Rodolphe Bresdin
(France 1822–1885)
- Title
- The Fight into Egypt
- Year
- 1855
- Media category
- Materials used
- lithograph
- Edition
- i of 4 states
- Dimensions
-
17.9 x 22.4cm platemark; 23.5 x 31.0cm mount
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 2008
- Accession number
- 259.2008
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Bresdin was a lonely and isolated artist whose work was scarcely understood by contemporary audiences. He worked solely as a printmaker and appears to have been self-taught. His lithographs are characterised by intricate and profuse detail which Bresdin drew slowly and with obsessive concentration. Bresdin never drew from life but invented a dream-like world of moody skies and dark forests inhabited by tiny human figures and strange creatures.
- Bibliography (3)
-
Maxime Preaud (Author), Rodolph Bresdin 1822-1885: Robinson graveur, 2000, (illus.). no.45
Arsene Bonafous-Murat (France) (Author), Rodolphe Bresdin 1822-1885, 1992, (illus.). no.11
Dirk van Gelder (Netherlands) (Author), Rodolphe Bresdin: catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre gravé, 1976, (illus.). no.85
- Exhibition history (1)
-
Rodolphe Bresdin 1822-1885, Arsene Bonafous-Murat, 1992–1992.
