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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Saint Antoine, pl.1, 1889

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Saint Antoine, pl.1, 1889

Sale Date: December 1, 1995

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Planche d'essai, pl.3, 1900

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Planche d'essai, pl.3, 1900

Sale Date: December 1, 1995

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Mor och barn

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Sale Date: November 29, 1995

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L'aile, 1893

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N'y a-t-il pas un monde invisible. . ., 1887

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N'y a-t-il pas un monde invisible. . ., 1887

Sale Date: November 29, 1995

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Le liseur, 1892

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Le liseur, 1892

Sale Date: November 29, 1995

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Village de pêcheurs

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Village de pêcheurs

Sale Date: November 28, 1995

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Fausse gloire, 1885

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Fausse gloire, 1885

Sale Date: November 28, 1995

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Volupté, fantôme élastique

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Volupté, fantôme élastique

Sale Date: November 24, 1995

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La Mort et l'Ange déchu

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La Mort et l'Ange déchu

Sale Date: November 22, 1995

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Le Christ au Jardin des Oliviers

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Le Christ au Jardin des Oliviers

Sale Date: November 22, 1995

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Profil de lumière, 1886

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Profil de lumière, 1886

Sale Date: November 21, 1995

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Le polype difforme, pl.III

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Le polype difforme, pl.III

Sale Date: November 21, 1995

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Still life of flowers in a vase

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Still life of flowers in a vase

Sale Date: November 17, 1995

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Et il avait en sa main droite sept étoiles,..., 1899

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Et il avait en sa main droite sept étoiles,..., 1899

Sale Date: November 16, 1995

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Quel est le but de tout cela?, pl.18, 1896

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Quel est le but de tout cela?, pl.18, 1896

Sale Date: November 16, 1995

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Le vitrail

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Sale Date: November 10, 1995

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Vase aux fleurs, 1910

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Vase aux fleurs, 1910

Sale Date: November 9, 1995

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Saint John, la tunique bleue, 1892

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Saint John, la tunique bleue, 1892

Sale Date: November 9, 1995

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Le liseur, 1892

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Le liseur, 1892

Sale Date: November 8, 1995

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Apocalypse de Saint-Jean: couverture-..., 1899

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Apocalypse de Saint-Jean: couverture-..., 1899

Sale Date: November 8, 1995

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Druidesse, 1892

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Druidesse, 1892

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Le jour, 1891

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Le jour, 1891

Sale Date: November 8, 1995

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Bouquet de fleurs dans un vase bleu

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Bouquet de fleurs dans un vase bleu

Sale Date: November 8, 1995

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