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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Ecuyère à cheval, 1885

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Ecuyère à cheval, 1885

Sale Date: June 14, 2013

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Untitled trial lithograph, 1900

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Untitled trial lithograph, 1900

Sale Date: June 5, 2013

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Voici la Bonne-Déesse, l'idéenne des..., 1896

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Voici la Bonne-Déesse, l'idéenne des..., 1896

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Hélène (Ennoia) (pl.x from La Tentation de..., 1896

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Hélène (Ennoia) (pl.x from La Tentation de..., 1896

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Christ, 1887

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Saint Antoine - Antoine fait le signe..., 1905–1910

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Saint Antoine - Antoine fait le signe..., 1905–1910

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La Rêve s'achève par la mort, 1887

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La Rêve s'achève par la mort, 1887

Sale Date: May 30, 2013

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Le Jure, by Edmond Picard, 1887

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Le Jure, by Edmond Picard, 1887

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La Tentation de saint Antoine, Troisieme serie, 1888

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La Tentation de saint Antoine, Troisieme serie, 1888

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Chevaux marins

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Chevaux marins

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Trois études: Homme, enfant, chat (studies)

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Trois études: Homme, enfant, chat (studies)

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Poissons, 1912

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Poissons, 1912

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Jeune fille

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Nu assis, 1904

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Nu assis, 1904

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Feuille d'étude: Branches fleuries,..., 1905–1910

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Feuille d'étude: Branches fleuries,..., 1905–1910

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Cyclamen

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Contemplation

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Contemplation

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Le Silence

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L'Ermite

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La coupe de mystère (Ou Sibylle), 1890

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La coupe de mystère (Ou Sibylle), 1890

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Vase de fleurs

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Vase de fleurs

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Vase d'anémones

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Vase d'anémones

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Béatrice, 1897

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Béatrice, 1897

Sale Date: May 2, 2013

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Princesse Maleine (La petite Madone), 1892

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Princesse Maleine (La petite Madone), 1892

Sale Date: May 2, 2013

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