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Gustav Moreau

 

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Gustav Moreau

born: Paris, France; 6 April 1826
died: Paris, France; 18 April 1898

 

 

Moreau studied under Théodore Chassériau (1819-56).

 

Moreau: Salome Presents the Ring to the Executioner

Salome Presents
the Ring to
the Executioner

about 1870
Moreau Museum
Paris, France

Moreau: Salome Presents the Ring -- detail

[detail]

 

Birth of Venus
about 1866

Moreau: Salome

Salome Dances for Herod about 1876
Moreau Museum
Paris, France

Moreau: Apparition

Apparition
(Dance of Salome)

about 1876
Fogg Art Museum
Cambridge, Mass., US

Moreau: Apparition

Apparition
Moreau Museum
Paris, France

 

 

Moreau: Rape of Europa

The Rape of Europa
Moreau Museum
Paris, France

Moreau: Ganymede

Ganymede
watercolor/paper
Moreau Museum
Paris, France

 

Moreau:  Jason

Jason
1865

Moreau: King David

King David

 

    Moreau: Jupiter and Semile        Moreau: Jupiter and Semile -- final version

Jupiter and Semile [three versions]
1896-98
Moreau Museum
Paris, France

 

Hesiod and his Muse
1857

Hesiod and his Muse
1858

Moreau: Hesiod and  his Muse

Hesiod and his Muse
1891

 

Moreau: Ladies and Unicorns

Ladies and Unicorns
about 1885
Moreau Museum
Paris, France

Moreau: Hesiod and  his Muse

Hesiod and his Muses
1883

 Moreau: The Life of Mankind

The Life of Mankind
1886

 

The Wayfarer
about 1887

Moreau: Sphinx

Sphinx
about 1886

 

Moreau: Oedipus and the Sphinx

Oedipus and
the Sphinx

1864
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, NY, US

Moreau: Orpheus

Orpheus at the
Tomb of Eurydice
Moreau Museum
Paris, France

Moreau: Death of Orpheus

Death of Orpheus
1865

Phaeton
1879

 

In his will Moreau left 8,000 paintings to the French Government, they became the basis of the collection of the Musée Gustav Moreau in Paris.

 

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