"The reasons for the birth of the artist's mysterious. The social world does not accept it, nothing could offer him "
In 6 years of painful boy was sent to the village under Bordeaux, where his parents had lived. As early as 6 years old, he began making charcoal drawings, fixing their phantasmagoric visions that never left him throughout life - the strange shapes intertwining fanciful animals and plants.
When he was 7 years old, he was brought to Paris to meet with museums. The decision made it - he will be an artist!
From 1860 his drawings appear regularly in the exhibitions of the Society of Friends of Art. In 1963 he met and became friends with Rodolphe Brelenom, who taught him the technique of etching and lithography.
In 1864 he moved to Paris and entered the studio of the academic painter Leon Gerome. But the student and teacher were too different, and this period left a Redon very painful memories.
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