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

Sale Date: July 3, 2001

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Persée et Andromède - Roger et Angélique

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Persée et Andromède - Roger et Angélique

Sale Date: June 27, 2001

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Centaures, 1910–1910

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Centaures, 1910–1910

Sale Date: June 27, 2001

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Caliban, 1880–1880

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Caliban, 1880–1880

Sale Date: June 26, 2001

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Profil d'enfant (Profil de femme avec..., 1908–1909

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Profil d'enfant (Profil de femme avec..., 1908–1909

Sale Date: June 25, 2001

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Pégase captif, 1889–1889

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Pégase captif, 1889–1889

Sale Date: June 22, 2001

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Vieux chevalier, 1896–1896

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Vieux chevalier, 1896–1896

Sale Date: June 21, 2001

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Portrait Maurice Denis, 1903–1903

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Portrait Maurice Denis, 1903–1903

Sale Date: June 21, 2001

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Et il tombe du ciel une grande étoile..., 1899–1899

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Et il tombe du ciel une grande étoile..., 1899–1899

Sale Date: June 1, 2001

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Antoine: Quel est le but de tout cela?..., 1896–1896

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Antoine: Quel est le but de tout cela?..., 1896–1896

Sale Date: June 1, 2001

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Fleurs dans une cruche bleue, 1910–1910

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Fleurs dans une cruche bleue, 1910–1910

Sale Date: May 10, 2001

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Oeillets et gypsophile dans un pichet vert

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Oeillets et gypsophile dans un pichet vert

Sale Date: May 10, 2001

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Pégase blanc

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Pégase blanc

Sale Date: May 10, 2001

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Fleurs dans un vase à motifs bleus

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Fleurs dans un vase à motifs bleus

Sale Date: May 10, 2001

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Centaure visant les nues, 1895–1895

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Centaure visant les nues, 1895–1895

Sale Date: May 4, 2001

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L'intelligence fut à moi!, 1896–1896

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L'intelligence fut à moi!, 1896–1896

Sale Date: May 1, 2001

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L'aile, 1893–1893

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L'aile, 1893–1893

Sale Date: May 1, 2001

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La chimère aux yeux verts tournée, Aboie, 1888–1888

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La chimère aux yeux verts tournée, Aboie, 1888–1888

Sale Date: May 1, 2001

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Tentation de St. Antoine, 1889–1889

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Tentation de St. Antoine, 1889–1889

Sale Date: May 1, 2001

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Le Buddha, 1895–1895

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Le Buddha, 1895–1895

Sale Date: April 25, 2001

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Phaéton, 1905–1910

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Phaéton, 1905–1910

Sale Date: April 6, 2001

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Le jour enfin parait...et dans le..., 1896–1896

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Le jour enfin parait...et dans le..., 1896–1896

Sale Date: April 6, 2001

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Planche 192

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Sale Date: March 10, 2001

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Auricular cell, 1893–1893

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Auricular cell, 1893–1893

Sale Date: March 10, 2001

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