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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Triste montée, pl.9, 1879

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Triste montée, pl.9, 1879

Sale Date: June 6, 1996

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Puis je vis, dans la main droite de celui..., 1899

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Puis je vis, dans la main droite de celui..., 1899

Sale Date: June 5, 1996

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Christ, 1887

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Sale Date: May 23, 1996

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La Mort: c'est moi qui te rends sérieuse. ...., 1896

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La Mort: c'est moi qui te rends sérieuse. ...., 1896

Sale Date: May 23, 1996

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Passage d'une ame

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Passage d'une ame

Sale Date: May 22, 1996

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Et toutes sortes de bêtes effroyables..., 1888

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Et toutes sortes de bêtes effroyables..., 1888

Sale Date: May 8, 1996

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La roue, pl.III, 1879

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La roue, pl.III, 1879

Sale Date: May 4, 1996

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Druidesse, 1892

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Druidesse, 1892

Sale Date: May 4, 1996

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Les yeux clos, 1890

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Les yeux clos, 1890

Sale Date: May 4, 1996

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Christ, 1887

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Sale Date: April 29, 1996

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Study of trees

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Study of trees

Sale Date: April 24, 1996

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Le portrait de Mme. Violette Heymann, 1910

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Le portrait de Mme. Violette Heymann, 1910

Sale Date: March 23, 1996

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Antoine: Quel est le but de tout cela? Le...

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Antoine: Quel est le but de tout cela? Le...

Sale Date: February 14, 1996

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Flowers in vase

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Flowers in vase

Sale Date: January 14, 1996

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A young woman

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A young woman

Sale Date: December 6, 1995

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Le passage d'une âme, 1891

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Le passage d'une âme, 1891

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Yeux clos, 1890

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Yeux clos, 1890

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Lueur précaire, une tête à l'infini..., 1891

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Lueur précaire, une tête à l'infini..., 1891

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L'ange perdu ouvrit alors des ailes noires,..., 1886

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L'ange perdu ouvrit alors des ailes noires,..., 1886

Sale Date: December 4, 1995

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Passage d'une âme, 1891

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Passage d'une âme, 1891

Sale Date: December 2, 1995

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

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

Sale Date: December 2, 1995

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Tête d'enfant avec fleurs, 1897

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Tête d'enfant avec fleurs, 1897

Sale Date: December 2, 1995

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Lettres d'Odilon Redon, 1923

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Lettres d'Odilon Redon, 1923

Sale Date: December 1, 1995

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La Sulamite, 1897

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La Sulamite, 1897

Sale Date: December 1, 1995

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