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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Le juré (bk w/7 works (+ 1 etching); 8 works and

Odilon Redon

Le juré (bk w/7 works (+ 1 etching); 8 works and

Sale Date: December 1, 2010

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Apocalypse de Saint Jean, 1899

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Apocalypse de Saint Jean, 1899

Sale Date: December 9, 2010

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Tête d'enfant avec fleurs, 1897

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Tête d'enfant avec fleurs, 1897

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Beatrice, 1897

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Beatrice, 1897

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Lumière, 1893

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Lumière, 1893

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Saint Antoine...à travers ses longs cheveux..., 1889

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Saint Antoine...à travers ses longs cheveux..., 1889

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Tête de christ, 1895

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Tête de christ, 1895

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Paysage italien, 1895

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Paysage italien, 1895

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L'aile, 1893

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Mauvaise gloire, 1886

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Mauvaise gloire, 1886

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Tête d'enfant avec fleurs, 1897

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Tête d'enfant avec fleurs, 1897

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Yeux clos

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Le tentazioni di San'Antonio (series of 21), 1935

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Le tentazioni di San'Antonio (series of 21), 1935

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Profil et fleurs

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Profil et fleurs

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... et un grand oiseau qui descent du ciel..., 1888

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... et un grand oiseau qui descent du ciel..., 1888

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La rêve s'achève par la mort

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La rêve s'achève par la mort

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Par la fente du mur, une tête de mort fut..., 1887

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Par la fente du mur, une tête de mort fut..., 1887

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Entretien mystique, 1892

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Entretien mystique, 1892

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Les bête de la mer rondes comme des outres..., 1896

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Les bête de la mer rondes comme des outres..., 1896

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Et partout ce sont des colonnes de..., 1896

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Et partout ce sont des colonnes de..., 1896

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Passage d'une âme, 1891

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Passage d'une âme, 1891

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Édouard Vuillard (+ Pierre Bonnard, smllr; 2 , 1900

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Édouard Vuillard (+ Pierre Bonnard, smllr; 2 , 1900

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Femme au hennin, 1900

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Femme au hennin, 1900

Sale Date: November 16, 2010

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Bateau de peche (after Eugène Isabey), 1859

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Bateau de peche (after Eugène Isabey), 1859

Sale Date: November 24, 2010

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