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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Lettres d'Odilon Redon (bk w/3 works, 1 , 1878–1916

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Lettres d'Odilon Redon (bk w/3 works, 1 , 1878–1916

Sale Date: April 18, 2006

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L'Aile, 1893

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Sale Date: April 18, 2006

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Paysage aux grands arbres

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Paysage aux grands arbres

Sale Date: April 5, 2006

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St.Therese ou le livre (+ Perversité, 1891;..., 1892

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St.Therese ou le livre (+ Perversité, 1891;..., 1892

Sale Date: March 27, 2006

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Druidesse, 1892

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Druidesse, 1892

Sale Date: March 31, 2006

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Femme de profil vers la gauche, pl. 1 (from..., 1900

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Femme de profil vers la gauche, pl. 1 (from..., 1900

Sale Date: March 31, 2006

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L'Aile, 1893

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Sale Date: March 28, 2006

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Tentation de Saint-Antoine, troisième serie..., 1896

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Tentation de Saint-Antoine, troisième serie..., 1896

Sale Date: March 28, 2006

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Orphée or Ange combattant un diable à queue de...

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Orphée or Ange combattant un diable à queue de...

Sale Date: March 23, 2006

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Fleurs des champs dans un vase au long col, 1912

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Fleurs des champs dans un vase au long col, 1912

Sale Date: February 9, 2006

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Bouquet de fleurs, 1903–1905

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Bouquet de fleurs, 1903–1905

Sale Date: February 7, 2006

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La maison hantée (4 of 6 pls.)

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La maison hantée (4 of 6 pls.)

Sale Date: November 23, 2005

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Druidesse, 1892

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Druidesse, 1892

Sale Date: November 21, 2005

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St. Therese ou le Livre, 1892

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St. Therese ou le Livre, 1892

Sale Date: November 21, 2005

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Perversite, 1891

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Perversite, 1891

Sale Date: November 21, 2005

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Tentation de Saint-Antoine - Première série..., 1888

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Tentation de Saint-Antoine - Première série..., 1888

Sale Date: November 29, 2005

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Tête de femme avec fleurs au corsage, 1900

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Tête de femme avec fleurs au corsage, 1900

Sale Date: November 29, 2005

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Chevaleries sentimentales

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Chevaleries sentimentales

Sale Date: November 10, 2005

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Seascape with sailboat and figure

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Seascape with sailboat and figure

Sale Date: October 27, 2005

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Vase de fleurs, 1910

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Vase de fleurs, 1910

Sale Date: November 2, 2005

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Profil d'enfant (Profile de femme avec..., 1905

Sale Date: November 2, 2005

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L'Espagnole

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Sale Date: October 26, 2005

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Jeune femme lisant

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Jeune femme lisant

Sale Date: October 26, 2005

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Beatrice, 1897

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Beatrice, 1897

Sale Date: October 31, 2005

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