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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Serpent-halo and Centaur aiming at the..., 1890

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Serpent-halo and Centaur aiming at the..., 1890

Sale Date: April 25, 2013

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Les yeux Clos, 1890

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Les yeux Clos, 1890

Sale Date: April 29, 2013

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Les pins

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Sale Date: April 12, 2013

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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

Sale Date: April 5, 2013

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A Edgar Poe (portfolio of 6), 1882

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A Edgar Poe (portfolio of 6), 1882

Sale Date: April 9, 2013

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Je t'adore à l'égal de la voûte nocturne, Ô Vase

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Je t'adore à l'égal de la voûte nocturne, Ô Vase

Sale Date: April 10, 2013

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Cellule Auriculaire, 1894

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Cellule Auriculaire, 1894

Sale Date: April 10, 2013

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Les tenebres

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Sale Date: March 17, 2013

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Béatrice (from L'Album des Peintres-Graveurs), 1897

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Béatrice (from L'Album des Peintres-Graveurs), 1897

Sale Date: March 7, 2013

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Chevaleries sentimentales, 1893

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Chevaleries sentimentales, 1893

Sale Date: March 7, 2013

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Dans l'ombre des gens pleurent et prient..., 1896

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Dans l'ombre des gens pleurent et prient..., 1896

Sale Date: March 7, 2013

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La Chimère aux Yeux Verts Tournée, Aboie..., 1888

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La Chimère aux Yeux Verts Tournée, Aboie..., 1888

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Croquis, 1880

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Croquis, 1880

Sale Date: March 7, 2013

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Il tombe à l'abîme, la tête en bas, 1896

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Il tombe à l'abîme, la tête en bas, 1896

Sale Date: February 1, 2013

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Ophélie

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Sale Date: February 6, 2013

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Tentation de Saint-Antoine, pl.12 (3 works), 1896

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Tentation de Saint-Antoine, pl.12 (3 works), 1896

Sale Date: January 12, 2013

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Le Juré (bk by Picard w/7 works), 1887

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Le Juré (bk by Picard w/7 works), 1887

Sale Date: December 12, 2012

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Le griffon

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Sale Date: December 16, 2012

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L'arbre

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Sale Date: December 19, 2012

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Christ, 1900

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Sale Date: December 13, 2012

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Apparition

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Sale Date: December 10, 2012

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Tentation de Saint-Antoine, pl.2, 1888

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Tentation de Saint-Antoine, pl.2, 1888

Sale Date: December 8, 2012

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Apocalypse de Saint-Jean, pl.2, 1899

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Apocalypse de Saint-Jean, pl.2, 1899

Sale Date: December 8, 2012

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Yeux Clos

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Sale Date: December 8, 2012

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