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Gustave Moreau (French: [ɡystav mɔʁo]; 6 April 1826 – 18 April 1898) was a French artist and an important figure in the Symbolist movement. Jean Cassou called him "the Symbolist painter par excellence". [1]: 110 p.
Salome Dancing before Herod (French: Salomé dansant devant Hérode) is an oil painting produced in 1876 by the French Symbolist artist Gustave Moreau. The subject matter is taken from the New Testament, depicting Salome—the daughter of Herod II and Herodias—dancing before Herod Antipas. The work took Moreau seven years to paint. [1]
Moreau's apartment. The Musée national Gustave Moreau (French pronunciation: [myze nasjɔnal ɡystav mɔʁo], lit. ' National Gustave Moreau Museum ') is an art museum dedicated to the works of Symbolist painter Gustave Moreau (1826–1898). It is located in the 9th arrondissement of Paris at 14, rue de la Rochefoucauld, Paris, France.
The Apparition, Gustave Moreau, 1876. watercolor. Musée d'Orsay, Paris. The Apparition (French: L'Apparition) is a painting by French artist Gustave Moreau, painted between 1874 and 1876. It shows the biblical character of Salome dancing in front of Herod Antipas with a vision of John the Baptist's severed head.
The Mystic Flower is an oil-on-canvas painting by the French Symbolist painter Gustave Moreau, created c. 1890. A religious work, it was inspired by Carpaccio's Apotheosis of Saint Ursula, which Moreau was able to copy during his stay in Venice.
The Parca and the Angel of Death is an 1890 oil-on-canvas painting produced by the French Symbolist artist Gustave Moreau after the death of his companion Alexandrine Dureux. It is held at the Musée national Gustave Moreau, in Paris. It shows the Moira or Parca Atropos leading the Angel of Death's black horse. The Angel holds a large sword and ...
Musée National Gustave-Moreau (Moreau Museum), Paris Jupiter et Sémélé (1894–95; English , Jupiter and Semele ) is a painting by the French Symbolist artist Gustave Moreau (1826–1898). It depicts a moment from the classical myth [ 1 ] of the mortal woman Semele , mother of the god Dionysus , and her lover, Jupiter , the king of the gods.
Tattooed Salome or Salome is an oil on canvas painting by Gustave Moreau, begun in 1874 but never completed - for example the tattoos were added in the painter's last years over the original layer. It is now in the Musée Gustave-Moreau, in Paris.