1865 -1910 · Médoc, Brittany, Venice and silent boats

Even in front of a real site, Redon paints an interior state: tree, rock, port and boat simplify the landscape until they become signs of solitude, memory or passage.

Odilon Redon's landscape often remains in the shadow of his imaginary creatures, but it constitutes one of the foundations of his art. As a child, he stayed at the Peyrelebade estate in the Médoc, a flat, silent and marshy territory whose isolated trees and vast horizons nourished his sensitivity. His first drawn landscapes carefully observed trunk, terrain and light, notably under the influence of Corot and his friend the botanist Armand Clavaud. Later, stays in Brittany, in Morgat, offered him rocks, ports and sea. Later, stays in Brittany, in Morgat, offered him rocks, ports and sea. Later, stays in Brittany, in Morgat, offered him rocks, ports and sea. Later, stays in Brittany, in Morgat, offered him rocks, ports and sea. Later, stays in Brittany, in Morgat, offered him rocks, ports and sea. Later, stays in Brittany, in Morgat, offered him rocks, ports and sea. Later, stays in Brittany, in Morgat, offered him rocks, ports and sea. Later, stays in Brittany, in Morgat, offered him rocks, ports and sea. Later, stays in preserve the emotional memory of the place. The Sea in Morgat or The Pink Rock give the coast a dense, almost mental presence. The boats occupy a special place. In Venice, in a Breton port or in The Mystical Boat, they connect two visible or invisible banks. Their dark hull often floats in a calm space, reducing the journey to a few essential lines. Boats, memory of Venice transforms the city into a colorful memory rather than a tourist view. The Old Tree in a Meadow, often transforms the city into a calm space, reducing the journey to a few essential lines. Boats, memory of Venice transforms the city into a colorful memory rather than a tourist view. The Old Tree in a Meadow finds the vertical solitude of the Médoc. Trees on a yellow background or blue sky finally show how color releases the pattern without dissolving it. These landscapes prove that, at Redon, observation and imagination never oppose each other: reality becomes the most discreet support of vision. The selection "Landscapes and boats of Odilon Redon" notably compares Barques. Memory of Venice and The Sea in Morgat. His reading favors composition.

In the landscapes of Redon, the boat and the tree tell almost nothing - and it is precisely this silence that allows them to become memory.