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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Apocalypse de Saint Jean (suite of 12), 1899

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Apocalypse de Saint Jean (suite of 12), 1899

Sale Date: December 9, 2004

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Ari, 1898

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La Sulamite, 1897

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La Sulamite, 1897

Sale Date: December 9, 2004

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Sainte et Chardon, 1891

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Sainte et Chardon, 1891

Sale Date: December 4, 2004

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Insecte et personnage

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Insecte et personnage

Sale Date: December 7, 2004

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Tete de femme avec fleurs au corsage, 1900

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Tete de femme avec fleurs au corsage, 1900

Sale Date: November 30, 2004

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Lumière, 1893

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Lumière, 1893

Sale Date: December 2, 2004

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La Damnation de l'Artiste, frontispiece, 1890

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La Damnation de l'Artiste, frontispiece, 1890

Sale Date: November 29, 2004

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Beatrice (from Album d'Estampes Originale de , 1897

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Beatrice (from Album d'Estampes Originale de , 1897

Sale Date: November 5, 2004

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L'Intelligence fut a moi! Je devins le Buddha, 1896

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L'Intelligence fut a moi! Je devins le Buddha, 1896

Sale Date: November 4, 2004

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Cheval ailé, 1894

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Cheval ailé, 1894

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Druidesse, 1892

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Druidesse, 1892

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La peur, 1866

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La peur, 1866

Sale Date: November 4, 2004

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L'aile (+ Le coursier, 1894; 2 works), 1893

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L'aile (+ Le coursier, 1894; 2 works), 1893

Sale Date: November 2, 2004

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Le sommeil, 1898

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Le sommeil, 1898

Sale Date: October 28, 2004

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Eve dans un paysage, 1900

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Eve dans un paysage, 1900

Sale Date: November 4, 2004

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Tête de femme endormie, 1905

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Tête de femme endormie, 1905

Sale Date: November 4, 2004

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La chute d'Icare

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La chute d'Icare

Sale Date: November 4, 2004

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

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

Sale Date: October 29, 2004

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Bataille, 1865

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Bataille, 1865

Sale Date: October 29, 2004

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Tête visionnaire, 1907

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Tête visionnaire, 1907

Sale Date: November 5, 2004

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Jeune paysanne de profil

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Jeune paysanne de profil

Sale Date: October 20, 2004

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Les soirs (bk by Émile Verhaeren w/1 work,..., 1888

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Les soirs (bk by Émile Verhaeren w/1 work,..., 1888

Sale Date: September 24, 2004

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Maurice Denis (+ Ricardo Vines; 2 works), 1903

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Maurice Denis (+ Ricardo Vines; 2 works), 1903

Sale Date: September 28, 2004

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