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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Apocalypse de Saint Jean (12 works), 1899

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Apocalypse de Saint Jean (12 works), 1899

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Tête d'enfant avec fleurs, 1897

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Tête d'enfant avec fleurs, 1897

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Béatrice, 1897

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Béatrice, 1897

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Perversité, 1891

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Perversité, 1891

Sale Date: November 30, 2012

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Serpent-halo (+ Centaur aiming at the..., 1890

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Serpent-halo (+ Centaur aiming at the..., 1890

Sale Date: December 5, 2012

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Chevaleries sentimentales (Frontispice), 1893

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Chevaleries sentimentales (Frontispice), 1893

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La Chimère aux Yeux verts, tournoie, aboie, 1888

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La Chimère aux Yeux verts, tournoie, aboie, 1888

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Cain et Abel, 1886

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Cain et Abel, 1886

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The Buddha, 1895

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The Buddha, 1895

Sale Date: November 30, 2012

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Pl.9 (from La tentation de Saint Antoine), 1888

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Pl.9 (from La tentation de Saint Antoine), 1888

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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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L'Arbre, 1890

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L'Arbre, 1890

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Fantasiewesen (2 works)

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Fantasiewesen (2 works)

Sale Date: December 8, 2012

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Tentation de Saint-Antoine, Pl.8, 1888

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Tentation de Saint-Antoine, Pl.8, 1888

Sale Date: November 3, 2012

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Tentation de Saint-Antoine, Pl.7, 1888

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Tentation de Saint-Antoine, Pl.7, 1888

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Évocation (Femme à la montagne)

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Évocation (Femme à la montagne)

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Pavots et Oeillets de Poète dans un Vase Bleu

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Pavots et Oeillets de Poète dans un Vase Bleu

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Apparition, 1870–1875

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Apparition, 1870–1875

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Figure ailée portant une tête sur un plateau

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Figure ailée portant une tête sur un plateau

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La Terrible

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Au Réveil j'Aperçus la Déesse de..., 1885

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Au Réveil j'Aperçus la Déesse de..., 1885

Sale Date: October 31, 2012

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Tête d'enfant avec Fleurs, 1897

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Tête d'enfant avec Fleurs, 1897

Sale Date: October 6, 2012

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Cime Noir, 1887

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Cime Noir, 1887

Sale Date: October 6, 2012

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La Chimère regarda avec effroi toutes choses , 1886

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La Chimère regarda avec effroi toutes choses , 1886

Sale Date: September 20, 2012

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