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
Enschede, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Odilon Redon 1840-1916: Tekeningen, Litho's, Pastels en Schilderijen uit Nederlands bezit, 1 December 1984-20 January 1985, no. 42
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, Vereeniging voor Beeldende Kunst (Arnhem), Tentoonstelling van Odilon Redon: Schilderijen, tekeningen, litho’s, 26 March-4 April 1948, no. 21
Amsterdam, Larensche Kunsthandel, Catalogus der 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, Amsterdam, 1972, p. 14
Rapetti, Rodolphe, Thomson, Richard, Fowle, F., Bonsdorff, Anna-Maria von, Bakker, Nienke, Dreams of nature : symbolism from Van Gogh to Kandinsky, Brussel, 2012, pp. 100-101
Vergeest, Aukje, The French collection : nineteenth-century French paintings in Dutch public collections, Amsterdam, 2000, pp. 269-270
Rapetti, Rodolphe, Thomson, Richard, Fowle, F., Bonsdorff, Anna-Maria von, Bakker, Nienke, Gedroomde landschappen : symbolisme van Van Gogh tot Kandinsky, Brussel, 2012, pp. 100-101
Darley, Esther, Suijver, Renske, Masterpieces in the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 2019, p. 160
Darley, Esther, Suijver, Renske, Meesterwerken in het Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 2019, p. 160
Busch, G., Matta, M., Odilon Redon, Winterthur ; Fribourg, cop. 1983, pp. 226, 251
Decroocq, M.-C., Lacau St. Guily, A., Wildenstein, Alec, Odilon Redon : catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint et dessiné, Paris, 1992-1998, vol. 1: p. 267
Kolks, Z., Niermeyer, M., Uitert, Evert van, Odilon Redon 1840-1916 : tekeningen, litho's, pastels en schilderijen uit Nederlands bezit, Enschede, 1984, p. 19
Leeman, Fred, Roos Rosa de Carvalho, Fleur, Vergeest, Aukje, Stolwijk, Chris, Odilon Redon and Emile Bernard : masterpieces from the Andries Bonger collection, Amsterdam, 2009, pp. 76, 123
Leeman, Fred, Roos Rosa de Carvalho, Fleur, Vergeest, Aukje, Stolwijk, Chris, Odilon Redon en Emile Bernard : meesterwerken uit de collectie van Andries Bonger, Amsterdam, 2009, pp. 73, 76, 123
Rens, Annemiek, Sloterdijk, Jet, Maathuis, Marieke, Verweij, Emma, Drenth, Alexandra, Jong, Karlijn de, Geer, Kees van der, Christine en Janus van Zeegen, Zwolle, 2024, pp. 103, 105
Boitelle, René, Berg, Klaas-Jan van den, Goetz, E., A technical examination of Odilon Redon's paintings from the Bonger collection, Van Gogh Museum, pp. 67-69, 72-78, p. 80, n.5 en p. 81, n.21
Leeman, Fred, Sharp, Kevin, Vroege verzamelaars van Redon in Nederland, pp. 24, 28
Niehaus, Kasper, Openstelling collectie A. Bonger, p. 136
Bacou, Roseline, The Bonger collection at Almen, Holland, p. 401
Yoder, Abigail, Decoration and symbolism in the late works of Odilon Redon, Iowa City, 2013, pp. 81, 124, 159–160, 170–171, 362
Wichmann, Siegfried, Whitttall, Mary, Ramsay, James, Watanabe, Helen, Japonisme : the Japanese influence on Western art since 1858, London, 1985, pp. 156, 270
Berger, K., Odilon Redon : Phantasie und Farbe, Köln, 1964
Bacou, Roseline, Redon, Odilon, Lettres de Gauguin, Gide, Huysmans, Jammes, Mallarmé, Verhaeren à Odilon Redon, Paris, 1960, p. 294, n. 3
Stuffmann, M., Hollein, Max, Odilon Redon : as in a dream, Ostfildern, 2007, pp. 95–102, 108–109
Leblond, Marius-Ary, Lettres d'Odilon Redon (1878-1916), Paris [etc.], 1923, pp. 61–62
Chaban-Delmas, J., Coustet, Robert, Huyghe, René, Martin-Méry, G., Odilon Redon 1840-1916, Bordeaux, 1985, pp. 22, 230
Ashton, D., Joachim, Harold, Rewald, John, Odilon Redon, Gustave Moreau, Rodolphe Bresdin, New York, 1961
