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)

Orphée

After Gustave Moreau

Sale Date: December 11, 2009

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Jacob et l'Ange (study)

Attributed to Gustave Moreau

Jacob et l'Ange (study)

Sale Date: December 4, 2009

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L'Apparition

Gustave Moreau

Sale Date: September 19, 2009

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Les fables de la Fontaine/Son of Niobe/Nude (set

Gustave Moreau

Les fables de la Fontaine/Son of Niobe/Nude (set

Sale Date: March 13, 2009

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L'ange de Jacob

Gustave Moreau

L'ange de Jacob

Sale Date: December 22, 2008

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Antikisierende Kriegsgöttin mit Brustpanzer und...

Gustave Moreau

Antikisierende Kriegsgöttin mit Brustpanzer und...

Sale Date: November 28, 2008

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Oedipe

Gustave Moreau

Sale Date: November 16, 2008

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Premiere danseuse. Mademoiselle subra...., 1883

Gustave Moreau

Premiere danseuse. Mademoiselle subra...., 1883

Sale Date: November 12, 2008

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L'Education d'Achille (Ou le Centaure)

Gustave Moreau

L'Education d'Achille (Ou le Centaure)

Sale Date: November 12, 2008

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Portrait de Louis Singer enfant

Attributed to Gustave Moreau

Portrait de Louis Singer enfant

Sale Date: October 5, 2008

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Les fables de la Fontaine (set of 6), 1886

Gustave Moreau

Les fables de la Fontaine (set of 6), 1886

Sale Date: July 25, 2008

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Sainte Cécile et les anges de la musique, 1880–1885

Gustave Moreau

Sainte Cécile et les anges de la musique, 1880–1885

Sale Date: July 2, 2008

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Rêve d'orient or la Péri, 1881

Gustave Moreau

Rêve d'orient or la Péri, 1881

Sale Date: July 2, 2008

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La chimère (collab. w/ Paul Grandhomme)

Gustave Moreau

La chimère (collab. w/ Paul Grandhomme)

Sale Date: June 18, 2008

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Hercule au Lac Stymphale

Gustave Moreau

Hercule au Lac Stymphale

Sale Date: June 26, 2008

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Sappho se jetant du sommet la Roche de Leucade

Gustave Moreau

Sappho se jetant du sommet la Roche de Leucade

Sale Date: June 26, 2008

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La Licorne

Gustave Moreau

Sale Date: May 30, 2008

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Leda et le Cygne, 1882

Gustave Moreau

Leda et le Cygne, 1882

Sale Date: May 30, 2008

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Jockey à la casaque jaune

Gustave Moreau

Jockey à la casaque jaune

Sale Date: March 31, 2008

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Danseuses (study)

Gustave Moreau

Danseuses (study)

Sale Date: March 6, 2008

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Persee et Andromede, 1882

Gustave Moreau

Persee et Andromede, 1882

Sale Date: November 14, 2007

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Reître et captives, 1878–1880

Gustave Moreau

Reître et captives, 1878–1880

Sale Date: October 23, 2007

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Orphée, 1865–1870

Gustave Moreau

Orphée, 1865–1870

Sale Date: June 27, 2007

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Reîtres et captives

Gustave Moreau

Reîtres et captives

Sale Date: May 11, 2007

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