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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Au réveil j'aperçus la Déesse de..., 1885

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Au réveil j'aperçus la Déesse de..., 1885

Sale Date: April 3, 2012

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Brunnhilde (Crepuscule des dieux), 1894

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Brunnhilde (Crepuscule des dieux), 1894

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La Tentation de Saint Antoine (bk by Gustave , 1933

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La Tentation de Saint Antoine (bk by Gustave , 1933

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Le juré (bk by Edmond Picard w/8 works,..., 1887

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Le juré (bk by Edmond Picard w/8 works,..., 1887

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Les fleurs du mal (set of 9), 1890

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Les fleurs du mal (set of 9), 1890

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Bouquet de fleurs dans un vase bleu

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Bouquet de fleurs dans un vase bleu

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Les débacles (Frontispice), 1889

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Les débacles (Frontispice), 1889

Sale Date: February 3, 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

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Il y eut peut-être une vision première..., 1883

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Il y eut peut-être une vision première..., 1883

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Fleurs

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Apparition

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Passage d'une âme

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Passage d'une âme

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Vase de fleurs, 1910

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Vase de fleurs, 1910

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Madame Camille Redon lisant

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Madame Camille Redon lisant

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Madame Camille Redon lisant au jardin

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Madame Camille Redon lisant au jardin

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L'Arbre Rouge, une silhouette en fuite, 1905–1910

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L'Arbre Rouge, une silhouette en fuite, 1905–1910

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Simone Fayet en communiante, 1908

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Simone Fayet en communiante, 1908

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L'enfant endormi, 1916

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L'enfant endormi, 1916

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Christ

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Sale Date: November 28, 2011

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L'arbre, 1890

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L'arbre, 1890

Sale Date: December 2, 2011

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Le Guerrier

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Sale Date: November 23, 2011

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Entretien mystique (Mystisches Gepräch), 1982

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Entretien mystique (Mystisches Gepräch), 1982

Sale Date: November 24, 2011

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Bateau de pêche, 1859

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Bateau de pêche, 1859

Sale Date: November 23, 2011

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Paysage breton

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Paysage breton

Sale Date: November 4, 2011

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