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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Yeux clos, 1890

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Yeux clos, 1890

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Passage d'une Ame, 1891

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Passage d'une Ame, 1891

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L'Aile, 1893

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La Mort: Mon Ironie dépasse toutes les Autres!, 1889

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La Mort: Mon Ironie dépasse toutes les Autres!, 1889

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Ricardo Viñes, 1903

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Ricardo Viñes, 1903

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Parsifal, 1892

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Parsifal, 1892

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Baigneuse

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Sale Date: June 23, 1994

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Vase of flowers

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Vase of flowers

Sale Date: June 15, 1994

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Rocher sur la Plage

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Rocher sur la Plage

Sale Date: June 14, 1994

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Hommage à Goya, 1885

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Hommage à Goya, 1885

Sale Date: June 10, 1994

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Le Sacré Coeur

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Le Sacré Coeur

Sale Date: June 8, 1994

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Christ, 1887

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Sale Date: June 3, 1994

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Apocalypse de Saint-Jean, 1899

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Apocalypse de Saint-Jean, 1899

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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

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L'Aile, 1893

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Parfois on trouve un vieux flacon qui se..., 1890

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Parfois on trouve un vieux flacon qui se..., 1890

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B,atrice, 1897

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B,atrice, 1897

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Frau mit Hut und Fischleib, pl.3, 1900

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Frau mit Hut und Fischleib, pl.3, 1900

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Yeux clos, 1890

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Yeux clos, 1890

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Christ, 1887

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Des peuples divers habitent les pays de..., 1896

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Des peuples divers habitent les pays de..., 1896

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...La Chimere aux yeux verts, tournoie,..., 1888

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...La Chimere aux yeux verts, tournoie,..., 1888

Sale Date: May 28, 1994

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Le Buddha, 1895

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Le Buddha, 1895

Sale Date: May 13, 1994

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Vieux Chevalier, 1896

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Vieux Chevalier, 1896

Sale Date: May 13, 1994

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