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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Fleurs

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Le Bouddha

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La prédication

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La prédication

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Le char d'Apollon, 1907–1908

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Le char d'Apollon, 1907–1908

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La barque

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Le pégase noir, 1909–1910

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Le pégase noir, 1909–1910

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La roue de la fortune

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La roue de la fortune

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Saint Georges et le dragon, 1909–1910

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Saint Georges et le dragon, 1909–1910

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Et partout ce sont des colonnes de..., 1896–1896

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Et partout ce sont des colonnes de..., 1896–1896

Sale Date: November 11, 1997

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Femme de profil vers la gauche, coiffée , 1900–1900

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Femme de profil vers la gauche, coiffée , 1900–1900

Sale Date: November 8, 1997

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A Gustave Flaubert, 1889–1889

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A Gustave Flaubert, 1889–1889

Sale Date: November 3, 1997

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Et un autre ange sortit du temple qui..., 1899–1899

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Et un autre ange sortit du temple qui..., 1899–1899

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La peur, 1865–1865

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La peur, 1865–1865

Sale Date: September 25, 1997

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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: September 25, 1997

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Parsifal, 1892–1892

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Parsifal, 1892–1892

Sale Date: September 25, 1997

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Saint Antoine.... A travers ses longs..., 1889

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Saint Antoine.... A travers ses longs..., 1889

Sale Date: September 25, 1997

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Vieux chevalier, 1896–1896

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Vieux chevalier, 1896–1896

Sale Date: September 25, 1997

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La maison hantée, pl.III, 1896

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La maison hantée, pl.III, 1896

Sale Date: July 1, 1997

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La maison hantée, pl.V, 1896

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La maison hantée, pl.V, 1896

Sale Date: July 1, 1997

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Fleurs dans un vase

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Fleurs dans un vase

Sale Date: June 25, 1997

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Pegase et l'Hydre

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Pegase et l'Hydre

Sale Date: June 25, 1997

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La chute d'Icare

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La chute d'Icare

Sale Date: June 25, 1997

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Le Buddha, 1895

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Le Buddha, 1895

Sale Date: June 25, 1997

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Cellule auriculaire, 1894

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Cellule auriculaire, 1894

Sale Date: June 25, 1997

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