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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Vieux chevalier, 1896–1896

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Vieux chevalier, 1896–1896

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L'Infante, 1880–1880

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L'Infante, 1880–1880

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Le monstre

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Sainte et chardon, 1891–1891

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Sainte et chardon, 1891–1891

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Entretien mystique, 1892–1892

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Entretien mystique, 1892–1892

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Druidesse, 1892–1892

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Druidesse, 1892–1892

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Les flambeaux noirs

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Les flambeaux noirs

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Trois têtes astrales

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Trois têtes astrales

Sale Date: November 21, 2001

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Tête de personnage casqué penché vers la droite,

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Tête de personnage casqué penché vers la droite,

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Songes, 1891–1891

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Songes, 1891–1891

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Figure cornue

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Figure cornue

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Fleurs en pot sur fond rouge

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Fleurs en pot sur fond rouge

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La mort: Mon ironie dépasse toutes les..., 1889–1889

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La mort: Mon ironie dépasse toutes les..., 1889–1889

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Vieux chevalier, 1896–1896

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Vieux chevalier, 1896–1896

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Jeune fille, 1887–1887

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Jeune fille, 1887–1887

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Centaure visant les nues, 1895–1895

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Centaure visant les nues, 1895–1895

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La cellule auriculaire, 1893–1893

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La cellule auriculaire, 1893–1893

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Tentation de Saint Antoine:

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Tentation de Saint Antoine: "D'abord..., 1888–1888

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Princesse Maleine (La Petite Madone), 1892–1892

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Princesse Maleine (La Petite Madone), 1892–1892

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Femme et enfant

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Femme et enfant

Sale Date: October 24, 2001

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Tête d'enfant, 1900–1900

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Tête d'enfant, 1900–1900

Sale Date: September 21, 2001

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

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

Sale Date: October 30, 2001

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Le Buddha, 1895–1895

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Le Buddha, 1895–1895

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Elle tire de sa poitrine une éponge..., 1896–1896

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Elle tire de sa poitrine une éponge..., 1896–1896

Sale Date: October 30, 2001

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