Buddha
Currently on view
Odilon Redon (1840 - 1916), 1904
distemper on canvas, 159.8 cm x 121.1 cm
Credits: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (State of the Netherlands)
The Buddha figure sits in the lotus position under a tree and almost seems part of it. Redon has achieved this effect by using little more than a few outlines to depict it. The artist was deeply interested in eastern spirituality.
To give the picture a fresco-like appearance, Redon has chosen a particularly matt sort of paint. He intended the painting to be countersunk into a wall, making it an integral decorative feature of an interior.
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- Object number
- s0465N1996
- Dimensions
- 159.8 cm x 121.1 cm, 162 cm x 123.3 cm, 4 cm
- Provenance
- Sold by the artist, Paris to Andries Bonger, Amsterdam for FRF 700, August 1905; after his death on 20 January 1936 inherited by his widow, Françoise W.M. Bonger-van der Borch van Verwolde, Amsterdam; after her death in 1975 bequeathed to her heirs, the Netherlands; sold by these heirs to the State of the Netherlands to be placed in the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 18 December 1996.
- artist
- Odilon Redon
- Credits
- Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (State of the Netherlands)
Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Odilon Redon en Emile Bernard. Meesterwerken uit de collectie van Andries Bonger, 10 April-20 September 2009, no. 112
Bremen, Kunsthalle Bremen, Odilon Redon, 27 November 1983-22 January 1984, no. zonder nr.
Winterthur, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Odilon Redon, 20 September-13 November 1983, no. zonder nr.
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, André Bonger en zijn kunstenaarsvrienden: Redon, Bernard, Van Gogh, 6 June-6 August 1972, no. 3
The Hague, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Odilon Redon, 3 May-23 June 1957, no. 202
Paris, Musée de l'Orangerie, Odilon Redon, October 1956-January 1957, no. 186
Arnhem, Vereniging voor Beeldende Kunst Arnhem, Tentoonstelling van Odilon Redon: Schilderijen, tekeningen, litho’s, 26 March-4 April 1948, no. 21
Amsterdam, Larensche Kunsthandel, Tentoonstelling van werken van Odilon Redon (alles particulier bezit), 7-14 May 1909, no. 34
Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Salon d’automne, 15 October-15 November 1904, no. niet in catalogus
Groot, I.M. de, André Bonger en zijn kunstenaarsvrienden Redon, Bernard, Van Gogh, 1972, p. 14