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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Here is the Good Goddess I Am Still the..., 1896

Odilon Redon

Here is the Good Goddess I Am Still the..., 1896

Sale Date: December 8, 1992

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PILGRIM OF THE SUBLUNARY WORLD, 1891

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PILGRIM OF THE SUBLUNARY WORLD, 1891

Sale Date: December 8, 1992

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LE CHAR DE L'AURORE

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LE CHAR DE L'AURORE

Sale Date: November 25, 1992

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VOLUPTE, FANTOME ELASTIQUE

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VOLUPTE, FANTOME ELASTIQUE

Sale Date: November 19, 1992

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NU VIOLET

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Sale Date: November 18, 1992

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Vase de fleurs-pensees

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Vase de fleurs-pensees

Sale Date: November 11, 1992

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ET IL AVAIT DANS SA MAIN DROITE SEPT..., 1899

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ET IL AVAIT DANS SA MAIN DROITE SEPT..., 1899

Sale Date: November 9, 1992

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Tentation de Saint-Antoine, pl. VII, 1888–1888

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Tentation de Saint-Antoine, pl. VII, 1888–1888

Sale Date: November 6, 1992

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Et le diable qui les seduisant, 1899–1899

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Et le diable qui les seduisant, 1899–1899

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Et un autre sortit du Temple, 1899–1899

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Et un autre sortit du Temple, 1899–1899

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Christ, 1887–1887

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Christ, 1887–1887

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A Gustave Flaubert, 1889–1889

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A Gustave Flaubert, 1889–1889

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Hantise, 1894–1894

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Hantise, 1894–1894

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Serpent - Aureole, 1890–1890

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Serpent - Aureole, 1890–1890

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Le livre - St. Therese, 1892–1892

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Le livre - St. Therese, 1892–1892

Sale Date: November 6, 1992

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C'EST LE DIABLE, PORTANT SUR SES DEUX AILES LES...

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C'EST LE DIABLE, PORTANT SUR SES DEUX AILES LES...

Sale Date: October 21, 1992

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LES DEBACLES (FRONTISPICE)

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LES DEBACLES (FRONTISPICE)

Sale Date: October 14, 1992

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LE MOUVEMENT IDEALISTE EN PEINTURE..., 1890–1896

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LE MOUVEMENT IDEALISTE EN PEINTURE..., 1890–1896

Sale Date: October 10, 1992

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LE VIEUX CHEVALIER (A. MELLERIO, NO. 158)..., 1896

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LE VIEUX CHEVALIER (A. MELLERIO, NO. 158)..., 1896

Sale Date: October 8, 1992

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ET UN AUTRE ANGE SORTIT DU TEMPLE..., 1899

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ET UN AUTRE ANGE SORTIT DU TEMPLE..., 1899

Sale Date: September 21, 1992

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ARBRE , 1892

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Sale Date: September 11, 1992

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Brunnhilde, 1886–1886

Odilon Redon

Brunnhilde, 1886–1886

Sale Date: July 3, 1992

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La Sulamite, 1897–1897

Odilon Redon

La Sulamite, 1897–1897

Sale Date: July 3, 1992

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OEDIPE AU JARDIN DES ILLUSIONS

Odilon Redon

OEDIPE AU JARDIN DES ILLUSIONS

Sale Date: July 1, 1992

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