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.

Gustave Moreau Artworks

Gustave Moreau (255 results)

The death of Sappho

Gustave Moreau

The death of Sappho

Sale Date: June 14, 1995

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Le Christ (Ascension douloureuse), 1892

Gustave Moreau

Le Christ (Ascension douloureuse), 1892

Sale Date: June 14, 1995

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Le songe d'un habitant du Mogol, 1881

Gustave Moreau

Le songe d'un habitant du Mogol, 1881

Sale Date: May 24, 1995

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L'apparition

After Gustave Moreau

Sale Date: May 21, 1995

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La Chimère, 1856

Gustave Moreau

La Chimère, 1856

Sale Date: April 7, 1995

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Studie für Jakob und der Engel

Gustave Moreau

Studie für Jakob und der Engel

Sale Date: March 24, 1995

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Portrait d'homme

Gustave Moreau

Portrait d'homme

Sale Date: December 15, 1994

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Femme aux sphinx

Gustave Moreau

Femme aux sphinx

Sale Date: June 24, 1994

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GALATEA, 1880–1885

Gustave Moreau

GALATEA, 1880–1885

Sale Date: June 15, 1994

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HERCULE ET LA BICHE AUX PIEDS D'AIRAIN, 1872

Gustave Moreau

HERCULE ET LA BICHE AUX PIEDS D'AIRAIN, 1872

Sale Date: May 26, 1994

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PORTRAIT OF HENRY DITLE, 1877

Gustave Moreau

PORTRAIT OF HENRY DITLE, 1877

Sale Date: January 19, 1994

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La douleur d'Orphee, 1887

Gustave Moreau

La douleur d'Orphee, 1887

Sale Date: December 18, 1993

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HERCULE ET LA BICHE AUX PIEDS D'AIRAIN, 1872

Gustave Moreau

HERCULE ET LA BICHE AUX PIEDS D'AIRAIN, 1872

Sale Date: December 16, 1993

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Apollon et Marsyas, 1858

Gustave Moreau

Apollon et Marsyas, 1858

Sale Date: August 20, 1993

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LE CHRIST DANS LE JARDIN DES OLIVIERS, 1889

Gustave Moreau

LE CHRIST DANS LE JARDIN DES OLIVIERS, 1889

Sale Date: June 22, 1993

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Sapho, 1883

Gustave Moreau

Sale Date: June 7, 1993

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Apollon et Marsyas, 1858

Gustave Moreau

Apollon et Marsyas, 1858

Sale Date: May 26, 1993

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LE JEUNE HOMME ET LA MORT, 1865

Gustave Moreau

LE JEUNE HOMME ET LA MORT, 1865

Sale Date: November 25, 1992

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Sapho, 1883

Gustave Moreau

Sale Date: November 24, 1992

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Diomede devore par ses chevaux, 1866

Gustave Moreau

Diomede devore par ses chevaux, 1866

Sale Date: November 24, 1992

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PROMETHEUS BOUND

Gustave Moreau

PROMETHEUS BOUND

Sale Date: June 19, 1992

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LA CHIMERE, 1856

Gustave Moreau

LA CHIMERE, 1856

Sale Date: November 29, 1991

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LE LION AMOUREUX (THE ENAMORED LION), 1881

Gustave Moreau

LE LION AMOUREUX (THE ENAMORED LION), 1881

Sale Date: October 17, 1991

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VENUS SORTANT DE'L ONDE (VENUSRISING FROM..., 1866

Gustave Moreau

VENUS SORTANT DE'L ONDE (VENUSRISING FROM..., 1866

Sale Date: June 21, 1991

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