to explore a world beyond the visible—a journey into the emotional and spiritual depths of his imagination."And the Angel Took the Censer" is a prime example of how Redon’s work straddles the line between the tangible and the fantastical, making it an enlightening piece for visitors who are captivated by the mystical and the metaphysical in art.

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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.