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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Bouquet au vase noir

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Bouquet au vase noir

Sale Date: November 4, 2010

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Hantise, 1984

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Hantise, 1984

Sale Date: October 29, 2010

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Le Chinois

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Sale Date: October 23, 2010

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Tête d'enfant avec fleurs, 1897

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Tête d'enfant avec fleurs, 1897

Sale Date: September 24, 2010

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La Tentation De Saint Antoine..., 1888–1896

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La Tentation De Saint Antoine..., 1888–1896

Sale Date: September 21, 2010

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La peur, 1866

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La peur, 1866

Sale Date: September 21, 2010

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Le mouvement idealiste en peinture..., 1896

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Le mouvement idealiste en peinture..., 1896

Sale Date: September 14, 2010

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Les ténèbres (frontispiece), 1892

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Les ténèbres (frontispiece), 1892

Sale Date: September 14, 2010

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Christ, 1887

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Sale Date: September 14, 2010

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Caïn et Abel, 1886

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Caïn et Abel, 1886

Sale Date: September 22, 2010

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"quel est le but de tou cela?" (plate xviii, , 1896

Sale Date: July 21, 2009

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Lumière, 1893

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Lumière, 1893

Sale Date: July 13, 2010

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Vieux chevalier, 1896

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Vieux chevalier, 1896

Sale Date: June 29, 2010

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Apocalypse de Saint Jean (4 works from..., 1899

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Apocalypse de Saint Jean (4 works from..., 1899

Sale Date: June 29, 2010

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Au secours mon dieu (+ Dans l'ombre des gens , 1896

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Au secours mon dieu (+ Dans l'ombre des gens , 1896

Sale Date: June 29, 2010

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La conscience

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La conscience

Sale Date: June 29, 2010

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Femme de profil, 1900

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Femme de profil, 1900

Sale Date: June 22, 2010

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La grotte enchantée

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La grotte enchantée

Sale Date: June 24, 2010

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Le petit bouquet tricolore

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Le petit bouquet tricolore

Sale Date: June 23, 2010

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La peur, 1866

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La peur, 1866

Sale Date: June 11, 2010

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Azalées, 1907

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Azalées, 1907

Sale Date: June 14, 2010

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Et il tomba du ciel une grande étoile..., 1899

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Et il tomba du ciel une grande étoile..., 1899

Sale Date: June 17, 2010

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Le Bouddha (+ L'Intelligence fut à moi,..., 1895

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Le Bouddha (+ L'Intelligence fut à moi,..., 1895

Sale Date: June 17, 2010

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Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes. Sept...

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Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes. Sept...

Sale Date: June 18, 2010

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