The Cyclops, Odilon Redon #art #videoessay #artappreciation

Added: 2026-05-05

[00:00:00]Look at this Cyclops.

[00:00:01]>> [music] >> He peeks out shyly, his eye full of love for the sleeping woman. But then these [music] dark creepy monsters. Can you believe it's the same artist, Odilon Redon?

[00:00:11]How [music] did this happen? Driven by a lonely childhood and new science, his world was filled with floating eyes and eerie creatures.

[00:00:18]>> [music] >> But something shifted. Inspired by a young artist group called the Nabis and Japanese art, his work moved into oils and pastels, >> [music] >> and marriage and fatherhood made it bloom. All of this comes together in the Cyclops.