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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Saint Georges et le dragon, 1909–1910

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Saint Georges et le dragon, 1909–1910

Sale Date: May 4, 2005

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Le Sommeil (la Sulamite), 1898

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Le Sommeil (la Sulamite), 1898

Sale Date: April 22, 2005

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Ari, 1898

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Sale Date: April 22, 2005

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Croquis

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Sale Date: April 22, 2005

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Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, 1922

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Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, 1922

Sale Date: April 22, 2005

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Profile de femme

Sale Date: May 5, 2005

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Bouquet de fleurs dans un vase bleu

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Bouquet de fleurs dans un vase bleu

Sale Date: May 5, 2005

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Beatrice, 1897

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Beatrice, 1897

Sale Date: April 29, 2005

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Le vieux chevalier (from l'Album des..., 1896

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Le vieux chevalier (from l'Album des..., 1896

Sale Date: April 29, 2005

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Village fortifié

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Village fortifié

Sale Date: April 1, 2005

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Portrait de Charles Waltner, 1912

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Portrait de Charles Waltner, 1912

Sale Date: March 23, 2005

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L'aile, 1893

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Sale Date: March 15, 2005

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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 18, 2005

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Tête de l'enfant, pl. 3 (from Planches..., 1900

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Tête de l'enfant, pl. 3 (from Planches..., 1900

Sale Date: March 18, 2005

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Des Esseintes. (Fronstispice pour A Rebours..., 1888

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Des Esseintes. (Fronstispice pour A Rebours..., 1888

Sale Date: February 11, 2005

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Portrait d'homme barbu

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Portrait d'homme barbu

Sale Date: February 22, 2005

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Dans l'ombre des gens pleurent et prient..., 1896

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Dans l'ombre des gens pleurent et prient..., 1896

Sale Date: February 8, 2005

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Ophélie

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Sale Date: February 9, 2005

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Le coursier, 1894

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Le coursier, 1894

Sale Date: January 28, 2005

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Des Esseintes, 1888

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Des Esseintes, 1888

Sale Date: December 3, 2004

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La damnation de l'artiste, 1889

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La damnation de l'artiste, 1889

Sale Date: December 2, 2004

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Le Buddha (from L'Estampe Originale)

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Le Buddha (from L'Estampe Originale)

Sale Date: November 24, 2004

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Croquis avec tête d'Ari Redon, 1900

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Croquis avec tête d'Ari Redon, 1900

Sale Date: December 9, 2004

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Femme au hennin, 1900

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Femme au hennin, 1900

Sale Date: December 9, 2004

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