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Nov 8, 2009 3:30pm
Odilon Redon Parsifal - pastel on paper, 1912 (Musée d’Orsay)/Hervé Lewandowski “…stripped of his helmet and lance, the warrior has been transformed into a magus, haunted by an inner dream. (…) The rocky shapes in the foreground are reminiscent of the early etchings by Redon, influenced by Rodolphe Bresdin (1822-1885). Thus, Parsifal is one example of the artist returning to an earlier inspiration, references to which can be found in his diary: ‘Oh my soul of former times, distant spirit, you came back to me tonight in the shadows… my nocturnal friend who returns, then leaves, and who I thought had disappeared forever, what brings you back, and at this time? I do not know.’” Via Museé d’Orsay

Odilon Redon

Parsifal - pastel on paper, 1912

(Musée d’Orsay)/Hervé Lewandowski



“…stripped of his helmet and lance, the warrior has been transformed into a magus, haunted by an inner dream. (…)

The rocky shapes in the foreground are reminiscent of the early etchings by Redon, influenced by Rodolphe Bresdin (1822-1885). Thus, Parsifal is one example of the artist returning to an earlier inspiration, references to which can be found in his diary:

‘Oh my soul of former times, distant spirit, you came back to me tonight in the shadows… my nocturnal friend who returns, then leaves, and who I thought had disappeared forever, what brings you back, and at this time? I do not know.’”



Via Museé d’Orsay
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