Femme de Profil (Profile of a Woman) (1900)

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"Femme de Profil (Profile of a Woman) by Odilon Redon, created in 1900, presents a remarkable interplay of delicacy and depth through the medium of pencil sketching. This drawing captures the profile view of a woman, characterized by serene and contemplative grace. Her features are finely etched with an almost ethereal attention to detail, particularly noticeable in the gentle curvature of her cheek and the elegant line of her nose. The woman's head is adorned with an elaborate headpiece, adding a touch of intricate detail that contrasts beautifully with her otherwise smooth features.The background of the artwork is softly sketched, with various elements such as floating geometric shapes and partial sketches of faces and hands emerging around her. These components, though abstract, suggest a rich tapestry of background activity and thoughts, perhaps mirroring the inner life of the subject.Overall, Redon's drawing transcends mere portraiture to evoke an atmosphere filled with a sense of introspection and subtle complexity.

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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.