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Show NavigationRedon fresco, Library, Fontfroide Abbey, Narbonne, Occitanie, France
La Nuit, detail, Symbolist fresco, 1910, by Odilon Redon, 1840-1916, in the library of Fontfroide Abbey or l'Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Fontfroide, at Narbonne, Languedoc-Roussillon, Occitanie, France. This fresco contains a portrait of Paul Gauguin in the tree, and portraits of Madeleine Fayet and her daughter Simone Fayet (right). In 1908 the abbey was bought by Gustave Fayet, an art collector and wine grower, who renovated many of the rooms and commissioned artworks. Founded by the Viscount of Narbonne in 1093, Fontfroide linked to the Cistercian order in 1145. Today the abbey estate produces AOC Corbieres wine. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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