Dreams And Poetry

The late nineteenth Century and early twentieth Century were the turning times of the great changes in Western art.The development of science and philosophy led to the pursuit of the emancipation of the mind and the publicity of personality of the artist's works,general appearance of a picture paid more attention to the expression of his own subjective emotion.Odilon Redon(Odilon Redon,1840-1916)is the master of French Symbolism painting at the end of the nineteenth Century.Looking at Redon's art,we can clearly feel that the picture shows the distinctive painting language,and also reveals the mysterious meaning of a certain personal feeling of metaphor.In his artistic career,though use different ways of drawing,such as sketch,toner and oil painting,they are all Redon's expression of artistic conception and artistic emotion,As an indiscerptible part of his art.Flower is an important spirit carrier in Redon's painting,and it create a picture with suggestive and mysterious meanings.Most of his flowers can not find the growth of the concrete structure,we can only feel gorgeous and sexy,abstractness and impact.big flowers filled with the heart of the painter's strong vitality,He believed that` the future of the world existed in subjectivity.his value is a mysterious,unsolved puzzle.In his life,he painted fantasy and dream as his own form of painting.Tadi-Natansen described him as “the prince of dreams”.Due to the influence of Oriental art,Redon added the elements of Ukiyo-e in the form of artistic creation and language style,and produced different visual effects after reprocessing.Redon flower come from nature and surpass nature,and the amazing effect of the works is related to the unique artistic thinking and creative consciousness of himself.Picture everywhere reveals the sincere emotion and dreamy colors,let a people linger and revel.Don't know is in a dream or in reality.The philosophical foundation of symbolism is mysticism,Which is explained by Redon's art.The concept of space management of his works subverts the traditional concept of space,combines the figurative shape in the virtual space.And combines the reality with the dream to create a new art space through its own understanding and imagination,because of the existence of flowers,people feel mysterious and dream.the surrealistic factors in Redon's symbolism.as a foundation and the support of Freud's psychoanalytic theory support,broaden the emergence of the surrealistic painting represented by Dali,Ernst,Chagall.Even today,there are many artists,including some artists in China,who have surrealistic elements.Each art tendency has its existing significance and value,while the art of Redon don't like Courbet,Cezanne's attention,but he expression of individuality and unique artistic concept,like a star in the western art history is unique brightness,his art will continue to affect the junior artists creation.