Odilon Redon

French | 1840 - 1916

Odilon Redon was a French Impressionist & Modern artist who was born in 1840. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like MoMA, The Museum of Modern Art in New York. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Getty Center have featured Odilon Redon's work in the past.Odilon Redon's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 10 USD to 4,092,500 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 4,092,500 USD for Fleurs, sold at Christie's New York in 2018. In the past 12 months, his prints & graphic art have averaged 8,172 USD.Odilon Redon has been featured in articles for ArtDaily, The Wall Street Journal and Art Basel Stories. The most recent article is 10 Iconic Floral Still Lifes You Need to Know written for Daily Art Magazine in February 2025. The artist died in 1916.

Artist's alternative names: Bertrand Redon‏, Odilon Bertrand-Jean Redon‏

Featured for Sale

Can and Abel

By Odilon Redon

Tremont Auctions

Lumière ,1893

By Odilon Redon

Toomey & Co. Auctioneers

Apocalypse of Saint John ,1899

By Odilon Redon

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Notable Lots

Fleurs

By Odilon Redon

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Vase de fleurs

By Odilon Redon

+60%

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Fleurs

By Odilon Redon

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Upcoming Lots

Lumière ,1893

By Odilon Redon

Toomey & Co. Auctioneers

Femme et P

By Odilon Redon

Sotheby's London

PASSAGE D’UNE ÂME (PASSAGE OF A SOUL) (MELLERIO 21; WERNER 194) - Odilon Redon

PASSAGE D’UNE ÂME (PASSAGE OF A SOUL) (MELLERIO 21; WERNER 194) ,1891

By Odilon Redon

Dreweatts, Donnington Priory

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Post-Auction Lots for Sale

Apocalypse of Saint John ,1899

By Odilon Redon

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Recent Auction Results

ET IL DISTINGUE UNE PLAINE ARIDE ET MAMELONNEUSE from TENTATION DE SAINT-ANTOINE - Odilon Redon

ET IL DISTINGUE UNE PLAINE ARIDE ET MAMELONNEUSE from TENTATION DE SAINT-ANTOINE ,1840

By Odilon Redon

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The Potomack Company

IL TOMBE DANS L'ABIME ,1840

By Odilon Redon

The Potomack Company

CAIN AND ABEL ,1840

By Odilon Redon

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The Potomack Company

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Current Exhibitions

Odilon Redon: Dream of light, luminous shadow

Hiroshima Museum of Art

Hiroshima | Japan

Jan 11,2025 - Mar 23,2025

Lillie P. Bliss and the Birth of the Modern

MoMA, The Museum of Modern Art

Midtown | New York | USA

Nov 17,2024 - Mar 29,2025

The Flowers Of Evil

Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg

Berlin | Germany

Dec 12,2024 - May 04,2025

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Articles

10 Iconic Floral Still Lifes You Need to Know

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Coverage

“ ..Redon worked exclusively in black and white for many years, producing works that he called his ’noirs’... ”
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Fitzwilliam Museum

“ ..It is based on the study of many unpublished documents which shed new light on Redon’s work... ”
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Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais

“ ..Redon’s work in the decorative arts will also be on show, thanks to major loans from the Mobilier national.... ”
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Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais

“ ..Further, comparision with the world of illusion depicted by contemporary artists confirms the enduring significance of Redon’s art... ”
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Pola Museum of Art

“ ..Redon’s use of negative space evokes feelings of the abyss and the unknown, while the snakelike body with the humanoid head is simultaneously mesmerizing and horrifying... ”
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Eli & Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University