Gustave Moreau
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Gustave Moreau was a French artist and an important figure in the Symbolist movement. Jean Cassou called him "the Symbolist painter par excellence". He was an influential forerunner of symbolism in th
Self-portrait of Gustave Moreau, 1850
The Chimera (1867), oil on panel, 33 x 27.3 cm., Fogg Museum
Louis Moreau (c. 1850), oil on canvas, 45 x 31 cm., Musée Gustave Moreau
Pauline Moreau (no date), oil on canvas, Musée Gustave Moreau
Oedipus and the Sphinx
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Oedipus and the Sphinx is an 1864 oil on canvas painting by Gustave Moreau that was first exhibited at the French Salon of 1864 where it was an immediate success. It is now in the Metropolitan Museum
Gustave Moreau
…Paris to travel in Italy from 1857 to 1859, returning with hundreds of copies and studies he made of old master paintings there. In 1864 his painting Oedipus and the Sphinx received a great deal attention at the Paris Salon, winning a medal and establishing his reputation. He had continued success through the 1860s, gradually…
Oedipus and the Sphinx MET DP 14201 023
Original watercolour of the idea for Oedipus and the Sphinx, 1861.
Study for the head of Oedipus
Oedipus and the Sphinx, Ingres, 1808. Oil on Canvas. Louvre, Paris.