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)

La promenade en calèche

Gustave Moreau

La promenade en calèche

Sale Date: June 9, 2021

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Saint Sebastian discovered by Saint Irene, 1869–1871

Gustave Moreau

Saint Sebastian discovered by Saint Irene, 1869–1871

Sale Date: April 2, 2021

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Femme sur un griffon

Gustave Moreau

Femme sur un griffon

Sale Date: March 25, 2021

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Kostümstudie für Phaon aus der Oper

Gustave Moreau

Kostümstudie für Phaon aus der Oper "Sapho"..., 1883

Sale Date: November 27, 2020

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THE MARTYRDOM OF SAINT SEBASTIAN

Style of Gustave Moreau

THE MARTYRDOM OF SAINT SEBASTIAN

Sale Date: October 15, 2020

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Europe

Gustave Moreau

Sale Date: October 30, 2020

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Galatea

Gustave Moreau

Sale Date: July 29, 2020

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Judith et Holopherne

Gustave Moreau

Judith et Holopherne

Sale Date: March 5, 2020

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Orphée, 1865

Gustave Moreau

Orphée, 1865

Sale Date: December 12, 2019

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Fables de La Fontaine', 1886, 1886

Gustave Moreau and Felix Bracquemond

Fables de La Fontaine', 1886, 1886

Sale Date: November 13, 2019

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ヤコブと天使[WALTNER版]Jacob et l'ange [printed by...

Gustave Moreau

ヤコブと天使[WALTNER版]Jacob et l'ange [printed by...

Sale Date: July 6, 2019

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KING DAVID

Gustave Moreau

Sale Date: June 26, 2019

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The Conquest

School of Gustave Moreau

Sale Date: April 25, 2019

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LE PAYSAN DU DANUBE

Gustave Moreau

LE PAYSAN DU DANUBE

Sale Date: March 28, 2019

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MADEMOISELLE SUBRA DANS LE RÔLE DE SAPHO

Gustave Moreau

MADEMOISELLE SUBRA DANS LE RÔLE DE SAPHO

Sale Date: December 16, 2018

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VICTIMES DU SPHINX, 1860

Gustave Moreau

VICTIMES DU SPHINX, 1860

Sale Date: December 12, 2018

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LE PAYSAN DU DANUBE

Gustave Moreau

LE PAYSAN DU DANUBE

Sale Date: May 22, 2018

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Etude pour Jacob et l’Ange

Gustave Moreau

Etude pour Jacob et l’Ange

Sale Date: April 8, 2018

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Sappho

Gustave Moreau

Sale Date: March 21, 2018

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Les Fables de La Fontaine, 1886

Attributed to Gustave Moreau

Les Fables de La Fontaine, 1886

Sale Date: November 10, 2017

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HÉLÈNE

Gustave Moreau

Sale Date: December 13, 2017

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Le triomphe de Bacchus, 1875–1876

Gustave Moreau

Le triomphe de Bacchus, 1875–1876

Sale Date: October 31, 2017

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PREMIÈRE DANSEUSE. MADEMOISELLE SUBRA. BALLET DE

Gustave Moreau

PREMIÈRE DANSEUSE. MADEMOISELLE SUBRA. BALLET DE

Sale Date: May 24, 2017

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L'apparition printed by E.SULPIS(1856～1926), 1901

Gustave Moreau

L'apparition printed by E.SULPIS(1856～1926), 1901

Sale Date: May 13, 2017

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