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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Sciapode, 1892–1892

Odilon Redon

Sciapode, 1892–1892

Sale Date: April 21, 1998

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La vielle que crains tout, 1896–1896

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La vielle que crains tout, 1896–1896

Sale Date: April 21, 1998

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Le coursier, 1894–1894

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Le coursier, 1894–1894

Sale Date: March 25, 1998

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Sciapode, 1892–1892

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Sciapode, 1892–1892

Sale Date: March 25, 1998

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El-Moghreb-al-Aska, 1899–1899

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El-Moghreb-al-Aska, 1899–1899

Sale Date: March 25, 1998

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La sulamite, 1897–1897

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La sulamite, 1897–1897

Sale Date: March 25, 1998

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L'ange aux ailes bleues

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L'ange aux ailes bleues

Sale Date: March 25, 1998

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Cavalier sur Pégase ou Pégase et la Muse

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Cavalier sur Pégase ou Pégase et la Muse

Sale Date: March 25, 1998

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Au réveil, j'aperçus la déesse de..., 1885–1885

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Au réveil, j'aperçus la déesse de..., 1885–1885

Sale Date: March 13, 1998

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Centaure visant les nues, 1895–1895

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Centaure visant les nues, 1895–1895

Sale Date: March 13, 1998

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Souvenirs de la guerre, 1916–1916

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Souvenirs de la guerre, 1916–1916

Sale Date: March 11, 1998

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Femme de profil vers la gauche, coifée..., 1900–1900

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Femme de profil vers la gauche, coifée..., 1900–1900

Sale Date: March 6, 1998

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L'Enlévement des filles de Leucippe, 1865–1865

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L'Enlévement des filles de Leucippe, 1865–1865

Sale Date: February 19, 1998

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Paysage, arbre au bord d'un chemin, 1880–1880

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Paysage, arbre au bord d'un chemin, 1880–1880

Sale Date: February 19, 1998

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Un serviteur apporte la tête de..., 1880–1880

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Un serviteur apporte la tête de..., 1880–1880

Sale Date: December 16, 1997

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Cheval ailé, 1894–1894

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Cheval ailé, 1894–1894

Sale Date: December 16, 1997

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Sciapode, 1892–1892

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Sciapode, 1892–1892

Sale Date: December 16, 1997

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Tête d'enfant avec fleurs, 1897–1897

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Tête d'enfant avec fleurs, 1897–1897

Sale Date: December 16, 1997

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Béatrice, 1897–1897

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Béatrice, 1897–1897

Sale Date: December 16, 1997

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La nuit, pl.1, 1886–1886

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La nuit, pl.1, 1886–1886

Sale Date: December 16, 1997

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Les chimères, 1889–1889

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Les chimères, 1889–1889

Sale Date: December 16, 1997

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Brunnhilde (Crepuscule des dieux), 1894–1894

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Brunnhilde (Crepuscule des dieux), 1894–1894

Sale Date: December 12, 1997

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La sulamite, 1897–1897

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La sulamite, 1897–1897

Sale Date: December 12, 1997

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El Moghreb-Al-Aska, 1899–1899

Odilon Redon

El Moghreb-Al-Aska, 1899–1899

Sale Date: December 12, 1997

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