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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Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal -..., 1890

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Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal -..., 1890

Sale Date: October 29, 2013

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Poémes (book with original fontispiece)

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Poémes (book with original fontispiece)

Sale Date: October 29, 2013

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le Juré (book with 7 works), 1887

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le Juré (book with 7 works), 1887

Sale Date: October 29, 2013

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LITHOGRAPHIE [POUR TÉNÈBRES D’IWAN GILKIN,..., 1892

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LITHOGRAPHIE [POUR TÉNÈBRES D’IWAN GILKIN,..., 1892

Sale Date: October 15, 2015

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LITHOGRAPHIE. [BRÜNNHILDE]. PARIS, IMP...., 1885

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LITHOGRAPHIE. [BRÜNNHILDE]. PARIS, IMP...., 1885

Sale Date: October 15, 2015

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Des Peuples divers habitent les pays de..., 1896

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Des Peuples divers habitent les pays de..., 1896

Sale Date: September 24, 2015

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Vieux Chevalier, 1896

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Vieux Chevalier, 1896

Sale Date: September 24, 2015

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L'Aile, 1893

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Sale Date: September 16, 2015

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Béatrice, from: L'Album d’estampes..., 1897

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Béatrice, from: L'Album d’estampes..., 1897

Sale Date: September 16, 2015

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Les yeux clos, 1890

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Les yeux clos, 1890

Sale Date: September 16, 2015

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Sale Date: September 19, 2015

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Le gué avec petits cavaliers, 1865

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Le gué avec petits cavaliers, 1865

Sale Date: May 21, 2015

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TENTATION DE SAINT-ANTOINE, Pl.14 (+ Pl.10; set...

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TENTATION DE SAINT-ANTOINE, Pl.14 (+ Pl.10; set...

Sale Date: August 1, 2015

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Jeune fille de profil

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Jeune fille de profil

Sale Date: June 6, 2015

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Untitled (Wood Block Study of a Man), 1890

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Untitled (Wood Block Study of a Man), 1890

Sale Date: June 24, 2015

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Pot de géranium

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Pot de géranium

Sale Date: June 24, 2015

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Femme nue au rocher

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Femme nue au rocher

Sale Date: June 24, 2015

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Papillons, 1909

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Papillons, 1909

Sale Date: June 24, 2015

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Colloque

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Sale Date: June 16, 2015

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Paysage avec figure endormie, 1900

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Paysage avec figure endormie, 1900

Sale Date: June 19, 2015

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Le Centaure tirant à l'arc, 1895

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Le Centaure tirant à l'arc, 1895

Sale Date: June 19, 2015

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Gustave Flaubert. La Tentation de Saint-Antoine...

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Gustave Flaubert. La Tentation de Saint-Antoine...

Sale Date: May 30, 2015

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Sainte-Antoine: Au secour mon dieu, 1896

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Sainte-Antoine: Au secour mon dieu, 1896

Sale Date: May 30, 2015

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ROGER ET ANGÉLIQUE (AUCH SAINT GEORGES ET LE , 1908

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ROGER ET ANGÉLIQUE (AUCH SAINT GEORGES ET LE , 1908

Sale Date: June 4, 2015

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