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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
Self-portrait of Gustave Moreau, 1850
The Chimera (1867), oil on panel, 33 x 27.3 cm., Fogg Museum
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
Louis Moreau (c. 1850), oil on canvas, 45 x 31 cm., Musée Gustave Moreau
Pauline Moreau (no date), oil on canvas, Musée Gustave Moreau
Pauline Moreau (no date), oil on canvas, Musée Gustave Moreau
Symbolism (movement)
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Symbolism was a late 19th-century art movement of French and Belgian origin in poetry and other arts seeking to represent absolute truths symbolically through language and metaphorical images, mainly
Gustave Moreau
…Gustave Moreau (French: ; 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". He was an influential forerunner of symbolism in the visual arts in the 1860s, and at…
Death and the Grave Digger (La Mort et le Fossoyeur) (c. 1895) by Carlos Schwabe is a visual compendium of symbolist motifs. The angel of Death, prist
Death and the Grave Digger (La Mort et le Fossoyeur) (c. 1895) by Carlos Schwabe is a visual compendium of symbolist motifs. The angel of Death, pristine snow, and the dramatic poses of the characters all express symbolist longings for transfiguration "anywhere, out of the world".
The Corner of the Table by Henri Fantin-Latour (1872); left to right: Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud, Léon Valade, Ernest d'Hervilly, Camille Pelletan
The Corner of the Table by Henri Fantin-Latour (1872); left to right: Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud, Léon Valade, Ernest d'Hervilly, Camille Pelletan (seated); Pierre Elzéar, Emile Blémont, Jean Aicard (standing)
Portrait of Charles Baudelaire (c. 1862), whose writing was a precursor of the symbolist style
Portrait of Charles Baudelaire (c. 1862), whose writing was a precursor of the symbolist style
Eugen Bracht, The Shore of Oblivion, 1889
Eugen Bracht, The Shore of Oblivion, 1889