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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Et IL AVAIT DANS SA MAIN DROITE SEPT..., 1899

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Et IL AVAIT DANS SA MAIN DROITE SEPT..., 1899

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Frontispice pour J. destree, les chimeres,..., 1889

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Frontispice pour J. destree, les chimeres,..., 1889

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... et dans le disque meme du soleil......, 1888

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... et dans le disque meme du soleil......, 1888

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Portraits : Édouard Vuillard ; Pierre..., 1900–1904

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Portraits : Édouard Vuillard ; Pierre..., 1900–1904

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L'Intelligence fut à moi ! Je devins le..., 1896

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L'Intelligence fut à moi ! Je devins le..., 1896

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Elle tire de sa poitrine une éponge toute..., 1896

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Elle tire de sa poitrine une éponge toute..., 1896

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Christ, 1887

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Pégase

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Centaure visant les nues. (A. mellerio 133)

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Centaure visant les nues. (A. mellerio 133)

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Portrait of Paul Serusier, 1903

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Portrait of Paul Serusier, 1903

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La Rêve s'achève par la mort, 1887

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La Rêve s'achève par la mort, 1887

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Cellule Auriculaire, 1894

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Cellule Auriculaire, 1894

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Tentation de Saint-Antoine: Two Plates (2..., 1888

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Tentation de Saint-Antoine: Two Plates (2..., 1888

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La Mort: C'est moi qui te Rends Sérieuse:..., 1896

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La Mort: C'est moi qui te Rends Sérieuse:..., 1896

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Les Fleurs du Mal, 1890

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Les Fleurs du Mal, 1890

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Portrait d'homme de profil

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Portrait d'homme de profil

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Insectes et personnages

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Insectes et personnages

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Temptation of St. Anthony

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Temptation of St. Anthony

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Fleurs, 1905

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Le centaure au violoncelle, 1875

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Le centaure au violoncelle, 1875

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Etudes de fleurs et feuilles

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Etudes de fleurs et feuilles

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Profil de Lumière, 1886

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Profil de Lumière, 1886

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Two prints from Les Fleurs du Mal by Charles , 1890

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Two prints from Les Fleurs du Mal by Charles , 1890

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Une femme tournée vers la gauche, et portant , 1900

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Une femme tournée vers la gauche, et portant , 1900

Sale Date: September 23, 2014

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