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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La barque

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Sale Date: September 23, 2004

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L'arbre éclaté

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L'arbre éclaté

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Arbre

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Autoportrait, 1904

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Autoportrait, 1904

Sale Date: September 23, 2004

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Femme assise vue de dos (+ Femme lisant; 2 works

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Femme assise vue de dos (+ Femme lisant; 2 works

Sale Date: September 23, 2004

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Baigneuse, 1904–1904

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Baigneuse, 1904–1904

Sale Date: September 14, 2004

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Menu pour le diner des lithographes..., 1887–1887

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Menu pour le diner des lithographes..., 1887–1887

Sale Date: September 14, 2004

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A travers ses longs cheveux, 1889–1889

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A travers ses longs cheveux, 1889–1889

Sale Date: September 14, 2004

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Le jour enfin parait, 1896–1896

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Le jour enfin parait, 1896–1896

Sale Date: September 14, 2004

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Passage d'une âme, 1913–1913

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Passage d'une âme, 1913–1913

Sale Date: October 22, 2003

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Frontispiece from A Gustave Flaubert

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Frontispiece from A Gustave Flaubert

Sale Date: June 19, 2004

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La fuite en Egypte - Maria mit dem Kind , 1895–1900

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La fuite en Egypte - Maria mit dem Kind , 1895–1900

Sale Date: June 18, 2004

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Druidesse, 1892–1892

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Druidesse, 1892–1892

Sale Date: June 28, 2004

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Profil de Femme, avec couronne de..., 1890–1890

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Profil de Femme, avec couronne de..., 1890–1890

Sale Date: June 18, 2004

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Croquis, 1870–1870

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Croquis, 1870–1870

Sale Date: July 1, 2004

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La servante

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Sale Date: June 22, 2004

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Vase de fleurs, 1900–1900

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Vase de fleurs, 1900–1900

Sale Date: June 22, 2004

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Les Landes

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Sale Date: June 23, 2004

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La maison hantée, 1896–1896

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La maison hantée, 1896–1896

Sale Date: June 10, 2004

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Hommage à Goya, 1885–1885

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Hommage à Goya, 1885–1885

Sale Date: June 10, 2004

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L'intelligence fût à moi. Je devins le..., 1896–1896

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L'intelligence fût à moi. Je devins le..., 1896–1896

Sale Date: June 10, 2004

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La Peur, 1866–1866

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La Peur, 1866–1866

Sale Date: June 10, 2004

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Menu pour le Diner des Lithographes..., 1887–1887

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Menu pour le Diner des Lithographes..., 1887–1887

Sale Date: June 10, 2004

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Centaure visant les Nues, 1895–1895

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Centaure visant les Nues, 1895–1895

Sale Date: June 10, 2004

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