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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Le satyre au cynique sourire, pl.V, 1883–1883

Odilon Redon

Le satyre au cynique sourire, pl.V, 1883–1883

Sale Date: November 14, 1987

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Songes

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L'aile, 1893–1893

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L'aile, 1893–1893

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Je vis dessus le contour vaporeux d'une , 1896–1896

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Je vis dessus le contour vaporeux d'une , 1896–1896

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Mes baisers ont le gout d'un fruit qui..., 1896–1896

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Mes baisers ont le gout d'un fruit qui..., 1896–1896

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LA GLOIRE, 1890–1890

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LA GLOIRE, 1890–1890

Sale Date: November 12, 1987

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LA LANDAISE, 1885–1890

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LA LANDAISE, 1885–1890

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Coquillage

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Vase de fleurs, 1905–1905

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Vase de fleurs, 1905–1905

Sale Date: June 30, 1987

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L'apparition

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Le char d'apollon, 1905–1906

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Le char d'apollon, 1905–1906

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Untitled, pl.XVIII, 1896–1896

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Untitled, pl.XVIII, 1896–1896

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Les Sciapodes: La tête le plus bas..., 1889–1889

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Les Sciapodes: La tête le plus bas..., 1889–1889

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Et la-bas l'idole astrale, l'apotheose, , 1891–1891

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Et la-bas l'idole astrale, l'apotheose, , 1891–1891

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Druidesse, 1892–1892

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Druidesse, 1892–1892

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Brünnhilde, 1894–1894

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Brünnhilde, 1894–1894

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Pegase captif, 1889–1889

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Pegase captif, 1889–1889

Sale Date: May 14, 1987

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Orphee, 1900–1900

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Orphee, 1900–1900

Sale Date: May 13, 1987

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Vision: Les dents de Bérénice, 1880–1885

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Vision: Les dents de Bérénice, 1880–1885

Sale Date: May 12, 1987

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Vase de fleurs, 1910–1910

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Vase de fleurs, 1910–1910

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La naissance de Venus, 1910–1910

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La naissance de Venus, 1910–1910

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Vase de fleurs, 1904–1906

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Vase de fleurs, 1904–1906

Sale Date: May 11, 1987

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Le sommeil, 1898–1898

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Le sommeil, 1898–1898

Sale Date: April 16, 1987

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La damnation de l'artiste, 1889–1889

Odilon Redon

La damnation de l'artiste, 1889–1889

Sale Date: April 16, 1987

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