{"id":4392,"date":"2014-01-21T13:58:52","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T12:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/?p=4392"},"modified":"2014-01-21T14:02:46","modified_gmt":"2014-01-21T13:02:46","slug":"is-symbolism-the-new-starting-point-painter-theorist-maurice-denis-introduces-the-great-retrospective-show-dedicated-by-the-fondation-beyeler-to-enigmatic-genius-odilon-redon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/21\/is-symbolism-the-new-starting-point-painter-theorist-maurice-denis-introduces-the-great-retrospective-show-dedicated-by-the-fondation-beyeler-to-enigmatic-genius-odilon-redon\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Symbolism the new starting point? Painter-theorist Maurice Denis introduces the great retrospective show dedicated by the Fondation Beyeler to enigmatic genius Odilon Redon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4392 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/21\/is-symbolism-the-new-starting-point-painter-theorist-maurice-denis-introduces-the-great-retrospective-show-dedicated-by-the-fondation-beyeler-to-enigmatic-genius-odilon-redon\/454-1964\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"111\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/1-Redon_Papillons_MoMA_Digital-Image.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Odilon Redon, Papillons, 1910, Oil on canvas, 73,9 x 54,9 cm, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Gift of Mrs. Werner E. Josten in memory of her husband, 1964\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4393\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4393'>\n\t\t\t\tOdilon Redon, Papillons, 1910, Oil on canvas, 73,9 x 54,9 cm, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Gift of Mrs. Werner E. Josten in memory of her husband, 1964\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/21\/is-symbolism-the-new-starting-point-painter-theorist-maurice-denis-introduces-the-great-retrospective-show-dedicated-by-the-fondation-beyeler-to-enigmatic-genius-odilon-redon\/2-redon_char-dapollon_orsay\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"122\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/2-Redon_Char-DApollon_Orsay.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4394\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4394'>\n\t\t\t\tOdilon Redon Le Char d&#8217;Apollon, vers 1910 Huile avec pastel sur toile, 91,5 x 77 cm Mus\u00e9e d&#8217;Orsay, Paris \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/21\/is-symbolism-the-new-starting-point-painter-theorist-maurice-denis-introduces-the-great-retrospective-show-dedicated-by-the-fondation-beyeler-to-enigmatic-genius-odilon-redon\/pandora\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"65\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/3-Redon_Pandore_Metropolitan_NY.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4395\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4395'>\n\t\t\t\tOdilon Redon Pandore, ca. 1914 Huile sur toile, 143,5 x 62,2 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Bequest of Alexander M. Bing, 1959\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/21\/is-symbolism-the-new-starting-point-painter-theorist-maurice-denis-introduces-the-great-retrospective-show-dedicated-by-the-fondation-beyeler-to-enigmatic-genius-odilon-redon\/4-redon_cyclope_otterlo\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"119\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/4-Redon_Cyclope_Otterlo.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4398\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4398'>\n\t\t\t\tOdilon Redon Le Cyclope, 1914 Huile sur carton sur toile, 64 x 51 cm Kr\u00f6ller-M\u00fcller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands Collection Kr\u00f6ller-M\u00fcller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/21\/is-symbolism-the-new-starting-point-painter-theorist-maurice-denis-introduces-the-great-retrospective-show-dedicated-by-the-fondation-beyeler-to-enigmatic-genius-odilon-redon\/5-redon_bouddha_orsay\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"118\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/5-Redon_Bouddha_Orsay.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4399\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4399'>\n\t\t\t\t\nOdilon Redon Le Bouddha, 1906\u20131907 Pastel, 90 x 73 cm Mus\u00e9e d&#8217;Orsay, Paris\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/21\/is-symbolism-the-new-starting-point-painter-theorist-maurice-denis-introduces-the-great-retrospective-show-dedicated-by-the-fondation-beyeler-to-enigmatic-genius-odilon-redon\/6-redon_ophelia_new-york-dian-woodner\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"111\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/6-Redon_Ophelia_New-York-Dian-Woodner.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4400\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4400'>\n\t\t\t\tOdilon Redon Oph\u00e9lie, 1900-1905 Pastel sur papier sur carton, 50,5 x 67,3 cm Dian Woodner Collection, New York\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI wished to copy nature \u2013 said C\u00e9zanne \u2013 \u201cI could not. But I was satisfied when I had discovered that the sun, for instance, could not be reproduced, but that it must be represented by something else&#8230; by colour\u201d. There is the definition of Symbolism such as we understood it about 1890. The older artists of that day, Gauguin above all, had a boundless admiration for C\u00e9zanne. I must add that they had at the same time the greatest esteem for Odilon Redon. Odilon Redon also had searched outside of the reproduction of nature and of sensation for the plastic equivalents of his emotions and his dreams. He, too, tried to remain a painter, exclusively a painter, while he was translating the radiance and gloom of his imagination.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to \u201cArt in Theory\u201d (1993), French painter-theorist Maurice Denis (1870-1943) wrote this lines in September 1907, the year after C\u00e9zanne&#8217;s death (L&#8217;Occitane, Paris). He grasped the essence of Symbolism, which was at that time \u201ca new conception of the purpose and methods of painting\u201d, as Roger Fry wrote a few years later introducing his English translation of Denis&#8217;s essay (Burlington Magazine, XVI, London, January-February 1910). A great retrospective show dedicated to Odilon Redon&#8217;s significance as a forerunner of classic modernism will open next \u00a0February,2 at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fondationbeyeler.ch\/en\/Exhibitions\/Preview\" target=\"_blank\">Fondation Beyeler<\/a>, Basel. Recommended to young artists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u201cI wished to copy nature \u2013 said C\u00e9zanne \u2013 \u201cI could not. But I was satisfied when I had discovered that the sun, for instance, could not be reproduced, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4393,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1570],"class_list":["post-4392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-senza-categoria","tag-odilon-redon"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}