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 sommeil, 1898

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Le sommeil, 1898

Sale Date: October 31, 2005

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Immédiatement surgissent trois déesses, pl...., 1896

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Immédiatement surgissent trois déesses, pl...., 1896

Sale Date: October 31, 2005

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Des larves si hideuses,pl.V (from La Maison..., 1896

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Des larves si hideuses,pl.V (from La Maison..., 1896

Sale Date: October 20, 2005

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Deux femmes près d'un arbre, 1905

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Deux femmes près d'un arbre, 1905

Sale Date: November 3, 2005

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Barque au clair de lune

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Barque au clair de lune

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"Mes baisers ont le gout." (+ 2 others; 3..., 1896

Sale Date: October 18, 2005

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Chevaleries sentimentales (Frontispiece), 1893

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Chevaleries sentimentales (Frontispiece), 1893

Sale Date: October 18, 2005

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Vase de fleurs sur une nappe rouge, 1900–1901

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Vase de fleurs sur une nappe rouge, 1900–1901

Sale Date: November 3, 2005

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La prédication, 1905

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La prédication, 1905

Sale Date: October 18, 2005

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Portrait Roger-Marx, écrivain d'art, 1904

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Portrait Roger-Marx, écrivain d'art, 1904

Sale Date: June 16, 2005

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Béatrice, 1897

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Béatrice, 1897

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L'aile, 1893

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Portrait of Maurice Denis, 1903

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Portrait of Maurice Denis, 1903

Sale Date: August 9, 2005

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Portrait of Paul Serusier, 1903

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Portrait of Paul Serusier, 1903

Sale Date: August 9, 2005

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Mephistopheles as a dog following Faust and...

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Mephistopheles as a dog following Faust and...

Sale Date: July 5, 2005

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Les yeux clos, 1890

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Les yeux clos, 1890

Sale Date: June 29, 2005

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Études de tête, 1912

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Études de tête, 1912

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Cheval ailé, 1894

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Cheval ailé, 1894

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Entretien mystique, 1892

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Entretien mystique, 1892

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Béatrice, 1897

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Béatrice, 1897

Sale Date: May 28, 2005

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Druidesse, 1892

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Druidesse, 1892

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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: May 28, 2005

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La Tentation de Saint Antoine (portfolio of..., 1896

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La Tentation de Saint Antoine (portfolio of..., 1896

Sale Date: May 28, 2005

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Bouquet de fleurs

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Bouquet de fleurs

Sale Date: May 4, 2005

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