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 peur

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Femme de profil vers la gauche, coiffée d'un...

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Femme de profil vers la gauche, coiffée d'un...

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Les yeux clos

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Les yeux clos

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La Tentation de Saint-Antoine, 1896

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La Tentation de Saint-Antoine, 1896

Sale Date: December 13, 2022

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Étude de nu (Nude Study), 1890

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Étude de nu (Nude Study), 1890

Sale Date: November 28, 2022

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Rue de village

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Rue de village

Sale Date: November 20, 2022

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La Maison hauntée, 1896

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La Maison hauntée, 1896

Sale Date: November 22, 2022

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L'Art céleste, 1894

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L'Art céleste, 1894

Sale Date: November 22, 2022

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Vieux Chevalier, from L'Album des..., 1896

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Vieux Chevalier, from L'Album des..., 1896

Sale Date: November 22, 2022

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Cellule auriculaire, from L'Estampe..., 1894

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Cellule auriculaire, from L'Estampe..., 1894

Sale Date: November 22, 2022

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La Danse du centaure, 1910

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La Danse du centaure, 1910

Sale Date: November 15, 2022

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Bouquet de pivoines et lilas avec marguerite, 1904

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Bouquet de pivoines et lilas avec marguerite, 1904

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Le pêcheur aliéné

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Le pêcheur aliéné

Sale Date: November 19, 2022

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La mort de Bouddha, 1899

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La mort de Bouddha, 1899

Sale Date: November 19, 2022

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Le monstre vert

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Le monstre vert

Sale Date: November 19, 2022

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Figure cornue

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Figure cornue

Sale Date: November 10, 2022

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Saint Jean, 1910

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Saint Jean, 1910

Sale Date: November 10, 2022

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Béatrice., 1897

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Béatrice., 1897

Sale Date: November 3, 2022

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Vase de fleurs

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Vase de fleurs

Sale Date: November 12, 2022

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Saint Sebastien

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Saint Sebastien

Sale Date: October 29, 2022

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Le Vitrail

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Sale Date: October 21, 2022

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Pivoine, géranium et lilas

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Pivoine, géranium et lilas

Sale Date: October 21, 2022

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Léda et le cygne

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Léda et le cygne

Sale Date: October 21, 2022

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Le pavot noir

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Le pavot noir

Sale Date: October 20, 2022

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