Odilon Redon
Orpheus
From $100
This painting is poppy red, blue and soft lilac, and a cheap copy greys the background. Our Redon Vision. Vase of Flowers print was graded from a high-resolution master so the poppies stay red and the vase stays blue.
Stretched canvas. Printed on cotton canvas and stretched taut over a frame. The edges are mirror-wrapped, so the picture continues around the sides and none of it is lost to the fold.
Framed canvas. The same canvas, set in a black, white, natural wood or dark wood frame 0.83 in deep. The frame gives the work a finished edge and a little more presence on the wall.
Framed print. Printed on fine art matte paper and framed in solid pine, behind shatterproof plexiglass, in black, white, natural wood or dark wood. It arrives ready to hang. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame.
Fine art print. Printed on 310gsm fine art matte paper, for framing your own way. It travels rolled and protected. From 18x24 inch.
16x20 inch, 24x30 inch, 32x40 inch. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.
Its tall shape suits a study, a hallway or a living room wall. The reds and blues look rich with cream, slate and walnut, and a white or natural oak frame suits it.
About the painting
Redon probably picked these wild flowers and painted them at once, in the summer of 1900, by the sea at Saint-Georges-de-Didonne. The blue vase was made by a Russian artist friend.
There is no table and no wall: the vase seems to float. Redon described it as a vision, and the word became its title.
The Dutch collector Andries Bonger bought it in 1901 and made it the centrepiece of his collection. Redon borrowed it back for his Paris shows. It is in the Van Gogh Museum.
A tall blue vase holds a bunch of wild flowers: red poppies, white daisies, cornflowers, sprays of green. Behind it there is nothing but a soft haze of lilac and grey. No table, no wall. The vase simply floats.
Odilon Redon probably picked these flowers and painted them straight away, in the summer of 1900, at the Villa Goa in Saint-Georges-de-Didonne.
The vase itself was made by a Russian artist, Maria Botkina. Redon wrote her name in his account book.
He described the picture as a vision, and that word became its title.
In 1901 the Dutch collector Andries Bonger bought it. Both men saw it as the heart of Bonger's collection. Redon had it framed in white pine with gold inlay, and when he held big shows in Paris, in 1903 and 1905, he asked Bonger to lend it back.
A critic in Rotterdam in 1907 called it one of the glories of the exhibition.
It is now in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
Vision. Vase of Flowers. Odilon Redon, 1900.
Faithful to the original, and made to be felt on your wall.
We compare every work with the original as we grade it, keeping the artist’s colours true while bringing back their depth and glow. Every mark stays the artist’s own.
Printed to order on cotton canvas or fine art paper, then framed if you chose a frame, in 1 to 3 business days.
It arrives 5 to 12 business days later, tracked and free anywhere in the US. Framed pieces come ready to hang.
No. The original hangs in a museum. What you receive is a fine art reproduction, remastered from the original and printed for you, with every mark where the artist left it.
This is where most reproductions disappoint, and it is where we spend the most time. Each work is graded side by side with the original: faithful to the artist’s colours, with the depth and warmth brought back, so it moves you on the wall the way it was meant to. Canvas reads a touch softer than a backlit screen, and every screen shows colour a little differently.
Each size is a standard frame size, so we fit the painting by trimming a little from its edges. We never stretch or squash it, and we check every size by eye so no face, figure or signature is cut. On canvas the edges are mirror-wrapped, which keeps the whole picture on the front.
Aim for about two-thirds the width of the furniture beneath it. Over a sofa or a sideboard, one of the two largest sizes will hold the wall. The size guide lists every size in inches and centimetres, with the kind of wall each one suits.
Your piece is printed in 1–3 business days, then spends 5–12 business days in transit, tracked all the way. Delivery is free anywhere in the US. We are unable to deliver to PO boxes.
Send us a photograph and we will remake it and send it again. There is nothing to return.
Yes, within 30 days of delivery. Our returns policy has the details.
Printed to order
Graded against the original, then printed for you on cotton canvas or fine art paper in 1–3 business days.
The whole painting
Every mark is the artist’s own, and canvas edges are mirror-wrapped so the whole picture stays on the front.
Free US shipping
On every order, tracked, 5–12 business days in transit.
30-day returns
Returns and exchanges within 30 days of delivery.