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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Etudes

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Sale Date: November 7, 1995

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La Tentation de Saint Antoine, 1889

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La Tentation de Saint Antoine, 1889

Sale Date: October 26, 1995

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Maurice Denis, 1903

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Maurice Denis, 1903

Sale Date: October 25, 1995

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Le rêve, 1879

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Le rêve, 1879

Sale Date: October 22, 1995

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Vase de fleurs

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Vase de fleurs

Sale Date: October 20, 1995

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Rochers sur une plage en Bretagne

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Rochers sur une plage en Bretagne

Sale Date: October 15, 1995

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

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

Sale Date: October 13, 1995

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C'est moi te rends serieuse ; enlaçons-nous, , 1896

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C'est moi te rends serieuse ; enlaçons-nous, , 1896

Sale Date: September 14, 1995

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Ricardo vines, 1903

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Ricardo vines, 1903

Sale Date: September 12, 1995

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Cellule auriculaire, 1894

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Cellule auriculaire, 1894

Sale Date: June 30, 1995

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Tête d'enfant avec fleurs, 1897

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Tête d'enfant avec fleurs, 1897

Sale Date: June 30, 1995

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Baigneuse

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Sale Date: June 28, 1995

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Tentation de St. Antoine

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Tentation de St. Antoine

Sale Date: June 28, 1995

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Parsifal, 1891

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Parsifal, 1891

Sale Date: June 28, 1995

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Vieux chevalier, 1896

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Vieux chevalier, 1896

Sale Date: June 28, 1995

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Un étrange jongleur, 1885

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Un étrange jongleur, 1885

Sale Date: June 28, 1995

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Le pavot noir, 1910

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Le pavot noir, 1910

Sale Date: June 27, 1995

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La Reine de Saba, 1882

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La Reine de Saba, 1882

Sale Date: June 27, 1995

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Portrait d'une fillette blonde; Jeanne Roberte, 1905

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Portrait d'une fillette blonde; Jeanne Roberte, 1905

Sale Date: June 27, 1995

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L,da et le Cygne

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L,da et le Cygne

Sale Date: June 27, 1995

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L'aile, 1893

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Sale Date: June 23, 1995

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Vieux chevalier, 1896

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Vieux chevalier, 1896

Sale Date: June 23, 1995

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Le liseur, 1892

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Le liseur, 1892

Sale Date: June 23, 1995

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Centaure visant les nues, 1895

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Centaure visant les nues, 1895

Sale Date: June 23, 1995

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