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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Portrait d’homme de profil

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Portrait d’homme de profil

Sale Date: May 13, 2015

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Centaure visant les nues / centaur aiming at , 1895

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Centaure visant les nues / centaur aiming at , 1895

Sale Date: May 24, 2015

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TENTATION DE SAINT-ANTOINE, Pl.16 (+..., 1933

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TENTATION DE SAINT-ANTOINE, Pl.16 (+..., 1933

Sale Date: May 9, 2015

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Ophélie

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Sale Date: May 15, 2015

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Femme de profil, 1895

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Femme de profil, 1895

Sale Date: May 15, 2015

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Les centaurs, musiciens

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Les centaurs, musiciens

Sale Date: May 6, 2015

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Vase de fleurs

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Vase de fleurs

Sale Date: May 6, 2015

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Béatrice, 1897

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Béatrice, 1897

Sale Date: April 29, 2015

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ÉTUDES AVEC VISAGES DE PROFIL

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ÉTUDES AVEC VISAGES DE PROFIL

Sale Date: April 29, 2015

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L'ANGE DE LA MÉLANCOLIE

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L'ANGE DE LA MÉLANCOLIE

Sale Date: April 29, 2015

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TENTATION DE SAINT-ANTOINE, Pl.14 ; Pl. 10..., 1933

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TENTATION DE SAINT-ANTOINE, Pl.14 ; Pl. 10..., 1933

Sale Date: April 11, 2015

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TENTATION DE SAINT-ANTOINE, Pl.8, 1896

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TENTATION DE SAINT-ANTOINE, Pl.8, 1896

Sale Date: April 11, 2015

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Rêverie, 1900

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Rêverie, 1900

Sale Date: March 25, 2015

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Fleurs

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Sale Date: March 26, 2015

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Le cauchemar (Les trois masques ou Vision ou , 1881

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Le cauchemar (Les trois masques ou Vision ou , 1881

Sale Date: March 26, 2015

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Tentation de Saint Antoine – Texte de..., 1888

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Tentation de Saint Antoine – Texte de..., 1888

Sale Date: March 18, 2015

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Créature fantastique

In the manner of Odilon Redon

Créature fantastique

Sale Date: February 6, 2015

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Oeilet et gypsophile dans un pichet vert

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Oeilet et gypsophile dans un pichet vert

Sale Date: February 7, 2015

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Tête de Persée, 1875

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Tête de Persée, 1875

Sale Date: February 4, 2015

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C'est moi, jean, qui ait vu et qui ait ouï..., 1899

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C'est moi, jean, qui ait vu et qui ait ouï..., 1899

Sale Date: December 4, 2014

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Et MOI, JEAN, JE VIS LA SAINTE CITE, LA..., 1899

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Et MOI, JEAN, JE VIS LA SAINTE CITE, LA..., 1899

Sale Date: December 4, 2014

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Et UN AUTRE ANGE SORTIT DU TEMPLE QUI EST AU , 1899

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Et UN AUTRE ANGE SORTIT DU TEMPLE QUI EST AU , 1899

Sale Date: December 4, 2014

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Puis l'ange prit l'encensoir. (Apocalypse de , 1899

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Puis l'ange prit l'encensoir. (Apocalypse de , 1899

Sale Date: December 4, 2014

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Puis je vis, dans la main droite de celui..., 1899

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Puis je vis, dans la main droite de celui..., 1899

Sale Date: December 4, 2014

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