Odilon Redon | Hommage a Goya, 1885 | The series

Homage to Goya (Hommage à Goya) is an portfolio of 6 lithographs on chine appliqué reveal Redon's admiration for the Spanish painter and printmaker, who died in 1828.

This series is one of many that Odilon Redon created throughout his career.

Nearly two-thirds of his lithographs took the form of portfolios - prints connected conceptually by a theme or narrative and physically by a folder or binding.

Odilon Redon | Hommage a Goya, 1885 | Scharf Gerstenberg Collection

Such works were often dispersed over time, but Cleveland was fortunate to acquire several complete sets with their original covers during the 1920s.

Dating from Redon’s early experimentation with lithography, Homage to Goya was intended as a tribute to 18th-century Spanish master Francisco de Goya, whose interest in dreams and the subconscious influenced Redon.

The six seemingly unrelated images celebrate Goya’s ambiguity and collectively suggest the introspection and isolation of artistic practice. | © Cleveland Museum of Art

Odilon Redon | Hommage a Goya, 1885 | Cleveland Museum of Art

Odilon Redon - In My Dream, I Saw in the Sky a Face of Mystery from Homage to Goya, 1885;

Odilon Redon - The Marsh Flower, a Sad Human Head from Homage to Goya, 1885;

Odilon Redon - A Madman in a Dismal Landscape from Homage to Goya, 1885;

Odilon Redon - There Were Also Embryonic Beings from Homage to Goya, 1885;

Odilon Redon - A Strange Juggler from Homage to Goya, 1885;

Odilon Redon - Upon Waking, I Saw the Goddess of the Intelligible, with Her Severe and Hard Profile from Homage to Goya, 1885.

In my dream I saw in the sky a face of mystery from Homage to Goya, 1885

The marsh flower, a head human and sad from Homage to Goya, 1885

A Madman in a Dismal Landscape from Homage to Goya, 1885

Omaggio a Goya (Hommage à Goya, raccolta litografica, VI tavole, 1885)

Omaggio a Goya (Hommage à Goya) è un portfolio di 6 litografie su chine applicate che rivelano l'ammirazione di Redon per il pittore e incisore spagnolo, morto nel 1828.

Odilon Redon | Omaggio a Goya - Tavola I: Nel mio sogno, ho visto un volto misterioso in cielo;

Odilon Redon | Omaggio a Goya - Tavola II: Fiore di palude un testa umana e triste;

Odilon Redon | Omaggio a Goya - Tavola III: Un pazzo in un triste paesaggio;

Odilon Redon | Omaggio a Goya - Tavola IV: Ci sono stati anche esseri embrionali;

Odilon Redon | Omaggio a Goya - Tavola V: Lo strano giocoliere;

Odilon Redon | Omaggio a Goya - Tavola VI: Al risveglio vidi la dea dell’intelligibile dal profilo severo e duro.

There were also embryonic beings from Homage to Goya, 1885

A Strange Juggler from Homage to Goya, 1885

Upon awakening I saw the Goddess of the Intelligible with her severe and hard profile