$450
Flemish Interior
BRESDIN, Rodolphe
Intérieur Flamand (original French title) Etching on chine-collé, circa 1856-1866. Reference: Van Gelder 86, BN-IFF 32. Dates for this etching, ...
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"His power lay in imagination alone. He never conceived anything beforehand." - Odilon Redon, on his beloved mentor, Rodolphe Bresdin.
In his small Bordeaux studio, opposite the graveyard where Goya was buried, Rodolphe Bresdin gave critical encouragement and artistic guidance to his most famous pupil, the young Redon, who would always revere him.
Rodolphe Bresdin, a French draughtsman and engraver, was born in Le Fresne-sur-Loire in 1822. A great admirer of Durer and Rembrandt, Bresdin's intricate mark-making created landscapes that were intensely fantastic in their conception, a visual language sometimes credited as a precursor of Surrealism. While not universally known, Bresdin ranks among visionary artists who prevailed despite decades of poor health and constant poverty. He died in Sèvres in 1885.
$525
The Brook in the Gorges
BRESDIN, Rodolphe
Le Ruisseau des Gorges or Les Rochers (original French title) Lithographic transfer of an etching, on chine-collé, as the artist was prone to doi...
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