artsy:“I have often, as an exercise and as a sustenance, painted before an object down to the smalle
artsy:“I have often, as an exercise and as a sustenance, painted before an object down to the smallest accidents of its visual appearance. But the day left me sad and with an unsatiated thirst. The next day I let the other source run, that of imagination through the recollection of the forms and I was then reassured and appeased.” —Odilon RedonA sneak preview of the Fondation Beyeler’s upcoming retrospective of the Symbolist painter. -- source link