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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Chevaleries sentimentales

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Chevaleries sentimentales

Sale Date: March 31, 2003

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Chevaleries sentimentales

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Chevaleries sentimentales

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Les yeux clos, 1890–1890

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Les yeux clos, 1890–1890

Sale Date: March 25, 2003

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La Tentation de Saint Antoine, 1896–1896

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La Tentation de Saint Antoine, 1896–1896

Sale Date: March 21, 2003

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L'intelligence fut à moi!, 1896–1896

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L'intelligence fut à moi!, 1896–1896

Sale Date: March 4, 2003

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Le mouvement idéaliste en peinture, 1896–1896

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Le mouvement idéaliste en peinture, 1896–1896

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Insecte et personnage

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Insecte et personnage

Sale Date: February 6, 2003

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Ophélie

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Sale Date: December 19, 2002

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Tentation de Saint Antoine, 3ème série, , 1896–1896

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Tentation de Saint Antoine, 3ème série, , 1896–1896

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Tentation de Saint Antoine, 3ème série, , 1896–1896

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Tentation de Saint Antoine, 3ème série, , 1896–1896

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Tentation de Saint Antoine, 3ème série, , 1896–1896

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Tentation de Saint Antoine, 3ème série, , 1896–1896

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Vieux chevalier, 1896–1896

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Vieux chevalier, 1896–1896

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Tentation de Saint Antoine, 3ème série, , 1896–1896

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Tentation de Saint Antoine, 3ème série, , 1896–1896

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Béatrice, 1897–1897

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Béatrice, 1897–1897

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Le sommeil, 1898–1898

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Le sommeil, 1898–1898

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Cain and Abel

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Cain and Abel

Sale Date: December 7, 2002

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Perversité, 1891–1891

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Perversité, 1891–1891

Sale Date: December 5, 2002

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Mystère, 1870–1870

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Mystère, 1870–1870

Sale Date: November 16, 2002

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Passage d'un âme, 1891–1891

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Passage d'un âme, 1891–1891

Sale Date: November 13, 2002

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Profil de lumière, 1886–1886

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Profil de lumière, 1886–1886

Sale Date: November 8, 2002

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Tête d'enfant avec fleurs, 1897–1897

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Tête d'enfant avec fleurs, 1897–1897

Sale Date: November 8, 2002

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Béatrice, 1965–1965

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Béatrice, 1965–1965

Sale Date: November 8, 2002

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Crucifixion

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Sale Date: November 7, 2002

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Vision sous-marine (Paysage sous-marin)

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Vision sous-marine (Paysage sous-marin)

Sale Date: November 7, 2002

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