Gustave Moreau

(French, 1826–1898)

Gustave Moreau was a French Symbolist painter known for his jewel-like depictions of mythological and religious subject matter. In his work Salomé Dancing before Herod (1876), Moreau emphasized both the eroticism and ornamental aspects of the scene with heavy impasto and glints of bright color. “The expression of human feelings and the passions of man certainly interest me deeply,” he once explained. “But I am less concerned with expressing the motions of the soul and mind than to render visible, the inner flashes of intuition which have something divine in their apparent insignificance and reveal magic, even divine horizons, when they are transposed into the marvelous effects of pure plastic art.” Born on April 6, 1826 in Paris, France, he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts before taking private courses under the painter Théodore Chassériau, whose work Moreau profoundly admired. Travelling to Italy in 1857, he studied paintings of Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Giovanni Bellini over a two year period. Along with his influence on the younger Symbolist painter Odilon Redon, Moreau was also notably the professor of Henri Matisse and Georges Rouault at the École des Beaux-Arts. He died on April 18, 1898 in Paris, France. In 1903, the Musée National Gustave Moreau opened to the public in Paris. Today, the artist’s works are held in the collections of the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, the National Gallery in London, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, among others.

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Étude d’homme casqué, avec reprise de sa tête

Gustave Moreau

Étude d’homme casqué, avec reprise de sa tête

Sale Date: March 20, 2024

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Le Bon Samaritain (Luc, chapitre 10: 25-37)

Gustave Moreau

Le Bon Samaritain (Luc, chapitre 10: 25-37)

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Portrait de Mathilde Lachez, la tante de l’artiste

Gustave Moreau

Portrait de Mathilde Lachez, la tante de l’artiste

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Hercule et la Biche Aux Pieds D'airain

Gustave Moreau

Hercule et la Biche Aux Pieds D'airain

Sale Date: February 2, 2024

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Costume design for Sapho in Charles Gounod’s opera

Gustave Moreau

Costume design for Sapho in Charles Gounod’s opera

Sale Date: February 1, 2024

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Œdipe et le Sphinx, 1864

Gustave Moreau

Œdipe et le Sphinx, 1864

Sale Date: November 21, 2023

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Gustave Moreau

"Pytheas ivrogne"

Sale Date: March 16, 2023

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Le Poète persan, 1886

Gustave Moreau

Le Poète persan, 1886

Sale Date: March 23, 2023

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Ambito di. Venere Anadiomene

Circle of Gustave Moreau

Ambito di. Venere Anadiomene

Sale Date: December 14, 2022

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Femme et Licorne, 1885

Gustave Moreau

Femme et Licorne, 1885

Sale Date: December 13, 2022

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Costume design for Sapho

Gustave Moreau

Costume design for Sapho

Sale Date: October 21, 2022

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La Sainte et le Poète

Gustave Moreau

La Sainte et le Poète

Sale Date: October 21, 2022

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Le songe d'un habitant du Mogol, 1881

Gustave Moreau

Le songe d'un habitant du Mogol, 1881

Sale Date: October 21, 2022

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La mort de Sapho, 1872

Gustave Moreau

La mort de Sapho, 1872

Sale Date: October 20, 2022

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La douleur d’Orphée, 1887

Gustave Moreau

La douleur d’Orphée, 1887

Sale Date: June 23, 2022

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La Bonne Fée, 1880

Gustave Moreau

La Bonne Fée, 1880

Sale Date: May 18, 2022

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Pittacus: costume de scène pour l’opéra Sapho de

Gustave Moreau

Pittacus: costume de scène pour l’opéra Sapho de

Sale Date: May 20, 2022

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In an Ottoman seraglio

Circle of Gustave Moreau

In an Ottoman seraglio

Sale Date: May 18, 2022

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Saint Sébastien secouru, 1890

Gustave Moreau

Saint Sébastien secouru, 1890

Sale Date: April 21, 2022

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The Education of Achilles | L'Education..., 1884

Gustave Moreau

The Education of Achilles | L'Education..., 1884

Sale Date: November 10, 2021

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A French enamel plaque with a Symbolist , 1850–1899

After Gustave Moreau

A French enamel plaque with a Symbolist , 1850–1899

Sale Date: November 19, 2021

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Studio per Salomè

Gustave Moreau

Studio per Salomè

Sale Date: September 15, 2021

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Femme nue (étude avec drap)

Gustave Moreau

Femme nue (étude avec drap)

Sale Date: July 15, 2021

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Le lion amoureux (The Lion in Love), 1881

Gustave Moreau

Le lion amoureux (The Lion in Love), 1881

Sale Date: July 15, 2021

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