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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Christ, 1887

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Tentation de Saint-Antoine - Premier Serie..., 1888

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Tentation de Saint-Antoine - Premier Serie..., 1888

Sale Date: September 30, 2008

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Femme de profil, 1900

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Femme de profil, 1900

Sale Date: September 18, 2008

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Il tombe dans l'abime, la tête en bas (from..., 1896

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Il tombe dans l'abime, la tête en bas (from..., 1896

Sale Date: September 18, 2008

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L'aile impuissante n'éleva point la bête en..., 1883

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L'aile impuissante n'éleva point la bête en..., 1883

Sale Date: March 23, 2007

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La mort: c'est moi qui te rends sérieuse;...

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La mort: c'est moi qui te rends sérieuse;...

Sale Date: May 23, 2008

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Intelligence fut à moi! Je devins le buddha

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Intelligence fut à moi! Je devins le buddha

Sale Date: May 23, 2008

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Quel est le but de tout cela? (pl. XVIII from la

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Quel est le but de tout cela? (pl. XVIII from la

Sale Date: June 30, 2008

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Fleurs, 1905

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Sale Date: July 2, 2008

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Chevaleries sentimentales (bk by..., 1893

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Chevaleries sentimentales (bk by..., 1893

Sale Date: June 2, 2008

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Les Fleurs du mal, interprétations (bk by...

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Les Fleurs du mal, interprétations (bk by...

Sale Date: June 9, 2008

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Vase de fleurs

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Vase de fleurs

Sale Date: June 26, 2008

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Etude pour La Chute d'Icare ou Ange portant une...

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Etude pour La Chute d'Icare ou Ange portant une...

Sale Date: June 25, 2008

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Ophélie, 1902–1905

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Ophélie, 1902–1905

Sale Date: June 25, 2008

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...d'abord une flaque d'eau..., pl. 1 (from..., 1888

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...d'abord une flaque d'eau..., pl. 1 (from..., 1888

Sale Date: June 13, 2008

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Le Sommeil, 1898

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Le Sommeil, 1898

Sale Date: June 5, 2008

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Partout des prunelles flamboient, pl.9 (from , 1888

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Partout des prunelles flamboient, pl.9 (from , 1888

Sale Date: June 5, 2008

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La chimère aux yeux verts, tournoie, aboie,..., 1888

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La chimère aux yeux verts, tournoie, aboie,..., 1888

Sale Date: June 5, 2008

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Ensuite, paraît un être singulier..., pl.5..., 1888

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Ensuite, paraît un être singulier..., pl.5..., 1888

Sale Date: June 5, 2008

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La Folie (A. Edgar Poe), pl.2, 1882

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La Folie (A. Edgar Poe), pl.2, 1882

Sale Date: June 5, 2008

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Devant le noir soleil de la mélancolie,..., 1882

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Devant le noir soleil de la mélancolie,..., 1882

Sale Date: June 5, 2008

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Passage d'une âme, 1891

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Passage d'une âme, 1891

Sale Date: June 5, 2008

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Croquis, 1870

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Croquis, 1870

Sale Date: June 5, 2008

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Plate 13 (from Tentation De Saint-Antoine,..., 1889

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Plate 13 (from Tentation De Saint-Antoine,..., 1889

Sale Date: June 13, 2008

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