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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B,atrice, 1897

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B,atrice, 1897

Sale Date: November 11, 1994

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Géranium

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Sale Date: November 10, 1994

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Fleurs dans un pot, 1900

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Fleurs dans un pot, 1900

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Fleurs dans un pichet rouge, 1900

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Fleurs dans un pichet rouge, 1900

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Vase de fleurs

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Vase de fleurs

Sale Date: November 10, 1994

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Bouquet de fleurs dans un vase blanc

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Bouquet de fleurs dans un vase blanc

Sale Date: November 10, 1994

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Le moulin a vent, 1865–1890

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Le moulin a vent, 1865–1890

Sale Date: November 9, 1994

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El Moghreb-Al-Aksa, 1889

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El Moghreb-Al-Aksa, 1889

Sale Date: November 9, 1994

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L'Ange perdu ouvrit alors ses Ailes noires, 1886

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L'Ange perdu ouvrit alors ses Ailes noires, 1886

Sale Date: October 15, 1994

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CHEVALERIES SENTIMENTALES, 1893

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CHEVALERIES SENTIMENTALES, 1893

Sale Date: September 21, 1994

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ENTRETIEN MYSTIQUE, 1892

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ENTRETIEN MYSTIQUE, 1892

Sale Date: September 21, 1994

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Araignée, 1887

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Araignée, 1887

Sale Date: July 1, 1994

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La Sulamite, 1897

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La Sulamite, 1897

Sale Date: July 1, 1994

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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: July 1, 1994

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Tête d'enfant avec fleurs, 1897

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Tête d'enfant avec fleurs, 1897

Sale Date: July 1, 1994

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Personnage

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Sale Date: June 29, 1994

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JEUNE FEMME SOUS UNE ARCHE, 1886

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JEUNE FEMME SOUS UNE ARCHE, 1886

Sale Date: June 28, 1994

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PROFIL DE FEMME, 1893–1894

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PROFIL DE FEMME, 1893–1894

Sale Date: June 28, 1994

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Tentation de St. Antoine, troisiSme série, 1896

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Tentation de St. Antoine, troisiSme série, 1896

Sale Date: June 28, 1994

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Partout les Prunelles flamboient, pl.IX, 1888

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Partout les Prunelles flamboient, pl.IX, 1888

Sale Date: June 28, 1994

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Le Buddha, 1895

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Le Buddha, 1895

Sale Date: June 28, 1994

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TETE DE JEUNE FEMME DE PROFIL, 1895

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TETE DE JEUNE FEMME DE PROFIL, 1895

Sale Date: June 27, 1994

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Portrait d'Homme, 1901

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Portrait d'Homme, 1901

Sale Date: June 24, 1994

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Le Christ

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Sale Date: June 24, 1994

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