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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Enfant dans une sphere de lumière

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Enfant dans une sphere de lumière

Sale Date: June 25, 1997

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L'extase, 1885

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L'extase, 1885

Sale Date: June 24, 1997

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Cellule auriculaire, 1894

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Cellule auriculaire, 1894

Sale Date: June 23, 1997

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Le buddha, 1895

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Le buddha, 1895

Sale Date: June 23, 1997

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Intelligence fut à moi! Je devins le Buddha, , 1896

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Intelligence fut à moi! Je devins le Buddha, , 1896

Sale Date: June 21, 1997

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Profil de jeune femme avec fleurs

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Profil de jeune femme avec fleurs

Sale Date: June 18, 1997

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Les origines: Il y eut des luttes et de..., 1883

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Les origines: Il y eut des luttes et de..., 1883

Sale Date: June 11, 1997

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Quasimodo

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Sale Date: June 11, 1997

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L'art céleste, 1894

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L'art céleste, 1894

Sale Date: June 10, 1997

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Barque au clair de lune

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Barque au clair de lune

Sale Date: June 8, 1997

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Par la fente du mur, une tête de mort fut..., 1887

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Par la fente du mur, une tête de mort fut..., 1887

Sale Date: June 4, 1997

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Des fleurs tombent, pl.V, 1896

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Des fleurs tombent, pl.V, 1896

Sale Date: June 4, 1997

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...d'abord une flaque d'eau, pl.I, 1896

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...d'abord une flaque d'eau, pl.I, 1896

Sale Date: June 4, 1997

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Un homme du peuple, un sauvage, 1887

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Un homme du peuple, un sauvage, 1887

Sale Date: June 4, 1997

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La veille: Que crains-tu?, pl.XIX, 1896

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La veille: Que crains-tu?, pl.XIX, 1896

Sale Date: June 4, 1997

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Princess Maleine (La petite Madone), 1892

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Princess Maleine (La petite Madone), 1892

Sale Date: June 4, 1997

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Portrait d'homme, 1901

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Portrait d'homme, 1901

Sale Date: May 30, 1997

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Germination, pl.2, 1879

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Germination, pl.2, 1879

Sale Date: May 30, 1997

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Kopfporträt des Pianisten Ricardo Vines, 1903

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Kopfporträt des Pianisten Ricardo Vines, 1903

Sale Date: May 30, 1997

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La peur, 1866

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La peur, 1866

Sale Date: May 26, 1997

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L'aile, 1893

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Sale Date: May 24, 1997

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Vieux chevalier, 1896

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Vieux chevalier, 1896

Sale Date: May 24, 1997

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Les bêtes de la mer, rondes comme des outres, 1896

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Les bêtes de la mer, rondes comme des outres, 1896

Sale Date: May 22, 1997

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L'Intelligence fut a moi, je devins le Buddha, 1896

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L'Intelligence fut a moi, je devins le Buddha, 1896

Sale Date: May 17, 1997

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