Sarradin, Édouard Louis, Visites au salon d’automne : II. – les invités : Renoir. – Odilon Redon. – Cézanne. – Paul de Troubetzkoy. – A.-A. Hébrard, p. 2
Tilburg, Merel van, Gamboni, Dario, Bonger, Andries, Redon, Odilon, « Sans adieu » : Andries Bonger – Odilon Redon : correspondance 1894-1916, Paris, 2022
Groot, I.M. de, André Bonger en zijn kunstenaarsvrienden Redon, Bernard, Van Gogh, Amsterdam, 1972, p. 14
Rapetti, Rodolphe, Thomson, Richard, Fowle, F., Bonsdorff, Anna-Maria von, Bakker, Nienke, Dreams of nature : symbolism from Van Gogh to Kandinsky, Brussel, 2012, pp. 100-101
Vergeest, Aukje, The French collection : nineteenth-century French paintings in Dutch public collections, Amsterdam, 2000, pp. 269-270
Rapetti, Rodolphe, Thomson, Richard, Fowle, F., Bonsdorff, Anna-Maria von, Bakker, Nienke, Gedroomde landschappen : symbolisme van Van Gogh tot Kandinsky, Brussel, 2012, pp. 100-101
Darley, Esther, Suijver, Renske, Masterpieces in the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 2019, p. 160
Darley, Esther, Suijver, Renske, Meesterwerken in het Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 2019, p. 160
Busch, G., Matta, M., Odilon Redon, Winterthur ; Fribourg, cop. 1983, pp. 226, 251
Decroocq, M.-C., Lacau St. Guily, A., Wildenstein, Alec, Odilon Redon : catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint et dessiné, Paris, 1992-1998, vol. 1: p. 267
Kolks, Z., Niermeyer, M., Uitert, Evert van, Odilon Redon 1840-1916 : tekeningen, litho's, pastels en schilderijen uit Nederlands bezit, Enschede, 1984, p. 19
Leeman, Fred, Roos Rosa de Carvalho, Fleur, Vergeest, Aukje, Stolwijk, Chris, Odilon Redon and Emile Bernard : masterpieces from the Andries Bonger collection, Amsterdam, 2009, pp. 76, 123
Leeman, Fred, Roos Rosa de Carvalho, Fleur, Vergeest, Aukje, Stolwijk, Chris, Odilon Redon en Emile Bernard : meesterwerken uit de collectie van Andries Bonger, Amsterdam, 2009, pp. 73, 76, 123
Rens, Annemiek, Sloterdijk, Jet, Maathuis, Marieke, Verweij, Emma, Drenth, Alexandra, Jong, Karlijn de, Geer, Kees van der, Christine en Janus van Zeegen, Zwolle, 2024, pp. 103, 105
Boitelle, René, Berg, Klaas-Jan van den, Goetz, E., A technical examination of Odilon Redon's paintings from the Bonger collection, Van Gogh Museum, pp. 67-69, 72-78, p. 80, n.5 en p. 81, n.21
Leeman, Fred, Sharp, Kevin, Vroege verzamelaars van Redon in Nederland, pp. 24, 28
Niehaus, Kasper, Openstelling collectie A. Bonger, p. 136
Bacou, Roseline, The Bonger collection at Almen, Holland, p. 401
Yoder, Abigail, Decoration and symbolism in the late works of Odilon Redon, Iowa City, 2013, pp. 81, 124, 159–160, 170–171, 362
Wichmann, Siegfried, Whitttall, Mary, Ramsay, James, Watanabe, Helen, Japonisme : the Japanese influence on Western art since 1858, London, 1985, pp. 156, 270
Berger, K., Odilon Redon : Phantasie und Farbe, Köln, 1964
Bacou, Roseline, Redon, Odilon, Lettres de Gauguin, Gide, Huysmans, Jammes, Mallarmé, Verhaeren à Odilon Redon, Paris, 1960, p. 294, n. 3
Stuffmann, M., Hollein, Max, Odilon Redon : as in a dream, Ostfildern, 2007, pp. 95–102, 108–109
Leblond, Marius-Ary, Lettres d'Odilon Redon (1878-1916), Paris [etc.], 1923, pp. 61–62
Chaban-Delmas, J., Coustet, Robert, Huyghe, René, Martin-Méry, G., Odilon Redon 1840-1916, Bordeaux, 1985, pp. 22, 230
Ashton, D., Joachim, Harold, Rewald, John, Odilon Redon, Gustave Moreau, Rodolphe Bresdin, New York, 1961
Sarradin, Édouard Louis, Visites au salon d’automne : II. – les invités : Renoir. – Odilon Redon. – Cézanne. – Paul de Troubetzkoy. – A.-A. Hébrard, p. 2
Tilburg, Merel van, Gamboni, Dario, Bonger, Andries, Redon, Odilon, « Sans adieu » : Andries Bonger – Odilon Redon : correspondance 1894-1916, Paris, 2022