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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Centaure visant les nues, 1895

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Centaure visant les nues, 1895

Sale Date: April 15, 2016

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Le Livre ou Sainte Thérèse, 1892

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Le Livre ou Sainte Thérèse, 1892

Sale Date: April 15, 2016

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L'Apocalypse de Saint-Jean, 1899

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L'Apocalypse de Saint-Jean, 1899

Sale Date: April 15, 2016

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Tête d’enfant avec des fleurs, 1900

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Tête d’enfant avec des fleurs, 1900

Sale Date: April 1, 2016

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L’Aile, 1893

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L’Aile, 1893

Sale Date: April 1, 2016

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Oannes

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Sale Date: April 1, 2016

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Tentation de Saint-Antoine, 3eme serie [2nd...

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Tentation de Saint-Antoine, 3eme serie [2nd...

Sale Date: April 9, 2016

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LES YEUX CLOS, 1890

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LES YEUX CLOS, 1890

Sale Date: April 12, 2016

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FIGURE DEVANT LA BAIE DES TREPASSES

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FIGURE DEVANT LA BAIE DES TREPASSES

Sale Date: April 4, 2016

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Études de chevaux

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Études de chevaux

Sale Date: April 1, 2016

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LE BUDDHA, 1895

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LE BUDDHA, 1895

Sale Date: April 4, 2016

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Les yeux clos, 1890

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Les yeux clos, 1890

Sale Date: March 15, 2016

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Fleurs dans une coupe bleue, 1900

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Fleurs dans une coupe bleue, 1900

Sale Date: February 3, 2016

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Voilier en mer

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Voilier en mer

Sale Date: December 20, 2015

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Vieux chevalier, 1896

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Vieux chevalier, 1896

Sale Date: December 10, 2015

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Les Sciapodes

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Les Sciapodes

Sale Date: December 4, 2015

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Yeux Clos, 1890

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Yeux Clos, 1890

Sale Date: November 18, 2015

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LA MAISON HANTEE

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LA MAISON HANTEE

Sale Date: November 22, 2015

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LA TENTATION DE SAINT ANTOINE (Ⅲ)

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LA TENTATION DE SAINT ANTOINE (Ⅲ)

Sale Date: November 21, 2015

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Études de chevaux

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Études de chevaux

Sale Date: November 13, 2015

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Deux personnages dans un paysage rocheux, 1865

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Deux personnages dans un paysage rocheux, 1865

Sale Date: November 13, 2015

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Vase de fleurs avec branches de pommiers en fleurs

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Vase de fleurs avec branches de pommiers en fleurs

Sale Date: November 13, 2015

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FEMME COIFFÉE D'UNE TOQUE ET REJETANT LE..., 1898

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FEMME COIFFÉE D'UNE TOQUE ET REJETANT LE..., 1898

Sale Date: November 23, 2015

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CHEVALERIES SENTIMENTALES (FRONTISPIECE) (M. , 1893

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CHEVALERIES SENTIMENTALES (FRONTISPIECE) (M. , 1893

Sale Date: November 23, 2015

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