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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Il y eut peut-être une vision première..., 1883

Odilon Redon

Il y eut peut-être une vision première..., 1883

Sale Date: May 11, 2018

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Brunnhilde (Crépuscule des Dieux), 1894

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Brunnhilde (Crépuscule des Dieux), 1894

Sale Date: May 8, 2018

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ANÉMONES, 1910

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ANÉMONES, 1910

Sale Date: May 15, 2018

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Nu assis, 1904

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Nu assis, 1904

Sale Date: May 15, 2018

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Fleurs dans un vase, 1905

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Fleurs dans un vase, 1905

Sale Date: May 16, 2018

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Cellule Auriculaire, 1893

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Cellule Auriculaire, 1893

Sale Date: May 4, 2018

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TÊTE D'ENFANT AVEC FLEURS (MELLERIO 169), 1897

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TÊTE D'ENFANT AVEC FLEURS (MELLERIO 169), 1897

Sale Date: May 1, 2018

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Fleurs dans un vase vert, 1885–1890

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Fleurs dans un vase vert, 1885–1890

Sale Date: May 10, 2018

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La barque aux deux femmes blanches

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La barque aux deux femmes blanches

Sale Date: May 10, 2018

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Fleurs

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Sale Date: May 8, 2018

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Fleurs

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Sale Date: May 8, 2018

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PÉGASE CAPTIF (MELLERIO 102), 1889

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PÉGASE CAPTIF (MELLERIO 102), 1889

Sale Date: April 26, 2018

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Chevaleries Sentimentales [Sentimental..., 1893

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Chevaleries Sentimentales [Sentimental..., 1893

Sale Date: April 24, 2018

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Deux têtes de femmes ou Satan et la statue

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Deux têtes de femmes ou Satan et la statue

Sale Date: March 22, 2018

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Persée et Andromède

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Persée et Andromède

Sale Date: March 21, 2018

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Vision, Plate VIII from: Dans Le Rêve, 1879

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Vision, Plate VIII from: Dans Le Rêve, 1879

Sale Date: March 28, 2018

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Femme en costume folklorique

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Femme en costume folklorique

Sale Date: February 28, 2018

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Le crucifix

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Sale Date: February 28, 2018

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Profils de Hollandaises

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Profils de Hollandaises

Sale Date: March 1, 2018

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Mysteres de La Mer

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Mysteres de La Mer

Sale Date: March 3, 2018

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ÈVE À LA POMME DIT AUSSI FEMME DE PROFIL DANS UN

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ÈVE À LA POMME DIT AUSSI FEMME DE PROFIL DANS UN

Sale Date: December 19, 2017

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A Gustave Flaubert - Une longue chrysalide de...

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A Gustave Flaubert - Une longue chrysalide de...

Sale Date: December 6, 2017

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A Gustave Flaubert - Le Sphinx et la Chimère -...

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A Gustave Flaubert - Le Sphinx et la Chimère -...

Sale Date: December 6, 2017

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A Gustave Flaubert - frontispice pour la...

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A Gustave Flaubert - frontispice pour la...

Sale Date: December 6, 2017

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