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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Odilon Redon Artworks

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Lutte de cavaliers, 1865

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Lutte de cavaliers, 1865

Sale Date: June 12, 2021

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Brunnhilde, 1886

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Brunnhilde, 1886

Sale Date: June 12, 2021

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Les falaises à marée basse

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Les falaises à marée basse

Sale Date: May 28, 2021

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Le prophète

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Sale Date: May 28, 2021

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Le satyre au cynique sourire

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Le satyre au cynique sourire

Sale Date: May 28, 2021

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Visage cellulaire

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Visage cellulaire

Sale Date: May 28, 2021

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La grappe ou le marchand de ballons

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La grappe ou le marchand de ballons

Sale Date: May 28, 2021

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lithograph, 1896

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lithograph, 1896

Sale Date: May 16, 2021

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L'oeil, comme un ballon bizarre se dirige vers...

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L'oeil, comme un ballon bizarre se dirige vers...

Sale Date: April 28, 2021

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Il Tombe dans l'Abime, la Tête en bas., 1896

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Il Tombe dans l'Abime, la Tête en bas., 1896

Sale Date: May 6, 2021

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La jeune songeuse, 1870–1875

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La jeune songeuse, 1870–1875

Sale Date: May 14, 2021

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Femme de Profi vers la gauche, coiffée d’un..., 1898

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Femme de Profi vers la gauche, coiffée d’un..., 1898

Sale Date: May 8, 2021

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Pensées

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Sale Date: April 14, 2021

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Géraniums et fleurs des champs, 1905

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Géraniums et fleurs des champs, 1905

Sale Date: April 14, 2021

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Petit village

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Petit village

Sale Date: March 17, 2021

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Ari, 1898

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Sale Date: December 17, 2020

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Profil de lumière, 1886

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Profil de lumière, 1886

Sale Date: December 17, 2020

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Apocalypse de Saint Jean, 1899

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Apocalypse de Saint Jean, 1899

Sale Date: December 16, 2020

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Christ

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Sale Date: November 24, 2020

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Gustave Flaubert, La Tentation de Saint-Antoine,

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Gustave Flaubert, La Tentation de Saint-Antoine,

Sale Date: November 19, 2020

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Pégase captif - 1889 - second état, 1889

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Pégase captif - 1889 - second état, 1889

Sale Date: December 2, 2020

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Femme (Jeune femme debout)

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Femme (Jeune femme debout)

Sale Date: November 19, 2020

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Fleurs dans un pot de grès, 1909

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Fleurs dans un pot de grès, 1909

Sale Date: November 19, 2020

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Femme de profil, coiffée d'un hénin surmonté , 1900

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Femme de profil, coiffée d'un hénin surmonté , 1900

Sale Date: November 25, 2020

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