Odilon Redon

(French, 1840–1916)

Odilon Redon was a French Symbolist artist known for his pastels, prints, and paintings. He depicted a variety of motifs, including dreams, floral still lifes, landscapes, and mythological scenes. “My originality consists in bringing to life, in a human way, improbable beings and making them live according to the laws and probability,” he once said. Born Bertrand-Jean Redon on April 20, 1840 in Bordeaux, France, he studied with the artist Stanislas Gorin as a teenager. Gorin introduced him to the works of Eugène Delacroix, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, and Gustave Moreau. On his father’s wishes, Redon planned to study architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, but failed the entrance exam. However, he remained in the city, reading the literary works of Gustave Flaubert, Edgar Allan Poe, and Charles Baudelaire, and briefly studying painting under Jean-Léon Gérôme. In 1865, he returned to his family home in Bordeaux and where he learned etching and lithography from the eccentric artist Rodolphe Bresdin. Returning to Paris in 1871, Redon worked exclusively in black and white until the 1890s. This sudden use of bright color is attributable to his close friendships with Paul Gauguin and Maurice Denis. He died on July 6, 1916 in Paris, France. In 2018, Redon’s still life Fleurs set an auction record for the artist when it sold for $4,092,500 at Christies. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the National Gallery in London, among others.

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Tentation de Saint-Antoine: Voici la..., 1896–1896

Odilon Redon

Tentation de Saint-Antoine: Voici la..., 1896–1896

Sale Date: October 27, 1988

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Cain and Abel, 1886–1886

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Cain and Abel, 1886–1886

Sale Date: October 27, 1988

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Barque de pêcheur, 1875–1875

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Barque de pêcheur, 1875–1875

Sale Date: June 29, 1988

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Paysage maritime

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Paysage maritime

Sale Date: June 29, 1988

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Et il avait dans sa main droite sept..., 1899–1899

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Et il avait dans sa main droite sept..., 1899–1899

Sale Date: June 28, 1988

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Sainte Antoine ...a traverse ses longs..., 1889–1889

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Sainte Antoine ...a traverse ses longs..., 1889–1889

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Hommage à Goya, 1885–1885

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Hommage à Goya, 1885–1885

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Fleurs de champs dans un vase à long col, 1912–1912

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Fleurs de champs dans un vase à long col, 1912–1912

Sale Date: June 27, 1988

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Géraniums et fleurs dans un vase grès, 1910–1910

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Géraniums et fleurs dans un vase grès, 1910–1910

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Profil de lumière, 1886–1886

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Profil de lumière, 1886–1886

Sale Date: May 13, 1988

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Le rêve

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Sale Date: May 11, 1988

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Trois vases de fleurs, 1908–1908

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Trois vases de fleurs, 1908–1908

Sale Date: May 10, 1988

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Christ, 1887–1887

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Christ, 1887–1887

Sale Date: May 10, 1988

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Béatrice, 1897–1897

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Béatrice, 1897–1897

Sale Date: May 10, 1988

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Le rêve

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Sale Date: March 30, 1988

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La vierge d'aurore, 1895

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La vierge d'aurore, 1895

Sale Date: March 29, 1988

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Vase de fleurs

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Vase de fleurs

Sale Date: March 29, 1988

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LE CHRIST COURONNE

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LE CHRIST COURONNE

Sale Date: February 18, 1988

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Passage d'une ame, 1891–1891

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Passage d'une ame, 1891–1891

Sale Date: December 3, 1987

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L'ange

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Sale Date: December 1, 1987

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Le vase bleu, 1910–1912

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Le vase bleu, 1910–1912

Sale Date: December 1, 1987

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Décoration, 1906–1906

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Décoration, 1906–1906

Sale Date: November 30, 1987

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Yeux clos, 1890–1890

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Yeux clos, 1890–1890

Sale Date: November 14, 1987

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Je me suis enfonce dans la sollitude,..., 1896–1896

Odilon Redon

Je me suis enfonce dans la sollitude,..., 1896–1896

Sale Date: November 14, 1987

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