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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L'Apocalypse de Saint Jean (12 works), 1899

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L'Apocalypse de Saint Jean (12 works), 1899

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La Maison hantée (6 works), 1896

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La Maison hantée (6 works), 1896

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La Tentation de Saint Antoine (24 works), 1896

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La Tentation de Saint Antoine (24 works), 1896

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A Gustave Flaubert (6 works), 1889

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A Gustave Flaubert (6 works), 1889

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Songes - à la mémoire de mon ami Armand..., 1891

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Songes - à la mémoire de mon ami Armand..., 1891

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L'Aile, 1893

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Pegase captive - 1er état, 1889

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Pegase captive - 1er état, 1889

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

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

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La Nuit (6 works), 1886

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La Nuit (6 works), 1886

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Hommage à Goya (6 works), 1885

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Hommage à Goya (6 works), 1885

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Les Origines (set of 8), 1883

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Les Origines (set of 8), 1883

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Dans le rêve (10 works), 1879

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Dans le rêve (10 works), 1879

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Femme Ailee, 1875

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Femme Ailee, 1875

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The Buddha, 1895

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The Buddha, 1895

Sale Date: September 20, 2013

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Pl.1 (from Planche d)essai (sold with..., 1900

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Pl.1 (from Planche d)essai (sold with..., 1900

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J'ai quelquefois aperçu dans le ciel..., 1888–1896

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J'ai quelquefois aperçu dans le ciel..., 1888–1896

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Une Masque sonne le Glas Funèbre (from A..., 1882

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Une Masque sonne le Glas Funèbre (from A..., 1882

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La Chimère regarda avec effroi toutes choses , 1886

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La Chimère regarda avec effroi toutes choses , 1886

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Et toutes sortes de bêtes effroyables...

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Et toutes sortes de bêtes effroyables...

Sale Date: June 27, 2013

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Croquis avec tete d'Ari, 1900

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Croquis avec tete d'Ari, 1900

Sale Date: July 12, 2013

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Le sphinx (from La tentation de Saint Antoine), 1889

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Le sphinx (from La tentation de Saint Antoine), 1889

Sale Date: June 17, 2013

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Portrait de saint Antoine, 1896–1900

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Portrait de saint Antoine, 1896–1900

Sale Date: June 21, 2013

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Une femme revêtue du soleil, pl. 6 (from..., 1899

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Une femme revêtue du soleil, pl. 6 (from..., 1899

Sale Date: June 14, 2013

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Princesse Maleine - La petite Madone (+..., 1892

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Princesse Maleine - La petite Madone (+..., 1892

Sale Date: June 14, 2013

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