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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Parsifal, 1892

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Parsifal, 1892

Sale Date: September 19, 2012

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Tête de femme

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Tête de femme

Sale Date: September 8, 2012

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Les Débâcles (album w/1 work), 1889

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Les Débâcles (album w/1 work), 1889

Sale Date: July 25, 2012

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Le Jure (by Edmond Picard) (set of 9), 1887

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Le Jure (by Edmond Picard) (set of 9), 1887

Sale Date: July 20, 2012

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Portrait de Saint Antoine, 1896–1900

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Portrait de Saint Antoine, 1896–1900

Sale Date: June 30, 2012

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Bouquet de fleurs

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Bouquet de fleurs

Sale Date: June 20, 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: June 6, 2012

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L'Aile, 1893

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L'Aile, 1893

Sale Date: June 14, 2012

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Nu - Etude, 1890

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Nu - Etude, 1890

Sale Date: June 14, 2012

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Lueur precaire, une tete a l'infini suspendue

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Lueur precaire, une tete a l'infini suspendue

Sale Date: May 24, 2012

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Quel est le but de tout cela? (2 others; 3..., 1896

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Quel est le but de tout cela? (2 others; 3..., 1896

Sale Date: June 2, 2012

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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

Sale Date: May 22, 2012

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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

Sale Date: May 22, 2012

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Parsifal, 1892

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Parsifal, 1892

Sale Date: May 22, 2012

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Songes (suite w/6 works & cover), 1891

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Songes (suite w/6 works & cover), 1891

Sale Date: May 22, 2012

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La chimère aux yeux verts tournoie, aboie,...

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La chimère aux yeux verts tournoie, aboie,...

Sale Date: May 16, 2012

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Et toutes sortes de bêtes effroyables...

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Et toutes sortes de bêtes effroyables...

Sale Date: May 16, 2012

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À soi-même, Journal, Notes sur la vie et les...

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À soi-même, Journal, Notes sur la vie et les...

Sale Date: May 15, 2012

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La désespérance, dit aussi La souffrance, 1882

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La désespérance, dit aussi La souffrance, 1882

Sale Date: May 3, 2012

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La Terrible

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La Terrible

Sale Date: May 2, 2012

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Vision sous-marine or Paysage sous-marin, 1904

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Vision sous-marine or Paysage sous-marin, 1904

Sale Date: May 2, 2012

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Le Jour Enfin Parait (from La Tentation de..., 1896

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Le Jour Enfin Parait (from La Tentation de..., 1896

Sale Date: April 25, 2012

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Brünnhilde (Crépuscule des Dieux), 1894

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Brünnhilde (Crépuscule des Dieux), 1894

Sale Date: April 25, 2012

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Quel est le but de tout cela? pl.18 (from..., 1896

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Quel est le but de tout cela? pl.18 (from..., 1896

Sale Date: April 27, 2012

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